dew

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
2. (uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
3. (countable) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.

Verb

1. (transitive) To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
2. (intransitive) To deposit dew.

Conceptes

rosada

aigualada

Sinònims

fog

🌫️

mist

frost

moisture

condensation

billabong

drop

bar

baptism

ashes

blonde

boo

boom

💥

broccoli

🥦

block

christening

bale

chill

gash

cloud

☁️

cold

🥶

greta

coolness

damp

dewdrop

dewiness

ding

ditch

charge

droplet

💧

bedew

foam

burrito

🌯

flower

🌸

fir

funk

gage

gangster

bud

gauge

Ghana

🇬🇭

grass

grata

greeter

bash

has

hay

haze

hemp

baby

👶

Traduccions

rosée

rocío

rugiada

Tau

orvalho

dauw

δροσιά

ندى

şebnem

rocio

çiy

rocio

riço

ros

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/djuː/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: dew

Heretat de anglès antic: dēaw

Cognat amb alemany: Tau

Cognat amb neerlandès: dauw

Cognat amb afrikaans: dou

Heretat de anglès mitjà: dewe

Heretat de anglès antic: *dēawian

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: daue

Cognat amb alemany: tauen

Cognat amb neerlandès: dauwen

In summary

From Middle English dew, from Old English dēaw (“dew”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”).
Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou. Doublet of dag.

Frases

By increasing the salinity of the water , we alter its dew point .