lood

See also: łóód

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Pb
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Etymology

From Dutch lood, from Middle Dutch lôot, from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-Germanic *laudą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊət/

Noun

lood (uncountable)

1. lead

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Amis

Noun

lood

1. war

Verb

lood

1. to throw; to hurl

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

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Dutch

Chemical element
Pb
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Etymology

From Middle Dutch lôot, from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-Germanic *laudą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːt/

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• Hyphenation: lood
• Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

lood n (plural loden, diminutive loodje n)

1. (chemistry) lead
2. lot (old unit of weight, equal to 1⁄30 or 1⁄32 of a pound)

   Kom op jongen, 't zijn de laatste loodjes! — Come on, you're almost finished!

3. plumb bob, plummet

Synonyms

• (lead (metal)): blij/blei
• (plumb bob): schietlood, paslood

Derived terms

• glas in lood
• loodrecht
• paslood
• potlood
• schietlood
• in het lood
• uit het lood

Related terms

• loden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lood
• → Sranan Tongo: loto

Anagrams

• dool

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Scots

Alternative forms

• loud
• lowd

Etymology

From Middle English loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Equivalent to English loud

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lud/

Adjective

lood (comparative looder, superlative loodest)

1. loud

Noun

lood (plural loods)

1. sound.
2. tone of voice; disposition; mood.