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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|deliveri}} et al., from {{der|en|xno|-}}, from {{der|en|fro|delivrer}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-delivery.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪvəɹi|s=4}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|conveying}} The act of [[convey]]ing something.
#: {{ux|en|The '''delivery''' was completed by four.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''delivery''' of a nuclear missile to its target}}
# The item which has been conveyed.
#: {{ux|en|Your '''delivery''' is on the table.}}
# The act of giving birth
#: {{ux|en|The '''delivery''' was painful.}}
# {{lb|en|baseball}} A pitching motion.
#: {{ux|en|His '''delivery''' has a catch in it.}}
# {{lb|en|baseball}} A thrown pitch.
#: {{ux|en|Here is the '''delivery'''; ... strike three!}}
# The manner of speaking.
#: {{ux|en|The actor's '''delivery''' was flawless.}}
#* {{RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence|[[s:The Moon and Sixpence/Chapter LV|chapter 55]]||I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious '''delivery'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|date=June 3, 2012
|author=Nathan Rabin
|title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)
|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/mr-plow,75560/
|page=
|passage=Half of the comedy in West’s self-deprecating appearance on “{{w|Mr. Plow}}” comes from the veteran actor’s purring, self-satisfied '''delivery''' as he tells a deeply unnerved Bart and Lisa of the newfangled, less groovy cinematic Batman}}
# {{lb|en|medicine}} The [[administration]] of a [[drug]].
#: {{ux|en|drug '''delivery''' system}}
# {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[ball]] [[bowl#Verb|bowled]].
# {{lb|en|curling}} The process of throwing a [[stone]].
# {{lb|en|genetics}} Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
# {{lb|en|football}} A [[cross]] or [[pass]]
#* {{quote-web|en|date=June 29 2021|author=Phil McNulty|work=BBC Sport|title=England 2-0 Germany|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51198606|passage=The win was secured with another moment of significance four minutes from time when captain {{w|Harry Kane}}, who had once again struggled to influence the game, headed in from substitute {{w|Jack Grealish}}'s perfect '''delivery''' for his first goal of {{w|Euro 2020}}.}}

