wood

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
2. (countable) The wood from a particular species of tree.
3. (countable, often) A forested or wooded area.
4. (countable, uncountable) Firewood.
5. (countable) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
6. (countable, uncountable) A woodwind instrument.
7. (slang, uncountable) An erection of the penis.
8. (slang, uncountable) Chess pieces.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
2. (intransitive, reflexive) To hide behind trees.
3. (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
4. (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.

Adj

Mad, insane, crazed.

Conceptes

fusta

🪵

bosc

llenya

selva

mata

fustam

llenyam

arbre

🌳

floresta

forest

instrument de vent de fusta

Sinònims

forest

timber

tree

🌳

stick

firewood

lumber

jungle

woods

woodland

log

thicket

wooden

grove

woody

timberland

fuel

bush

fire

🔥

plank

piece of wood

woodwind instrument

threshold

woodwind

board

rod

pole

lignum

stand

bar

stem

sticks

trees

trunk

twig

whacking

wildwood

main part

stick of wood

silva

sylva

meat

🥩

edge of the forest

line of the forest

thicket of trees

fire-wood

fuel-wood

woodlet

rotten wood

Forrest

spl

Traduccions

bois

🪵

Holz

🪵

madera

🪵

legno

🪵

bosco

Wald

hout

🪵

bosque

forêt

madeira

🪵

bos

🪵

foresta

floresta

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wʊd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wode

Heretat de anglès antic: wudu

Cognat amb neerlandès: wede

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: wite

Cognat amb danès: ved

Cognat amb suec: ved

Cognat amb islandès: viður

Cognat amb irlandès: fiodh

Cognat amb irlandès: fid

Cognat amb gal·lès: gwŷdd

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese, Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).

Frases

A lathe cuts and trims any wood .

For the state bird , the white-winged wood duck , Assam is a globally important area .