almude

English

Etymology

Portuguese almude or Spanish almud, a measure of grain or dry fruit, from Arabic مُدّ (mudd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈmuːd(ə)/

Noun

almude (plural almudes)

1. (historical) An old liquid measure.

Usage notes

• In Portugal the Lisbon almude was about 4.4 US gallons, and the Oporto almude about 6.6. In Turkey the almud was about 1.4 gallons.

Translations

old liquid measure

• Portuguese: almude (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “almude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• alumed, maudle, mauled

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic مُدّ (mudd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈmudi/
• IPA^(key): /aɫˈmuðɨ/

Noun

almude m (plural almudes)

1. almude (old liquid measure)