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Webster 1913 Edition
Gade
Gade
,Noun.
[Cf. Cod the fish.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A small British fish (
Motella argenteola
) of the Cod family. (b)
A pike, so called at Moray Firth; – called also
gead
. [Prov. Eng.]
Definition 2024
gade
gade
English
Noun
gade (plural gades)
- Any of various fish of the cod family found in British waters; especially those of the genera Gadus and Motella.
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete, Moray Firth) A pike.
Synonyms
- (pike): gead
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish gatæ, from Old Norse gata, whence English gate. Cognate with German Gasse (“lane”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐍅𐍉 (gatwō).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aðə
Noun
gade c (singular definite gaden, plural indefinite gader)
- street (a paved part of road, usually in a village or a town)
Derived terms
Terms derived from “gade”
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Inflection
Inflection of gade
Dutch
Alternative forms
- ga (mostly in compounds)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣaːdə/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gade, from gegade, from Old Dutch *gigado. Substantivised form of the past participle of gaden, which is now obsolete. Related to eega, gading, gader, tegader, gaderen, vergaderen, gegadigde, allegaartje, weerga and possibly also goed. Cognate with German Gatte.
Noun
gade m, f (plural gaden, diminutive gadetje n)
- spouse (husband or wife)