lude

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of Quaalude.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lude (plural ludes)

1. (slang) A pill containing the drug methaqualone.

Verb

lude (third-person singular simple present ludes, present participle luding, simple past and past participle luded)

1. (slang, intransitive) To get high on Quaalude.

Alternative forms

• 'lude

Anagrams

• ULed, duel, leud, lued

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lúta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːdə/,

Verb

lude (imperative lud, infinitive at lude, present tense luder, past tense ludede, perfect tense har ludet)

1. lout, stoop

Synonyms

• hælde

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ludëk (compare Veps ludeg, Võro lutõq). Related to Estonian lutikas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈludeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ude
• Syllabification^(key): lu‧de

Noun

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lude

1. 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

2. bug (insect of the order Hemiptera)

Declension

Synonyms

• (bedbug): lutikka, seinälude

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lude”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: lù‧de

Verb

lude

1. third-person singular present indicative of ludere

Latin

Verb

lūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lūdō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From luut +‎ -e.

Adverb

lude

1. loudly

Descendants

• Dutch: luid

Further reading

• “lude (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lude (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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.

Alternative forms

• loude

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːd(ə)/, /ˈliu̯d(ə)/

Noun

lude (plural luden)

1. 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

• English: loude (obsolete)
• Scots: lood, luid

References

• “lūde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-01.

Etymology 2

Noun

lude

1. Alternative form of lede (“people”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

lude

1. Alternative form of lewed (“people”)

Etymology 4

Adverb

lude

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)

Etymology 5

Proper noun

lude

1. (Southern) Alternative form of Lyde

Romanian

Noun

lude m (plural luzi)

1. Alternative form of liude

Declension

Spanish

Verb

lude

1. inflection of ludir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative