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English
Etymology
Short for chodder.
Noun
chod (plural chods)
- (Geordie) A fat person.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech chod, from Proto-Slavic *xodъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chod m inan
- course (part of a meal)
- gear
- zpětný chod ― reverse gear
- operation (the act or process of operating, of running)
- udržet (něco) v chodu ― to keep (sth) going / running
- Výrobek má tichý chod. ― The product has a quiet operation.
- Pochodem v chod! ― Forward, march!
Declension
Declension of chod (hard masculine inanimate)
See also
Further reading
- “chod”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chod”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chod”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xodъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chod m inan
- walking (act of walking)
- wandering, roaming
- parade, procession
- entrance; access, access route
- passage, way through
- (of water) flow
- (astronomy, of a celestial body) track, route
- (medicine, of an organ) passage, passing through, leading
- (figuratively) manner of walking
- (chess, of a chess piece) manner of movement around the board
- step (placement of one foot in front of the other)
- (narratology) shift in a story, plot twist
- right to inheritance given by succession in the family
- (finances) circulation
- run (amount of thread created in onw batch)
Declension
Descendants
References
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xȍdъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chod m inan
- operation (functioning)
- running (of a machine)
- course (of meals)
Declension
Further reading
- “chod”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024