ford

See also Ford, FORD, -ford, and förd

English

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Alternative forms

• foorth (obsolete, [14th century])

Pronunciation

• IPA: /foʊɹd/, /fɔːɹd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

Etymology

Old English ford. Cognate with English firth, fjord (via Old Norse), German Furt.

Noun

ford (plural fords)

1. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

Translations

crossing

• Afrikaans: drif (af)
• Albanian: va (sq) f and m
• Basque: ibi (eu)
• Belarusian: брод (be) (brod) m 
• Bulgarian: брод (bg) (brod) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淺灘 (cmn), 浅滩 (cmn) (qiǎntān), 津 (cmn) (jīn), 可涉水而過的地方, 可涉水而过的地方 (kě shè shuǐ ér guò de dìfāng)

• Czech: brod (cs) m
• Danish: vadested (da) n
• Dutch: voorde (nl) c, doorwaardbare plaats (nl) c
• Estonian: koolmekoht (et)
• Faroese: vað (fo) n
• Finnish: kahlaamo (fi), kahlauspaikka (fi), kahluupaikka (fi)
• French: gué (fr) m
• Georgian: ფონი (ka) (poni) 
• German: Furt (de) f
• Hungarian: gázló (hu)
• Italian: guado (it) m

• Japanese: 浅瀬 (ja) (あさせ, asase)
• Latin: vadum (la) n
• Macedonian: брод (mk) (brod) m
• Malay: tohor (ms), tohor sungai (ms)
• Maori: kauranga (mi)
• Norwegian: vadeplass (no) m, vadested (no) n
• Polish: bród (pl) m
• Portuguese: vau (pt)
• Romanian: vad (ro) n
• Russian: брод (ru) (brod) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: àth (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: брод (sh) m, газ (sh) m

  Roman: brod (sh) m, gaz (sh) m

• Slovak: brod (sk) m
• Slovene: brod (sl) m
• Spanish: vado (es) m
• Swedish: vadställe (sv) n
• Ukrainian: брід (uk) (brid) m 
• Vietnamese: chỗ cạn (vi)
• Welsh: rhyd (cy) f

Verb

ford (third-person singular simple present fords, present participle fording, simple past and past participle forded)

1. To cross a stream using a ford.

Translations

to cross a stream

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涉過 (cmn), 涉过 (cmn) (shèguò)

• Czech: přebrodit (cs)
• Esperanto: travadi (eo)
• Finnish: kahlata (fi)
• French: ‎passer à gué
• Georgian: ფონზე გასვლა (ka) (p’onze gasvla)

• Italian: guadare (it)
• Macedonian: броди (mk) (bródi)
• Norwegian: vade (no)
• Polish: przeprawić (pl)
• Russian: переходить вброд (ru) (perexodít' vbrod)  impf., перейти вброд (ru) (pereijtí vbrod)  pf.
• Spanish: vadear (es)

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *furduz (“crossing, ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to ferry, put across”). Cognate with Old Saxon ford (“ford”). More at fare.

Noun

ford m

1. ford.
2. waterway.

Declension

    Declension of ford (strong u-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ford	forda
accusative	ford	forda
genitive	forda	forda
dative	forda	fordum

Descendants

• Middle English: ford
• English: ford