pod

See also: POD, pod-, pód, po'd, PO'd, -pod, and -pód

English

Etymology

From Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”), Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑd/
Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

pod (plural pods)

  1. (botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers)
    Synonyms: capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, vessel
  2. A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
  3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bag; a pouch.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)
  4. (collective, zoology) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.
    Synonym: gam
  5. A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.

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Verb

pod (third-person singular simple present pods, present participle podding, simple past and past participle podded)

  1. (intransitive) To bear or produce pods
  2. (transitive) To remove peas from their case.
  3. (intransitive) To swell or fill.

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pod

Adverb

pod

  1. (focus) also; too
  2. (after a negative) either

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pot/
  • audio(file)

Preposition

pod + instrumental

  1. below

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Lower Sorbian

Preposition

pod

  1. superseded spelling of pód.

Polish

pod

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *podъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po + dʰh₁-o-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (isolated) /pɔt/
  • audio(file)
  • Homophone: pot

Preposition

pod

  1. (+ instrumental) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes location)
    pod ziemią — underground
  2. (+ accusative) below, beneath, under, underneath (denotes movement)
  3. (+ accusative) against
    pod wiatr - against the wind
    Nie płyń pod prąd! - Don't swim against the current!

Further reading

  • pod in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Noun

pod n (plural poduri)

  1. bridge
  2. attic

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôd/

Noun

pȍd m (Cyrillic spelling по̏д)

  1. floor
    pasti na pod ― to fall to the floor
  2. ground
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *podъ.

Alternative forms

  • (enclitic pronominal form): poda

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pôd/

Preposition

pȍd (Cyrillic spelling по̏д)

  1. (+ accusative case) under, beneath (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
    s(j)ela je pod stablo ― she sat down under the tree
    pao je pod vlak ― he fell under the train
  2. (+ instrumental case) under, beneath (stationary, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
    ona s(j)edi pod stablom ― she is sitting under the tree
    pod suncem ― under the sun
  3. (+ instrumental case) under, beneath (being in a particular condition)
    biti pod sumnjom ― to be under suspicion
    biti pod pritiskom ― to be under pressure
    biti pod dojmom ― to be under impression
    pod oružjem ― under arms
    biti pod nadzorom ― to be under supervision/surveillance
    biti pod nečijom zaštitom ― to be under someone's protection
    biti pod naglaskom ― to be accented (stressed), to be under the accent (stress)
    pisati pod pseudonimom ― to write under the pen name, pseudonymously
    biti pod zakletvom ― to be under oath
  4. (+ accusative case) near, toward, in (temporal, with nouns denoting a final temporal segment)
    pod jesen ― toward fall
    pod kraj ― near the end
    pod starost ― in one's old age
  5. (+ instrumental case) during (temporal)
    pod odmorom ― during the (school) break
    pod pauzom ― during the (job) break
    pod satom ― during the (school) lesson
    pod vladavinom ― during the reign of
  6. (+ accusative case) as, instead of, in lieu of
    pokušati prodati mrkvu pod rotkvu ― to try selling carrot as radish
  7. miscellaneous idiomatic meanings
    to je pod moranje ― that is obligatory
    baciti pod noge ― to reject, throw away
    nebu pod oblake ― far away
    pod uv(j)etom/uslovom da ― under the condition of, on the condition that
    pod izgovorom ― under the pretext
    pod Zagrebom ― near Zagreb
    pod Velebitom ― at the foot of Velebit, on the foothills of Velebit
    pod korovom ― covered/overgrown with weed
    ništa pod (milim) bogom ― absolutely nothing
    pod kontrolom (with genitive) ― under the control (of)
    pod tim(e) mislim ― by that I mean
    biti pod antibioticima ― to be on antibiotics
    pod pravim kutom ― perpendicular

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔt/

Preposition

pod + instrumental

  1. below

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Antonyms

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ́t/
  • Tonal orthography: pȍd

Noun

pòd m inan (genitive pôda, nominative plural pôdi)

  1. floor (lower part of a room)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Volapük

Noun

pod (plural pods)

  1. apple

Declension

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