====Hyponyms====
{{col2
|en
|continuous delivery
|misdelivery
|special delivery
}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|codelivery|interdelivery|nanodelivery|nondelivery|postdelivery|predelivery|redelivery|underdelivery
|collapse=n
|delivery room|advice of delivery|delivery confirmation
|[[deliveryman]] (''or'' {{nowrap|[[delivery man]])}}
|deliveryperson
|delivery van
|deliverywoman
|breech delivery
|cash on delivery||delivery time|proof of delivery|time of delivery
|general delivery
|good delivery
|home delivery
|outcome delivery
|recorded delivery
|red bag delivery
|take delivery|delivery note|delivery order|delivery receipt
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|act of conveying something}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَوْصِيل|m}}, {{t|ar|تَسْلِيم|m}}, {{t|ar|تَوْزِيع|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|առաքում}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|entrega|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|çatdırılma}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|даста́ўка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|доста́вка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lliurament|m}}, {{t+|ca|entrega|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|投遞|tr=tóudì}}, {{t+|cmn|傳遞|tr=chuándì}}, {{qualifier|goods}} {{t+|cmn|交貨|tr=jiāohuò}}, {{t+|cmn|遞送|tr=dìsòng}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|doručení|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|leverance|c}}, {{t|da|indlevering|c}}, {{t|da|udlevering|c}}, {{t|da|levering|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|levering|f}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|tarne}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|toimitus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|livraison|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|entrega|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Lieferung|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|שְׁלִיחָה|f|tr=sh'likhá}}, {{t|he|מְסִירָה|f|tr=m'sirá}}, {{t|he|הוֹבָלָה|f|tr=hovalá}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|átadás}}, {{t+|hu|kézbesítés}}, {{t+|hu|kiszállítás}}, {{t|hu|házhoz vitel}}, {{t+|hu|leszállítás}}, {{t+|hu|szállítás}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|ongkir}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|consegna|f}}, {{t+|it|distribuzione}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|配達|tr=はいたつ, haitatsu}}, {{t+|ja|引き渡し|tr=ひきわたし, hikiwatashi}}, {{t+|ja|伝送|tr=でんそう, densō}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|배달(配達)}}
* Latin: {{t|la|puerperium|n}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|достава|f}}, {{t|mk|испорака|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|leveranse|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|leveranse|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dostawa|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|entrega}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|livrare}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|доста́вка|f}}, {{t+|ru|поста́вка|f}}, {{t+|ru|разво́зка|f}}, {{t+|ru|заво́з|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|lìbhrigeadh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|до̏става|f}}, {{t|sh|и̏спорука|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dȍstava|f}}, {{t+|sh|ȉsporuka|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|doručenie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|dostava|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|entrega|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|leverans}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|teslimat}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|доста́вка|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|item which has been conveyed}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|առաքում}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|доста́вка|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zásilka|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|leverance|c}}, {{t|da|levering|c}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|saadetis}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähetys}}
* German: {{t+|de|Lieferung|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מִשְׁלוֹחַ|m|tr=mishloákh}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|küldemény}}, {{t+|hu|szállítmány}}, {{t+|hu|csomag}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[配達]][[物]]|tr=はいたつぶつ, haitatsubutsu}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|[[배달]][[물]](配達物)}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пратка|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dostawa|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|entrega|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|lìbhrigeadh|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|leverans|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|act of giving birth}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَخَاض|m}}, {{t+|ar|وَضْع|m}}, {{t|ar|وِلَادَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծննդաբերություն}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ро́ды|m-p}}, {{t|be|нараджэ́нне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|ра́ждане|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|出生|tr=chūshēng}}, {{t+|cmn|分娩|tr=fēnmiǎn}}, {{t+|cmn|生產|tr=shēngchǎn}}, {{t+|cmn|娩|tr=miǎn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|porod|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|nedkomst|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bevalling|f}}, {{t+|nl|verlossing|f}}, {{t+|nl|geboorte|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|akuŝo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|synnytys}}
* French: {{t+|fr|accouchement}}, {{t+|fr|parturition|f}}, {{t+|fr|naissance|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Entbindung|f}}, {{t+|de|Geburt|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γέννα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|τοκετός|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|לידה|f|tr=leidá|alt=לידה \ לֵדָה}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szülés}}, {{t|hu|világra hozás}}, {{t|hu|világra hozatal}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|pelahiran}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|parto}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|分娩|tr=ぶんべん, bunben}}, {{t+|ja|出産|tr=しゅっさん, shussan}}, {{t+|ja|お産|tr=おさん, osan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|분만(分娩)}}, {{t+|ko|해산(解産)}}, {{t+|ko|출산(出産)}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пораѓање|n}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kelahiran}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|accouochement|m}}
* Old English: {{t+|ang|tēam}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تولد|tr=tavallod}}, {{t+|fa|زایمان|tr=zâymân}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|poród|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|parto|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ро́ды|m-p}}, {{qualifier|birth}} {{t+|ru|рожде́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|по̏рођа̄ј|m}}, {{t|sh|по̀род|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pȍrođāj|m}}, {{t+|sh|pòrod|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|pôrod|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|porod|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|parto|m}}, {{t+|es|nacimiento|m}}, {{t|es|alumbramiento|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förlossning|c}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|таваллуд}}, {{t|tg|зоймон}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பிரசவம்}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ప్రసవం}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ро́ди|m-p}}, {{t|uk|поло́ги|m-p}}, {{t|uk|наро́дження|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|pitching motion}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kast|n}}, {{t|da|aflevering|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|syöttö}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[投球]][[法]]|tr=とうきゅうほう, tōkyūhō}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|투구법(投球法)}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançamento|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|thrown pitch}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kast|n}}, {{t|da|aflevering|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|syöttö}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|投球|tr=とうきゅう, tōkyū}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|투구(投球)}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|manner of speaking}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|إِلْقَاء|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|přednes|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|fremførelse|c}}, {{t|da|foredrag|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|äänenkäyttö}}
* French: {{t+|fr|élocution|f}}, {{t+|fr|débit|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|előadásmód}}, {{t+|hu|tolmácsolás}}, {{t+|hu|előadás}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|話し方|tr=はなしかた, hanashikata}}, {{t+|ja|弁舌|tr=べんぜつ, benzetsu}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|말솜씨}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|lìbhrigeadh|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prednes|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|presentación|f}}, {{t|es|impartición|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|administration of a drug}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|podání|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|udlevering|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|annostelu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|administration}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|beadás}}, {{t+|hu|bevétel}}, {{t+|hu|alkalmazás}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|administração|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{topics|en|Pregnancy}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|delivery}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|br=delíveri}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|mf|deliveries}}

# {{lb|pt|Brazil}} {{l|en|delivery}} {{gloss|the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house}}
#: {{syn|pt|entrega}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|es|en|delivery}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|delívery}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|deliveries|pl2=#}}

# {{l|en|delivery}}

====Usage notes====
{{es-unadapted}}