woad

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, usually) The plant Isatis tinctoria.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

Verb

1. To plant or cultivate woad.
2. To dye with woad.

Concetti

guado

Isatis

sinonimi

ceruse

civet

collyrium

henna

rouge

gold-leaf

Isatis

artificial beauty-spot

dyer’s woad

Traduzioni

wede

guède

glast

Waid

Färberwaid

Faerberwaid

ισάτις

Isatis

μπλε ίσατης

pastel

Isatis

Blaufarbstoff

vitrum

isatis

pastell

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wəʊd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wode

Ereditato da inglese antico: wād

Affine Old Frisian: wēd

Affine olandese: wede

Affine tedesco: Waid

Affine francese: guède

Affine italiano: guado

Affine Frankish: -

In summary

From Middle English wode, from Old English wād (“woad”), from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz (“woad”), from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian wēd (“woad”), Dutch wede (“woad”), German Waid (“woad”), and with French guède, Italian guado (“woad”) (both borrowed from Frankish). See also weed.