rode

See also: Rode, rodé, rodě, rôdé, rôde, röde, røde, and роде

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rōd, IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊd/
• enPR: rōd, IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Homophones: road, rowed

• Audio (US):

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Etymology 1

Verb

rode

1. simple past of ride

Etymology 2

Noun

rode (plural rodes)

1. (nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.

Synonyms

• warp

Translations

The line from the vessel to its anchor

• Dutch: reed (nl), reden (nl)
• Finnish: ankkuriköysi (rope), ankkurikettinki (chain)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: reið (is)
• Norwegian: red (no)

Etymology 3

See road.

Noun

rode (plural rodes)

1. (obsolete) A raid; an incursion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

2. (obsolete) A roadstead.

Anagrams

• Dore, EDRO, Oder, dero, doer, orde, redo, roed

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Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrodə/

Verb

rode (third-person singular simple present rodt, past participle grodt, auxiliary haa)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to move, stir
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili, I.5:

     Äs stoht im Stubli, rod't si nüd.

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrodɛ]

Noun

rode

1. vocative singular of rod

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːdə/, [ˈʁoːðə]

Noun

rode c (singular definite roden, plural indefinite roder)

1. (military) file
2. tax collector's district

Declension

Declension of rode

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rode	roden	roder	roderne
genitive	rodes	rodens	roders	rodernes

Verb

rode (imperative rod, infinitive at rode, present tense roder, past tense rodede, perfect tense har rodet)

1. to mess up (make a physical mess of)
2. to rummage, to root

References

• “rode” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• rooie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroː.də/

• Audio:

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Adjective

rode

1. (deprecated template usage) Inflected form of rood

Anagrams

• orde

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French

Verb

rode

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

Anagrams

• dore, doré

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Galician

Verb

rode

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of rodar

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

rode

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of roden.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of roden.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of roden.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of roden.

Anagrams

• oder

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːrə/

Verb

rode

1. to guess

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Italian

Verb

rode

1. third-person singular indicative present of rodere

Anagrams

• orde

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) rōde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rōdō

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rōd, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō.

Alternative forms

• rod, roude, rood, rud, rude

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːd/
• Rhymes: -oːd

Noun

rode (plural rodes or roden)

2. A cross or gibbet.
3. The cross of Christ.
4. The cross as an emblem of Christianity, such as:
   1. As an emblem representing torment, suffering, or tribulation
   2. A crucifix
5. A rod, pole, or bar
6. A quarter of an acre; a rood

Descendants

• English: rood
• Scots: rude, ruid

References

• “rọ̄de (n.(5))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

Etymology 2

From Old English rād, from Proto-Germanic *raidō.

Alternative forms

• rade, rod, rood, roode

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔːd/

Noun

rode (plural rodes or roden)

2. ride, journey, voyage
3. harbour, roadstead

Descendants

• English: road
• Scots: raid
  • → English: raid

References

• “rōde (n.(3))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

Etymology 3

From Old English rudu.

Alternative forms

• rud, rodde, rudde, roode

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrud(ə)/, /ˈroːd(ə)/

Noun

rode (plural rodes or roden)

2. ruddiness, redness
3. face, appearance, visage
4. Pot marigold, calendula (Calendula officinalis)

Related terms

• rody

Descendants

• English: rud
• Scots: rud, rudd

References

• “rōde (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
• “rōde (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

Etymology 4

From Old English ġerād, rād.

Alternative forms

• rad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔːd/

Noun

rode (plural rodes)

2. (rare) reckoning, judgement, account

References

• “rōde (n.(4))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

Etymology 5

From Old English *rodd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔd/

Noun

rode (plural roddes)

1. Alternative form of rodde (“rod”)

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German raten, Dutch raden, English read.

Verb

rode

1. to advise, to counsel
2. to guess

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Plautdietsch

Verb

rode

1. to guess
2. to advise, to suggest

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Portuguese

Verb

rode

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

rode (Cyrillic spelling роде)

1. third-person plural present of roditi

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Venetian

Noun

rode

1. plural of roda