ford

(Inglês)

Noun

1. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
2. A stream; a current.

Verb

To cross a stream by walking through it.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɔːd/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: ford

Herdado de inglês arcaico: ford

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: -

Cognato com baixo alemão: Föörd

Cognato com holandês: voord

Cognato com alemão: Furt

Cognato com norueguês: -

Cognato com dinamarquês: fjord

Cognato com latim: -

Cognato com persa: پل

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Indo-European *pértus
Proto-Germanic *furduz
Proto-West Germanic *furdu
Old English ford
English ford
Inherited from Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).
Doublet of firth, fjord, and fjard, all via Old Norse; and port, distantly via Latin. Cognate with Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord. See also forth and Persian پل (pol, “bridge”).

Conceitos

vau

vadear

atravessar a vau

atravessar

passar a vau

Sinônimos

wade

cross

ferry

⛴️

crossing

passing

shallows

fording

shoal

pass

passage

harbour

port

puddle

sand bar

shallow water

shore

slosh

traverse

wade through

way

landing place

wade across

river crossing

lakeshore

crossing place

fording-place

ascend

ford-way

bank

🏦

course

cross over

drift

etc

ghat

go across

go through

go up

Traduções

gué

Furt

guado

vado

guadare

vadear

bród

voorde

vadum

doorwaden

guéer

gual

voord

brod

durchwaten