made
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.
Alternative forms
Noun
made (plural mades)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.
Verb
made
- simple past and past participle of make
- (Geordie) simple past and past participle of myek
- (Wearside) simple past and past participle of mak
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:made.
Derived terms
- a camel is a horse made by a committee
- a camel is a horse made by committee
- a promise made is a promise kept
- a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
- bitch-made
- custom made
- custom-made
- full-made
- hand-made
- hand made
- have it made
- home-made
- how the sausage gets made
- human-made
- judge-made
- judge-made law
- lie in the bed one has made
- machine-made
- made dish
- made for each other
- made for one another
- made-for-television
- made-for-TV
- made hand
- made in China
- made in Japan
- made in the shade
- made man
- made of fail
- made of money
- made of sterner stuff
- made of stone
- made of sugar
- made-to-measure
- made-to-order
- made-to-order story
- made up
- made-up
- made-upness
- made-wine
- made you look
- man-made
- man-made fiber
- match made in heaven
- match made in hell
- new-made
- person-made
- purpose-made
- ready-made
- revolutions are not made with rosewater
- rules are made to be broken
- scratch made
- scratch-made
- self-made
- self-made wealth
- show what one is made of
- tailor-made
- the real treasure is the friends we made along the way
- well-made
- well-made play
- what one is made of
- who died and made you boss
- who died and made you king
- who died and made you president
- woman-made
References
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Verb
made (imperative , infinitive at made, present tense mader, past tense madede, perfect tense har madet)
Derived terms
References
- “made” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô.
Cognate with Old English maþa, Old Saxon matho, Old High German mado (German Made), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa).
Noun
made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)
- maggot; a fly larva that eats decomposing flesh.
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *maþwō, *mēþwō.
Noun
made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)
Hypernyms
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *madëh. Possibly equivalent to mataa + -e.
Pronunciation
Noun
made
Declension
| Inflection of made (Kotus type 48*F/hame, t-d gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | made | mateet | ||
| genitive | mateen | mateiden mateitten | ||
| partitive | madetta | mateita | ||
| illative | mateeseen | mateisiin mateihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | made | mateet | ||
| accusative | nom. | made | mateet | |
| gen. | mateen | |||
| genitive | mateen | mateiden mateitten | ||
| partitive | madetta | mateita | ||
| inessive | mateessa | mateissa | ||
| elative | mateesta | mateista | ||
| illative | mateeseen | mateisiin mateihin | ||
| adessive | mateella | mateilla | ||
| ablative | mateelta | mateilta | ||
| allative | mateelle | mateille | ||
| essive | mateena | mateina | ||
| translative | mateeksi | mateiksi | ||
| abessive | mateetta | mateitta | ||
| instructive | — | matein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “made”, 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
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
made
Latin
Verb
madē
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-Germanic *maþô.
Noun
māde f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: made
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “made (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *māda, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō.
Noun
mâde f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: made
Further reading
- “made, meet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “made (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Etymology 1
Adjective
made
- Alternative form of madde
Etymology 2
Verb
made
- Alternative form of madden
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Noun
made ?
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
made
- inflection of mada (“intoxication”):
Scots
Verb
made
- simple past tense and past participle of mak