fodder

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) Tracing paper.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
5. (countable, uncountable) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
6. (countable, uncountable) People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

Verb

To feed animals (with fodder).

Conceptes

farratge

pinso

aliment

🍽️

past

Sinònims

forage

feed

provender

food

🍽️

pasture

grass

hay

greens

husk

cannon fodder

fresh fish

feedstuff

herb

🌿

animal feed

meadow

meadow grass

meal

nourish

nourishment

nurse

nurture

pabulum

pigswill

pod

provisions

slop

stover

straw

weed

weeds

eatage

oil cake

cattle corn

aliment

animal foodstuff

bait

barley

bran

browse

chow

fare

feeding

fodder plant

graze

hull

keeping

lure

mash

Traduccions

fourrage

forraje

Futter

foraggio

pasto

forragem

pienso

verdure

Weide

mangime

pascolo

χορτονομή

biada

ζωοτροφή

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈfɒdə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: fodder

Heretat de anglès antic: fōdor

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Fodder

Cognat amb frisó occidental: foer

Cognat amb neerlandès: voer

Cognat amb alemany: Futter

Cognat amb danès: foder

Cognat amb suec: foder

In summary

From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.