pud
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pud"
English
Etymology 1
Clipped form of pudding.
Pronunciation
Noun
pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)
- (colloquial) Pudding (either sweet or savoury).
Etymology 2
Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)
- (slang) Penis.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 387:
- Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
According to the OED, a nursery word. Perhaps from or related to Dutch poot (“hand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pud (plural puds)
- (dated, colloquial) Child's hand; child's fist.
- 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, , →OCLC:
- The kangaroos — your Aborigines — do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by Nature to the pickpocket!
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
pud (plural puds)
- Alternative form of pood (“Russian weight”)
References
- “pud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
pud m inan
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- instinkt m
Further reading
- pud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- pud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic пудъ (pudŭ). First attested in 1390.
Pronunciation
Noun
pud m ?
- pood (unit of mass rounded off to 16 kg)
- 1932-1939 [1390], Jan Fijałek, Władysław Semkowicz, editors, Codex diplomaticus ecclesiae cathedralis necnon dioeceseos Vilnensis. Kodeks dyplomatyczny katedry i diecezji wileńskiej, volume I, page 31:
- Ecclesiae nostrae cathedrali Vilnensi... duodecim talenta cerae, pud dicta..., damus
- [Ecclesiae nostrae cathedrali Vilnensi... duodecim talenta cerae, pud dicta..., damus]
Derived terms
nouns
Descendants
- Polish: pud
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pud”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “pud”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “pud”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “pud”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “pud”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish pud.
Pronunciation
Noun
pud m inan (related adjective pudowy)
- (historical) pood (obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg)
Declension
Declension of pud
Derived terms
nouns
Further reading
- pud in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pud in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pud”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Paweł Kupiszewski (06.04.2021) “PUD”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “pud”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 427
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian пуд (pud).
Noun
pud n (plural puduri)