bode

See also: Bode, bøde, bodě, and bódé

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). See bid.

Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode

Verb

bode (third-person singular simple present bodes, present participle boding, simple past and past participle boded)

  1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of
    Synonyms: portend, presage, foreshow
  2. (intransitive) To foreshow something; to augur.
    • Dryden
      Whatever now / The omen proved, it boded well to you.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bod, from Old English bod (“a bidding”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“a bidding, offer”). Cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, Icelandic boð, Faroese boð, Norwegian Nynorsk bod, Norwegian Bokmål bud. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot. See bid.

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

  1. An omen; a foreshadowing.
    • Chaucer
      The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.
  2. (obsolete or dialect) A bid; an offer.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle English bode, from Old English boda (“messenger, forerunner”), from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”). Cognate with Dutch bode (“messenger, harbinger”), German Bote (“messenger”).

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

  1. A messenger; a herald.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Robertson to this entry?)

Etymology 4

From Middle English bod, abod (“a stopping”).

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

  1. A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 5

Inflected form of bide.

Verb

bode

  1. simple past tense of bide
    • Tennyson
      There that night they bode.

References

  • “bode” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from English body.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɓó.ɗe/

Noun

bóde class 5 (plural mabóde class 6)

  1. body of a lorry

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbodɛ/
  • Rhymes: -odɛ
  • Hyphenation: bo‧de

Noun

bode

  1. vocative singular of bod

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːdə/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bōde, from Old Dutch *bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.

Noun

bode m, f (plural boden or bodes, diminutive bodetje n)

  1. messenger
  2. servant
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

bode

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of bieden

Further reading

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔðe̝/

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

  1. buck, billy goat
    Synonym: castrón
  2. goatskin
    Synonym: fol

Derived terms

  • bode seixo

References

  • “bode” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “bode” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “bode” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “bode” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “bode” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

    Middle Dutch

    Etymology

    From Old Dutch *bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːdə/

    Noun

    bōde m

    1. messenger
    2. servant

    Inflection

    Weak masculine
    Singular Plural
    Nominative bōde bōden
    Accusative bōde bōden
    Genitive bōden bōden
    Dative bōde bōden

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • “bode (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
    • “bode (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Verb

    bode

    1. past participle of by

    Plautdietsch

    Verb

    bode

    1. to bathe, to lave

    Portuguese

    bode

    Etymology

    Unknown. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

    Pronunciation

    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɔˑðɨ/
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔˑd͡ʒi/
    • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔˑdi/
    • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔˑde/
    • Hyphenation: bo‧de

    Noun

    bode m (plural bodes)

    1. goat buck, billy goat

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: bo‧de

    Noun

    bode m (plural bodes)

    1. goat buck

    Synonyms

    Volapük

    Noun

    bode

    1. dative singular of bod
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