lood

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Pb
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Etymology

From Dutch lood.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lʊət/
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Noun

lood (uncountable)

lead

Amis

Noun

lood

war

Verb

lood

to throw; to hurl

References

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Dutch

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lood

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Chemical element
Pb
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Next: bismut (Bi)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lôot, from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-West Germanic *laud, from Gaulish *laudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /loːt/
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Hyphenation: lood
Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

lood n (plural loden, diminutive loodje n)

(chemistry) lead
lot (old unit of weight, equal to 1⁄30 or 1⁄32 of a pound)
Kom op jongen, 't zijn de laatste loodjes! — Come on, you're almost finished!
plumb bob, plummet

Synonyms

(lead (metal)): blij/blei
(plumb bob): schietlood, paslood

Derived terms

Related terms

loden

Descendants

Afrikaans: lood
Negerhollands: loodt
→ Saramaccan: lotò
→ Sranan Tongo: loto
- → Caribbean Hindustani: loto
- → Caribbean Javanese: loto

Anagrams

dool

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *luhud (“act of kneeling”).

Verb

lood

to kneel

Mogum

Noun

lood

field

References

Association pour la Promotion de la Langue Mogum, 2012, Usunoŋten nasarawe 1. Transition de mogoum en français.

Scots

Alternative forms

loud
lowd

Etymology

From Middle English loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Equivalent to English loud.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lud/

Adjective

lood (comparative looder, superlative loodest)

loud

Noun

lood (plural loods)

sound.
tone of voice; disposition; mood.