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English
Etymology
From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom".
Pronunciation
Noun
fod (plural fods)
- (slang, dialectal, Northern England) forehead, particularly a large one
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, cognate with English foot, German Fuß, Dutch voet. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), which is also the source of Latin pēs, Ancient Greek πούς (poús).
Pronunciation
Noun
fod c (singular definite foden, plural indefinite fødder or (as a measure) fod)
- (anatomy) foot
- (figuratively) the base or lower part of something, e.g. a page or a mountain
- (historical or referring to foreign cultures) foot, unit of measure, in Denmark 31.4 cm until 1907, equal to 12 tommer (inches)
- (prosody or phonology, rare) foot, a rhythmical unit
Inflection
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Middle English
Noun
fod
- Alternative form of fot
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
fod (nominative plural fods)
- scythe
Declension
declension of fod
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
fod
- Soft mutation of bod.
Mutation