spoed

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch spoet, from Old Dutch *spuot, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi.

The "emergency department" sense is a clipping of spoedafdeling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sput/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: spoed
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

spoed m (uncountable)

  1. speed
    Synonym: snelheid
  2. hurry, haste
    Synonym: haast
  3. (chiefly Belgium) emergency department of a hospital
  4. thread pitch

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: spoed
  • Indonesian: seput, spoed

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch spoed.

Pronunciation

Noun

spoed

  1. (medicine) emergency, in sense of hurry
    Synonym: cito