wood
Significado (inglés)
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- 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.
- The wood of a particular species of tree.
- A forested or wooded area.
- Firewood.
- A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
- A woodwind instrument.
- (slang) An erection of the penis.
- (slang) Chess pieces.
Sinónimos
piece of wood
main part
stick of wood
edge of the forest
line of the forest
thicket of trees
fire-wood
fuel-wood
woodlet
rotten wood
spl
a log
dry fibrous rotten wood
a piece of wood
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/wʊd/
Etimoloxía (inglés)
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 ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”); all from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).
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