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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch loods, backformation from loodsman, from Middle Dutch lootsman, from Middle English lodesman.
Pronunciation
Noun
loods (plural loodse)
- navigator, pilot
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Back-formation from loodsman, from Middle Dutch lootsman, from Middle English lodesman (modern lodesman).
Noun
loods m (plural loodsen, diminutive loodsje n)
- (navigation) pilot, expert who helps navigate to the harbor or coast
- (zoology) pilot fish
- (by extension) guide
Synonyms
(pilot):
(pilot fish):
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch loodse, loge, from Old French loge.
Noun
loods f (plural loodsen, diminutive loodsje n)
- shed, protective building
- warehouse
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
loods
- inflection of loodsen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative