sped

See also: spęd and SPED

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɛd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

Verb

sped

  1. simple past and past participle of speed
    Synonym: speeded

Etymology 2

From SPED.

Noun

sped (plural speds)

  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A special education student.

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpet/

Adjective

sped

  1. late

Declension

Declension of sped (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
weak inflection nominative sped sped sped spede
accusative spede sped sped spede
dative spede spede spede spede
strong inflection nominative speder spede spedes spede
accusative spede spede spedes spede
dative spedem speder spedem spede

Further reading

Malay

Noun

sped

  1. (card games) spades (suit)
    Synonym: sekopong

See also

Suits in Malay · daun terup (layout · text)
lekuk, pangkah ciduk, daiman, retin sekopong, sped kelawar

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English spēd, for earlier spōed, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /speːd/

Noun

sped (uncountable)

  1. fortune, luck (especially good)
    1. success (the achievement of a goal)
    2. (rare) abundance, prosperity
  2. speed, velocity (rate of action, usually motion):
    1. speediness, haste (fast movement or action)
    2. power, efficacy (capacity to effect)
  3. help, assistance (something ameliorative)
  4. (Late Middle English) benefit (something positive)
  5. (rare) intent, aim, goal

Descendants

  • English: speed (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: sped, spede, speid

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (prosperity, success).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /speːd/

Noun

spēd f

  1. success, prosperity

Declension

Strong i-stem:

Derived terms

Descendants

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsped/

Noun

sped (nominative plural speds)

  1. lance

Declension

Declension of sped
singular plural
nominative sped speds
genitive speda spedas
dative spede spedes
accusative spedi spedis
vocative 1 o sped! o speds!
predicative 2 spedu spedus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only