made

See also Made

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /meɪ̯d/, X-SAMPA: /meId/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophone: maid

Etymology 1

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot-, *mat- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

Alternative forms

• mad
• mathe (Scotland)

Noun

made (plural mades)

1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) A maggot or grub.

Related terms

• maddock
• maggot
• mauk/mawk

Etymology 2

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

Verb

made

1. simple past tense and past participle of make

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Derived terms

Terms derived from made

have it made home-made made in the shade

made man ready-made self-made

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: A · should · can · #82: made · did · such · great

Anagrams

• ADME
• dame
• Edam
• mead

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Danish

Verb

made

1. feed

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmadə/, X-SAMPA: /"mad@/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-Germanic *maþô. Cognate with Old English maþa, Old Saxon matho, Old High German mado (German Made), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa), somehow from Proto-Indo-European *math- used in insect names.

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje)

1. maggot; a fly larva that eats decomposing flesh.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *maþwō, *mēþwō.

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje)

1. (archaic) grassland, meadow

Anagrams

• adem, dame

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Finnish

Etymology

From the verb mataa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɑde(ʔ)/
• Rhymes: -ɑde
• Hyphenation: ma‧de

Noun

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made

1. burbot (Lota lota)

Declension

Declension of made (type hame) singular plural nominative made mateet genitive mateen mateiden mateitten partitive madetta mateita accusative made mateen mateet inessive mateessa mateissa elative mateesta mateista illative mateeseen mateisiin mateihin adessive mateella mateilla ablative mateelta mateilta allative mateelle mateille essive mateena mateina translative mateeksi mateiksi instructive – matein abessive mateetta mateitta comitative – mateineen

Synonyms

• matikka

Derived terms

• madekeitto

Anagrams

• edam

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Japanese

Romanization

made

1. See まで

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

made

1. material

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Latin

Verb

madē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of madeō

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Scots

Verb

made

1. simple past tense and past participle of mak