roda

See also: Appendix:Variations of "roda"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɔ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrɔ.ða]
• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Hyphenation: ro‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan roda, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”). Compare Occitan ròda, French roue, Spanish rueda.

Noun

roda f (plural rodes)

1. wheel (a circular device capable of rotating on its axis)
2. cartwheel (a gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side)

Derived terms

• cadira de rodes
• contraroda
• rodejar
• rodella
• rodet

Related terms

• rodar

Etymology 2

Verb

roda

1. inflection of rodar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “roda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “roda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “roda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “roda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

roda

1. third-person singular past historic of roder

Anagrams

• dora

Galician

A pair of old cart wheels, in Galicia

Laxe das rodas ("Stone of the wheels") Chalcolithic petroglyph, Cotobade, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roda, from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔda/ [ˈrɔ.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Hyphenation: ro‧da

Noun

roda f (plural rodas)

1. wheel
2. (nautical) stem
3. fish cut

   Synonym: toro

4. ring, circle (of people, etc.)
5. hillfort or ringfort

Derived terms

• Roda
• rodada
• rodapé
• rodar
• rodeira
• rodeiro
• rodela
• rodicio
• rodo

Verb

roda

1. inflection of rodar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “roda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “roda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “roda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay roda, from Portuguese roda, from Latin rota, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈroda/ [ˈro.da]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oda
• Syllabification: ro‧da

Noun

roda (plural roda-roda)

1. wheel (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation)

   Synonym: lereng-lereng

2. (aviation) gear

   Synonym: jentera

Derived terms

• beroda
• meroda

Further reading

• “roda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.da/
• Rhymes: -oda
• Hyphenation: ró‧da

Verb

roda

1. inflection of rodere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Hyphenation: rò‧da

Verb

roda

1. inflection of rodare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -ardo, Ardo, Odra, ardo, darò, dora, orda, rado

Kashubian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Syllabification: ro‧da

Noun

roda f

1. nature

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “przyroda”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “roda”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔda/

Noun

roda

1. inflection of rod:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese roda, from Latin rota, from Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroda/ [ˈro.da]
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: ro‧da

Noun

roda (Jawi spelling رودا, plural roda-roda)

1. wheel (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation)

   Synonyms: lereng, liring

Affixations

• beroda

Further reading

• “roda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse roða. This verb uses split infinitive.

Alternative forms

• rode (e infinitive)

Verb

roda (present tense rodar, past tense roda, past participle roda, passive infinitive rodast, present participle rodande, imperative roda/rod)

1. (intransitive) to shine reddish, to be red
2. (transitive) to make red
3. (by extension, archaic) to glaze baked goods (with raw egg yolk or milk or similar) before putting into oven

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

roda

1. definite plural of rod
2. definite singular of rode

Noun

ròda

1. definite plural of ròd

References

• “roda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroː.dɑ/

Noun

rōda

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of rōd

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.dɐ/ [ˈhɔ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.dɐ/ [ˈhɔ.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.dɐ/ [ˈχɔ.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.da/ [ˈhɔ.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.dɐ/ [ˈʁɔ.ðɐ]

• (Angola, Mozambique, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.dɐ/
• Hyphenation: ro‧da

roda

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese roda, from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).

Noun

roda f (plural rodas)

1. wheel
2. cartwheel (a gymnastic maneuver)
3. (historical) foundling wheel
4. circle (of people)

Related terms

• rodar
• rodela
• rotar

Descendants

• → Malay: roda
  • Indonesian: roda
• → Swahili: roda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roda

1. inflection of rodar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

• rouda (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin rota.

Noun

roda f (plural rodas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) wheel

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Latin ardea (“heron”) and Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), either from a Proto-Indo-European root or more likely a common Mediterranean substrate source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǒːda/
• Hyphenation: ro‧da

Noun

róda f (Cyrillic spelling ро́да)

1. stork

   Synonym: štȓk

Declension

Declension of roda

	singular	plural
nominative	roda	rode
genitive	rode	roda
dative	rodi	rodama
accusative	rodu	rode
vocative	rodo	rode
locative	rodi	rodama
instrumental	rodom	rodama

Further reading

• “roda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

roda (Cyrillic spelling рода)

1. genitive singular of rod

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroda/ [ˈro.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -oda
• Syllabification: ro‧da

Noun

roda f (plural rodas)

1. (nautical) cutwater, stem (the most forward part of a boat's or ship's bow)

Further reading

• “roda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese roda (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

roda class IX (plural roda class X)

1. (nautical) winch

Venetan

Alternative forms

• rua

Etymology

From Latin rota. Compare Italian ruota.

Noun

roda f (plural rode)

1. wheel
2. tyre