fod
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom".
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fod (plural fods)
- (Slang, dialectal, Northern England) forehead, particularly a large one
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, cognate with English foot, German Fuß, Dutch voet. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), which is also the source of Latin pēs, Ancient Greek πούς (poús).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fod c (singular definite foden, plural indefinite fødder, or (as a measure) fod)
- (anatomy) foot
- (figuratively) foot (the base or lower part of something, e.g. a page or a mountain)
- (historical or referring to foreign cultures) foot (unit of measure, in Denmark 31.4 cm until 1907, equal to 12 tommer (inches))
- (prosody or phonology, rare) foot (a rhythmical unit)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of fod
Derived terms[edit]
from fod
- bladfod c
- drejefod c
- drudefod c
- feltfod
- fodarbejde n
- fodbad n
- fodbalde c
- fodballe c
- fodbold c
- fodbremse c
- fodende c
- fodfejl c
- fodfolk n
- fodformet
- fodfæste n
- fodgænger c
- fodhviler c
- fodindlæg n
- fodkold
- fodlang
- fodnote c
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
fod
- Alternative form of fot
Volapük[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fod (nominative plural fods)
Declension[edit]
declension of fod
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from fod
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fod
- Soft mutation of bod.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bod | fod | mod | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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