meadow

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

Concepten

weide

wei

weiland

beemd

grasland

weidegrond

prairie

zwaag

foerage

kost

voeder

voeding

voedingsmiddel

voedsel

voer

honingdrank

uiterwaard

hooiland

hooiland, weide

grasmat

gazon

grasveld

grasvlakte

graasweide

kunstweide

pampa

Met koppelteken als

mead‧ow

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmɛd.əʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-.
See also West Frisian miede, dialectal Dutch made, dialectal German Matte (“mountain pasture”); also Welsh medi, Latin metere, Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “reaping”). More at mow.