padda

Alternative forms

• parra

Etymology

From Dutch pad.

Noun

padda (plural paddas, diminutive paddatjie)

1. frog, toad

Etymology

From Old Norse padda (“toad”). Compare Icelandic padda, Danish padde, English pad. See also Dutch pad and paddenstoel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
• Rhymes: -atːa

Noun

padda f (genitive singular paddu, plural paddur)

1. toad
2. amphibian (any animal of the taxonomic class Amphibia)

Etymology

From Old Norse padda, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Faroese padda, Danish padde, Dutch pad, English pad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰatːa/
• Rhymes: -atːa

Noun

padda f (genitive singular pöddu, nominative plural pöddur)

1. insect, bug

Noun

padda m (plural padda)

1. the Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)

Alternative forms

• padden

Noun

padda m, f

1. definite feminine singular of padde

Noun

padda f

1. definite singular of padde

Etymology

From Germanic. Compare Italian palla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɖɖa/
• Hyphenation: pad‧da

Noun

padda f (plural paddi)

1. ball

Etymology

From Old Swedish padda, from Old Norse padda. Of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (“to swell”) (Pok. 96), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”) (Pok. 98-102), which would indicate a Proto-Germanic *paddǭ, and English paddock would possibly indicate the presence of a diminutive *paddukaz. Cognate with Icelandic padda, Danish padde.

Compare English puddle, Old English puduc (“swelling, lump, growth, wart”), Low German puddig (“swollen”).

Noun

padda c

1. a toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)