rood

English

Etymology

From Middle English rood, from Old English rōd (“a rod, pole, rood (land measure), plot of land of a square rod, a cross, rood (as in Holy-rood), gallows, a cross on which a person is executed, death on a cross, crucifix”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdōn (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *rāt- (“bar, beam, stem”). Cognate with German Rute (“rod, cane, pole”), Norwegian roda (“rod”). Largely displaced by cross. More at rod.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ruːd/

Noun

rood (plural roods)

1. (archaic) A crucifix, cross.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark act III scene 4

     Have you forgot me?

     No, by the rood, not so.

2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.

Synonyms

• (quarter of an acre): farthingdale

Derived terms

• rood beam
• rood loft
• rood screen

Translations

crucifix

quarter of an acre

French: vergée (fr) f.

Anagrams

• door, odor, ordo

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Old Dutch *rōd, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːt

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• IPA: /roːt/

Adjective

rood (comparative roder, superlative roodst)

1. red

   Veel dakpannen zijn rood - A lot of roof tiles are red

2. (politics) labor

Declension

Declension of rood

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		rood	roder
neuter singular	indefinite	rood	roder
	definite	rode	rodere	roodste	het roodst(e)
common singular		rode	rodere	roodste	de roodste
plural		rode	rodere	roodste	de roodste
partitive		roods	roders

Derived terms

• infrarood
• roodachtig
• roodharig

See also

• (basic colors) kleur; rood, oranje, geel, groen, blauwgroen, blauw, paars, violet, roze, bruin, wit, grijs, zwart ^{(Category: nl:Colors) [edit]}

Anagrams

• door, oord

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Noun

rood (plural roods)

1. category

Declension

declension of rood

	singular	plural
nominative	rood	roods
genitive	rooda	roodas
dative	roode	roodes
accusative	roodi	roodis
predicative	roodu	roodus
vocative	o rood!	o roods!