subside

English

Etymology

Latin subsīdō (“I settle, subside”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪd

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Verb

1. (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. (intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3. (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.

   The sea subsides.

   The tumults of war will subside.

   The fever has subsided.

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     Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […].

4. (intransitive, colloquial) To cease talking.

Translations

to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平息， 减退

• Dutch: bezinken (nl)
• Finnish: vajota (fi), laskeutua (fi)
• French: tomber (fr)
• German: einsinken (de)
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• Italian: sprofondare (it), abbassare (it), abbassarsi (it), scendere (it), discendere (it), ridursi, ridurre (it), calare (it)
• Korean: 가라앉다 (ko) (garaanda)
• Maori: tatū
• Portuguese: esvaziar (pt)
• Russian: оседа́ть (ru) impf (osedátʹ), осе́сть (ru) pf (oséstʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh

to fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink

• Dutch: zakken (nl), verlagen (nl), dalen (nl), zinken (nl)
• Finnish: painua (fi), vajota (fi)
• Italian: discendere (it), abbassare (it), calare (it)
• Latin: sedeo
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• Maori: tāngangao
• Occitan: descendre, baissar (oc)
• Russian: опуска́ться (ru) impf (opuskátʹsja), опусти́ться (ru) pf (opustítʹsja), спада́ть (ru) impf (spadátʹ), спасть (ru) pf (spastʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh

to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate

• Czech: upokojit se, zklidnit se
• Dutch: kalmeren (nl), milderen (nl)
• Eastern Bontoc: omaket, maknad
• Finnish: laantua (fi), tyyntyä (fi), rauhoittua (fi)
• German: abklingen, nachlassen (de), abschwellen (de)
• Ilocano: umababaw
• Italian: calmarsi (it), quietarsi, sedare (it)
• Lubuagan Kalinga: maksit, bumman-it chi chelum
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• Maori: whakamahuru, whakamauru, māwhe, pāitiiti, tāngangao
• Occitan: s'abaucar, s'apasiar, s'apasimar
• Old English: swaþrian
• Russian: успока́иваться (ru) impf (uspokáivatʹsja), успоко́иться (ru) pf (uspokóitʹsja), унима́ться (ru) impf (unimátʹsja), уня́ться (ru) impf (unjátʹsja)
• Southern Kalinga: natnad
• Swedish: avta (sv), dö bort (sv), lägga sig (sv), lugna sig
• Tagalog: kumati

See also

• subsist

Anagrams

• Subedis

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin subsidium, from subsidere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.sid/

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Noun

subside m (plural subsides)

1. contribution, tax

   Le produit de taxes si mal réparties avait des limites, et les besoins des princes n'en avaient plus. Cependant ils ne voulaient ni convoquer les États pour en obtenir des subsides, ni provoquer la noblesse, en l'imposant, à réclamer la convocation de ces assemblées. (Tocqueville, Ancien Régime et Révolution, 1856)

2. subsidy, pension, monetary help

   Max Jacob vit en effet pauvrement, sans cependant manquer de rien, à cause de certaines relations qu'il a, par exemple, Poiret, dont il est vrai qu'il reçoit quelques subsides. (Léautaud, Journal littéraire, 3, 1916)

Further reading

• “subside”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) subsīde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subsīdō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• subcide
• subscide
• subsidie
• succide

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subsidium.

Noun

subside m or f

1. subsidy (financial assistance)
2. tax; taxation

Descendants

• English: subsidy
• French: subside

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (subside, supplement)
• subside on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Portuguese

Verb

subside