merd
English
Etymology
French merde, Latin merda. Doublet of mierda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɜː(ɹ)d/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Noun
merd
- (obsolete, vulgar) Ordure; dung, shit, excrement.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
- discuss the original of a merd.
Derived terms
References
- “merd”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
merd
Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛrd]
- Hyphenation: merd
- Rhymes: -ɛrd
Verb
merd
- second-person singular subjunctive present definite of mer
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛɾd/
Adjective
merd
- generous
- Synonym: camêr
- brave
- Synonym: mêrxas
- dependable, reliable
Derived terms
- merdayî
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “merd”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 373
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse merðr, from Proto-Germanic *merþaz, *merþraz. Cognate with Icelandic merður.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛːr/, /mɛːɽ/
Noun
merd m (definite singular merden, indefinite plural merdar, definite plural merdane)
- a fish trap
- a net enclosure used in aquaculture
Talysh
Etymology
Cognate with Persian مرد (mard).
Noun
merd
- man (male human)