padda

• parra

From Dutch pad, from Middle Dutch padde, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.da/, /ˈpa.ra/

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padda (plural paddas, diminutive paddatjie)

1. frog, toad

• boompadda
• brulpadda
• skurwepadda

• boompadda
• brulpadda
• skurwepadda

From Old Norse padda (“toad”), from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Compare Icelandic padda, Danish padde, English pad. See also Dutch pad and paddenstoel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
• Rhymes: -atːa

padda f (genitive singular paddu, plural paddur)

1. toad
2. amphibian (any animal of the taxonomic class Amphibia)

• froskpadda
• rúðurpadda

• froskur
• salamandra
• storkur

From Old Norse padda, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Faroese padda, Danish padde, Dutch pad, English pad.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
• Rhymes: -atːa

padda f (genitive singular pöddu, nominative plural pöddur)

1. insect, bug

   Synonym: skordýr

From Indonesian or Malay padi (“rice”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpad.da/
• Rhymes: -adda
• Hyphenation: pàd‧da

padda m (invariable)

1. the Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)

• padden

padda m or f

1. definite feminine singular of padde

padda f

1. definite singular of padde

From Proto-Germanic *paddǭ.

padda f (genitive pǫddu)

1. toad

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “padda”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Germanic. Compare Italian palla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɖɖa/
• Hyphenation: pad‧da

padda f (plural paddi)

1. ball

From Old Swedish padda, from Old Norse padda. Of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (“to swell”) (Pok. 96), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”) (Pok. 98-102), which would indicate a Proto-Germanic *paddǭ. Cognate with Icelandic padda, Danish padde.

Compare English puddle, Old English puduc (“swelling, lump, growth, wart”), Low German puddig (“swollen”).

padda c

1. a toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)

• groda (“frog”)

From iPad, perhaps under influence of toad sense.

padda c

1. (colloquial) a tablet (tablet computer)

   Synonym: surfplatta

• padda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• padda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• padda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)