lode

English

Etymology

Etymologically identical with load, which has however become semantically restricted. The now-archaic lode continues the old sense of Old English lád "way, course, journey" but by the 19th century survived only dialectally in the sense of "watercourse", as a technical term in mining, and in the compounds lodestone, lodestar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ləʊd/

  Rhymes: -əʊd

Noun

lode (plural lodes)

1. (obsolete) A way or path; a road.
2. (dialectal) a watercourse
3. (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
4. (by extension) A rich source of supply.

Translations

loadstone — see lodestone

vein of metallic ore

Finnish: suoni (fi), malmisuoni (fi) French: filon (fr) m. German: Ader (de) f.

Italian: filone (it) m. Japanese: 鉱脈 (kōmyaku) Spanish: pílon, veta

rich source of supply

Finnish: suoni (fi)

Related terms

• lodestar
• loadstone
• mother lode

Anagrams

• dole, leod, olde, OLED

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin laus, laudem.

Noun

lode f. (plural lodi)

1. praise

Related terms

• lodevole
• lodare

Anagrams

• Delo, ledo

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Latvian

Noun

lode

1. ball
2. sphere
3. bullet

Declension

Fifth declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	lode	lodes
genitive	lodes	ložu
dative	lodei	lodēm
accusative	lodi	lodes
locative	lodē	lodēs