boud
English
Etymology
From Middle English boude, bude, budde, from Old English budda (“beetle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʊd/
- Rhymes: -aʊd
- Homophone: bowed
Noun
boud (plural bouds)
- (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
- 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
- bowd-eaten malt
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Compare English bold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑu̯t/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: boud
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
- Homophone: bout
Inflection
Inflection of boud | ||||
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uninflected | boud | |||
inflected | boude | |||
comparative | bouder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | boud | bouder | het boudst het boudste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | boude | boudere | boudste |
n. sing. | boud | bouder | boudste | |
plural | boude | boudere | boudste | |
definite | boude | boudere | boudste | |
partitive | bouds | bouders | — |
Related terms
- Boudewijn
- Radboud
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