div

See also: div., Div., and div-

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • (roman numeral): DIV, CCCCCIIII, ccccciiii

Number

div

  1. A Roman numeral representing five hundred and four (504).

See also

  • Previous: diii (five hundred and three, 503)
  • Next: dv (five hundred and five, 505)

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪv/
  • Rhymes: -ɪv

Etymology 1

Short for division.

Noun

div (plural divs)

  1. (mathematics, computing) a function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers
  2. (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
  3. (Britain, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Short for divergence.

Noun

div

  1. (vector calculus) short for divergence; a kind of differential operator
Translations

Etymology 3

Short for divinity.

Noun

div (uncountable)

  1. (Britain, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.
Synonyms

Etymology 4

UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy.

Noun

div (plural divs)

  1. (Britain, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
    • 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press 2012, p. 13:
      Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.
    • 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK (page 2)
      Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.

Etymology 5

Noun

div (plural divs)

  1. Alternative form of daeva

Anagrams

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiw/

Numeral

div f (masculine form daou)

  1. (cardinal) two

See also

  • (cardinal number): Previous: unan. Next: teir

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *divъ, probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Compare Polish dziw, Russian ди́во (dívo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

div m

  1. wonder
    Alenka v říši divů - Alice in wonderland

Declension

Further reading

  • div in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • div in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Scots

Verb

tae div

  1. (auxiliary) Form of tae dae used in the east of Scotland as an auxiliary. Nowadays most often found in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.
    A div agree wi ye.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîʋ/

Noun

dȉv m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏в)

  1. giant

Declension

Derived terms

Swedish

Abbreviation

div

  1. div; the divergence operator
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