bode

See also: Bode, bøde, bodě, bodę, and bódé

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəʊd/
• IPA^(key): /boʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Homophone: bowed (in one sense)

Etymology 1

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Verb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). See bid.

Noun from Middle English bod, from Old English bod, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message, offer”).

Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode.

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.

   Synonyms: portend, presage, foreshow

   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene i^[1]:

     O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound,

     And crown what I profess with kind event

     If I speak true; if hollowly invert

     What best is boded me to mischief: I,

     Beyond all limit of what else i' th' world,

     Do love, prize, honour you.

2. (intransitive, followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.
   • Dryden

     Whatever now / The omen proved, it boded well to you.

Derived terms

• bodement
• forebode

Translations

to be the omen of; to portend to presage

• Bulgarian: веща́я (bg) (veštája), предвеща́вам (bg) (predveštávam)
• Czech: věštit impf, předpovídat (cs) impf
• German: verheißen (de), ahnen lassen, sich ankündigen
• Greek: προμηνύω (el) (prominýo), προοιωνίζω (el) (prooionízo), προοιωνίζομαι (el) (prooionízomai)
• Italian: presagire (it), promettere (it)
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• Korean: 징조이다 (jingjoida)
• Russian: предвеща́ть (ru) impf (predveščátʹ), веща́ть (ru) impf (veščátʹ), сули́ть (ru) impf (sulítʹ)
• Spanish: anunciarse, agorar (es), presagiar (es), pronosticar (es), prever (es)
• Swedish: båda (sv)

to foreshow something; to augur

• Bulgarian: гада́я (bg) (gadája)
• Dutch: voorspellen (nl)
• German: verheißen (de), ahnen lassen
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• Italian: far presagire, preannunciare (it)
• Russian: гада́ть (ru) impf (gadátʹ)

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

1. An omen; a foreshadowing.

   Chaucer

   The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bod, from Old English bod (“a bidding”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“a bidding, offer”). Cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, Icelandic boð, Faroese boð, Norwegian Nynorsk bod, Norwegian Bokmål bud. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot. See bid.

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

1. (obsolete or dialect) A bid; an offer.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Etymology 3

From Middle English bode, from Old English boda (“messenger, forerunner”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”). Cognate with Dutch bode (“messenger, harbinger”), German Bote (“messenger”).

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

1. A messenger; a herald.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Robertson to this entry?)

Etymology 4

From Middle English bod, abod (“a stopping”).

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

1. A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 5

Inflected form of bide.

Verb

bode

1. simple past of bide
   • Tennyson

     There that night they bode.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bode”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [2]

Anagrams

• Debo, Obed, bedo

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Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from English body.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓó.ɗe/

Noun

1. body of a lorry

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbodɛ/
• Rhymes: -odɛ
• Hyphenation: bo‧de

Noun

bode

1. vocative singular of bod

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːdə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: bo‧de
• Rhymes: -oːdə

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch bōde, from Old Dutch bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.

Noun

bode m or f (plural boden or bodes, diminutive bodetje n)

1. messenger
2. servant

Derived terms

• bodes
• bodin
• bodenbrood
• bodenkamer
• bodenloon
• dienstbode
• geluksbode
• gerechtsbode
• ijlbode
• jobsbode
• renbode
• snelbode
• onheilsbode
• postbode

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bode

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular past subjunctive of bieden

Further reading

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔðe̝/

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

1. buck, billy goat

   Synonym: castrón

2. goatskin

   Synonym: fol

Derived terms

• bode seixo

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “bode” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “bode” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Laboya

Verb

bode

1. (intransitive) to stop

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “bode”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 10

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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From Old Dutch bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːdə/

Noun

bōde m

1. messenger
2. servant

Inflection

Weak masculine
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bōde	bōden
Accusative	bōde	bōden
Genitive	bōden	bōden
Dative	bōde	bōden

Descendants

• Dutch: bode

Further reading

• “bode (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bode (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

bode

1. past participle of by

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Plautdietsch

Verb

bode

1. to bathe, to lave

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Portuguese

bode

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔˑðɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔˑd͡ʒi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔˑdi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔˑde/
• Hyphenation: bo‧de

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

1. goat buck, billy goat

Synonyms

• (goat buck): cabrão

Derived terms

• bode expiatório

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo‧de

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

1. goat buck

Synonyms

• cabrón

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Volapük

Noun

bode

1. dative singular of bod