made

See also: Made and måde

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɪ̯d/

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• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophone: maid
• Hyphenation: made

Etymology 1

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot-, *mat- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

Alternative forms

• mad
• mathe (Scotland)

Noun

made (plural mades)

1. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) A maggot or grub.

Related terms

• maddock
• maggot
• mauk/mawk

Etymology 2

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

Verb

made

1. simple past tense and past participle of make
2. (Geordie) simple past tense and past participle of myek
3. (Wearside) simple past tense and past participle of mak

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:made.

Derived terms

Terms derived from made

• home-made

• human-made

• ready-made

• self-made

Related terms

Terms related to made

• have it made

• made for each other

• made in the shade

• made man

Anagrams

• ADME, Dame, Edam, MEDA, Mead, dame, mead

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːdə

Verb

made

1. feed

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːdə/

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Cognate with Old English maþa, Old Saxon matho, Old High German mado (German Made), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa).

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)

1. maggot; a fly larva that eats decomposing flesh.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *maþwō, *mēþwō.

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)

1. (archaic) grassland, meadow

Anagrams

• adem, dame

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *madeh, from Proto-Finnic *matadak. Akin to Ludian madeh. Possibly equivalent to mad +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdeˣ/
• Rhymes: -ɑde
• Hyphenation: ma‧de

Noun

made

1. burbot (Lota lota)

Declension

Inflection of made (Kotus type 48/hame, t-d gradation)
nominative		made	mateet
genitive		mateen	mateiden mateitten
partitive		madetta	mateita
illative		mateeseen	mateisiin mateihin
		singular	plural
nominative		made	mateet
accusative	nom.	made	mateet
	gen.	mateen
genitive		mateen	mateiden mateitten
partitive		madetta	mateita
inessive		mateessa	mateissa
elative		mateesta	mateista
illative		mateeseen	mateisiin mateihin
adessive		mateella	mateilla
ablative		mateelta	mateilta
allative		mateelle	mateille
essive		mateena	mateina
translative		mateeksi	mateiksi
instructive		—	matein
abessive		mateetta	mateitta
comitative		—	mateineen

Synonyms

• matikka

Derived terms

• madekeitto

Anagrams

• edam

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Japanese

Romanization

made

1. Rōmaji transcription of まで

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

made

1. material

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Latin

Verb

madē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of madeō

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Scots

Verb

made

1. simple past tense and past participle of mak