nod

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See also: NOD, Nod, nód, nöd, nőd, nød, -nod, and -nöd

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”).[1] Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

nod (third-person singular simple present nods, present participle nodding, simple past and past participle nodded)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To sway, move up and down.
    • 1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] [T. Miller] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 1:
      By every wind that nods the mountain pine.
    • 1819, William Wordsworth, On Seeing a Tuft of Snowdrops in a Storm:
      Frail snowdrops that together cling / and nod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by.
  4. (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
  5. (transitive) To signify by a nod.
    They nodded their assent.
  6. (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
    Even Homer nods.
  7. (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
    Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]:
      With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.
  8. (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
    • March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]
      Though the title nods to the Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves—and Cyril, much like the father and son in that movie, spends much of his time tracking down the oft-stolen possession—The Kid With A Bike isn’t about the bike as something essential to his livelihood, but as his sole connection to the freedom and play of childhood itself.
  9. (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.

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Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

nod (plural nods)

  1. An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
  2. A reference or allusion to something.
    • 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2]:
      Much like Mirror Mirror, Huntsman appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films. Sometimes the nods are clever—Stewart’s first night in the forest, among hallucinatory fog that gives the trees faces and clutching hands, evokes Disney’s animated Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs from 1937.
  3. A nomination.
    For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammy nod, she has yet to win the award.
    • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
      Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Really putting a damper on the ol' Tony nod.
  4. (figurative) Approval.
    The plan is expected to get the nod from councillors at the next meeting.
    • 1964 August, “News and Comment: One main line to Scotland?”, in Modern Railways, page 86:
      Has the BRB received a secret nod from the Ministry to continue the LMR electrification from Weaver Junction to Glasgow?
  5. A state of half-consciousness; stupor.
    • 1988 August 20, Wickie Stamps, “Voluptuous Nudes and Withered Addicts”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 7:
      Withered addicts drooped into chronic heroin nods.

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Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nod”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin nōdus. Compare Daco-Romanian nod.

Noun[edit]

nod

  1. knot

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin nōdō. Compare Daco-Romanian înnoda, înnod (archaic noda).

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

nod first-singular present indicative (past participle nudatã)

  1. to knot, tie a knot
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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish not, from Latin nota. Doublet of nóta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nod m (genitive singular noid, nominative plural noda)

  1. scribal contraction, abbreviation
  2. hint (clue; tacit suggestion)

Declension[edit]

Declension of nod

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nod noda
Vocative a noid a noda
Genitive noid nod
Dative nod noda

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an nod na noda
Genitive an noid na nod
Dative leis an nod

don nod

leis na noda

Further reading[edit]

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Numeral[edit]

nod

  1. ninety

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

nod n (definite singular nodet, indefinite plural nod, definite plural noda)

  1. a bent spike on a nail (or similar) which is hammered through a medium (e.g. a piece of wood)

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *naudi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nōd f

  1. a need
  2. a necessity for something

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Low German: nōt
    • Westphalian:
      Sauerländisch: nôd
      Westmünsterländisch: Nood
    • Plautdietsch: Noot

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nod n (plural noduri)

  1. knot

Declension[edit]

Declension of nod
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) nod nodul (niște) noduri nodurile
genitive/dative (unui) nod nodului (unor) noduri nodurilor
vocative nodule nodurilor

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Welsh not, from Proto-Brythonic *nod, from Latin nota.[1] Cognate with Cornish nos, Old Breton not, Old Irish not, Irish nod.

Noun[edit]

nod m (plural nodau, not mutable)

  1. mark, brand
  2. aim, objective, goal
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English node, from Latin nōdus.

Noun[edit]

nod m (plural nodau or nodion, not mutable)

  1. (botany) leaf node
  2. (medicine) node
    Synonym: oddf
  3. (geometry, graph theory) node
  4. (physics) node
  5. (astronomy) node
    Synonyms: cwlwm, trawsglwm, oddf

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

nod

  1. Nasal mutation of dod.

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dod ddod nod unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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