gade
English
Etymology
Compare cod (“kind of fish”).
Noun
gade (plural gades)
- Any of various fish of the cod family found in British waters; especially those of the genera Gadus and Motella.[1]
- (UK, dialect, obsolete, Moray Firth) A pike.
Synonyms
- (pike): gead
References
- ^ The English Cyclopedia. 1867. Part 2, Volume 3, p. 914
Further reading
- “gade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish gatæ, from Old Norse gata, whence English gate. Cognate with German Gasse (“lane”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉 (gatwō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊æːðə]
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
gade c (singular definite gaden, plural indefinite gader)
- street (a paved part of road, usually in a village or a town)
Inflection
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gade | gaden | gader | gaderne |
genitive | gades | gadens | gaders | gadernes |
Derived terms
Dutch
Alternative forms
- ga (mostly in compounds)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gade, from gegade, from Old Dutch *gigado. Substantivised form of the past participle of gaden, which is now obsolete.
Related to eega, gading, gader, tegader, gaderen, vergaderen, gegadigde, allegaartje, weerga and possibly also goed. Cognate with German Gatte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣaːdə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ga‧de
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
gade m or f (plural gaden, diminutive gadetje n)
- spouse (husband or wife)
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gade
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γάδος (gádos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡad/
Audio: (file)
Noun
gade m (plural gades)
Further reading
- “gade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gade”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume
Haitian Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a merger of two distinct verbs:
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡade/
Verb
gade(transitive)
Related terms
See also
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː.de/
Noun
gāde
- inflection of gād:
- dative/genitive singular
- nominative plural
- accusative singular/plural
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
gade (Cyrillic spelling гаде)
- vocative singular of gad
Walloon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaits (compare English goat).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡat/
Noun
gade f (r)
Derived terms
- gadot
- gadlî
- gadler
- s' agadler
- ragadler