spoed

Meaning

  1. (masculine, uncountable) speed
  2. (masculine, uncountable) hurry, haste
  3. (Belgium, masculine, uncountable) emergency department of a hospital
  4. (masculine, uncountable) thread pitch
  5. (masculine, obsolete, uncountable) success

Synonyms

rapheid

radheid

gezwindheid

haastigheid

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sput/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch spoet, from Old Dutch *spuot, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi. The "emergency department" sense is a clipping of spoedafdeling.

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