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English
Etymology
Aphetic form of Quaalude.
Pronunciation
Noun
lude (plural ludes)
- (slang) A pill containing the drug methaqualone.
Verb
lude (third-person singular simple present ludes, present participle luding, simple past and past participle luded)
- (slang, intransitive) To get high on Quaalude.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse lúta.
Pronunciation
Verb
lude (imperative lud, infinitive at lude, present tense luder, past tense ludede, perfect tense har ludet)
- lout, stoop
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ludëk (compare Veps ludeg, Võro lutõq). Related to Estonian lutikas.
Pronunciation
Noun
lude
- bedbug
1967, “Ryysyranta”, Emil Retee (lyrics), Irwin Goodman (music), performed by Irwin Goodman:Siellä on kirppuja, luteita, täitä
seassa lapsia pellavapäitä
itkua parkua jatkuvaa- Where there are fleas, bedbugs, lice
and among them children with flaxen hair
crying and wailing nonstop
- bug (insect of the order Hemiptera)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.de/
- Rhymes: -ude
- Hyphenation: lù‧de
Verb
lude
- third-person singular present indicative of ludere
Latin
Verb
lūde
- second-person singular present active imperative of lūdō
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From luut + -e.
Adverb
lude
- loudly
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hlȳd (“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Influenced by Old Norse hljóð (from Proto-Germanic *hleuþą). The final vowel is generalised from Old English inflected forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluːd(ə)/, /ˈliu̯d(ə)/
Noun
lude (plural luden)
- sound, noise, clamor
- Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude. — Layamon's Brut
- Þa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden. — Layamon's Brut
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
lude
- Alternative form of lede (“people”)
Etymology 3
Adjective
lude
- Alternative form of lewed (“people”)
Etymology 4
Adverb
lude
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)
Etymology 5
Proper noun
lude
- (Southern) Alternative form of Lyde
Romanian
Noun
lude m (plural luzi)
- Alternative form of liude
Declension
Declension of lude
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indefinite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) lude
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ludeul
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(niște) luzi
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luzii
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genitive/dative
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(unui) lude
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ludeului
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(unor) luzi
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luzilor
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vocative
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ludeule
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luzilor
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Spanish
Verb
lude
- inflection of ludir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative