English Explanatory Dictionary

Delphi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine.
  3. A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A programming language dialect based on Pascal.
  5. A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛlfi/ [ˈdɛɫfi] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Delphi.wav

Word forms

Delphi

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Delphi.

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