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4-letter words (2 found)

BODE,DOBE,

3-letter words (7 found)

BED,BOD,DEB,DOB,DOE,OBE,ODE,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,BO,DE,DO,ED,OB,OD,OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from bode according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bode

bode obde bdoe dboe odbe dobe boed obed beod ebod oebd eobd bdeo dbeo bedo ebdo debo edbo odeb doeb oedb eodb deob edob

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Definitions and meaning of bode

bode

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəʊd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /boʊd/
  • Rhymes: -əʊd
  • Homophone: bowed (in one sense)

Etymology 1

Verb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). See bid.

Noun from Middle English bod, from Old English bod, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message, offer”).

Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode.

Verb

bode (third-person singular simple present bodes, present participle boding, simple past and past participle boded)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
    Synonyms: portend, presage, foreshow
  2. (intransitive, followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.
Derived terms
  • bodement
  • forebode
Translations

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

  1. An omen; a foreshadowing.
    • c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Fowles

Etymology 2

From Middle English bod, from Old English bod (“a bidding”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“a bidding, offer”).

Cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, Icelandic boð, Faroese boð, Norwegian Nynorsk bod, Norwegian Bokmål bud. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot. See bid.

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

  1. (obsolete or dialect) A bid; an offer.

Etymology 3

From Middle English bode, from Old English boda (“messenger, forerunner”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”). Cognate with Dutch bode (“messenger, harbinger”), German Bote (“messenger”).

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

  1. A herald; a messenger.

Etymology 4

From Middle English bod, bode, bade, baide, partially a clipping of Middle English abod (“a stopping”), and partially continuing Old English bād (“a waiting, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō.

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

  1. A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 5

Inflected form of bide.

Verb

bode

  1. simple past of bide

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bode”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Debo, Obed, bedo

Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from English body.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɓó.ɗe/

Noun

bóde class 5 (plural mabóde class 6)

  1. body of a lorry

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbodɛ]
  • Rhymes: -odɛ
  • Hyphenation: bo‧de

Noun

bode

  1. vocative singular of bod

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːdə/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧de
  • Rhymes: -oːdə

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bōde, from Old Dutch bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.

Noun

bode m or f (plural boden or bodes, diminutive bodetje n)

  1. messenger, deliverer
    Synonym: boodschapper
  2. servant
    Synonyms: bediende, knecht
Derived terms
  • bodes
  • bodin
  • bodenbrood
  • bodenkamer
  • bodenloon
  • dienstbode
  • geluksbode
  • gerechtsbode
  • ijlbode
  • jobsbode
  • renbode
  • snelbode
  • onheilsbode
  • postbode

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bode

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of bieden

Further reading

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔðe̝/

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

  1. buck, billy goat
    Synonym: castrón
  2. goatskin
    Synonym: fol

Derived terms

  • bode seixo

References

  • “bode” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “bode” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “bode” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “bode” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bode” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


Laboya

Verb

bode

  1. (intransitive) to stop

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “bode”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 10

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːdə/

Noun

bōde m

  1. messenger
  2. servant

Inflection

Descendants

  • Dutch: bode

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English boda.

Noun

bode

  1. messenger
Descendants
  • English: bode

Etymology 2

Noun

bode

  1. Alternative form of bede

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

bode

  1. past participle of by

Plautdietsch

Verb

bode

  1. to bathe, to lave

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Or, possibly of Germanic origin, borrowed through Spanish bode.

Pronunciation

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.di/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧de

Noun

bode m (plural bodes, feminine cabra, feminine plural cabras)

  1. goat buck, billy goat
    Synonym: cabrão

Derived terms

  • bode expiatório

References

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

bode (Cyrillic spelling боде)

  1. third-person singular present of bosti

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bote, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, see also German Bock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbode/ [ˈbo.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ode
  • Syllabification: bo‧de

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

  1. goat buck
    Synonym: cabrón

Further reading

  • “bode”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Volapük

Noun

bode

  1. dative singular of bod

Yoruba

Etymology

From ibi +‎ o +‎ dè.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bō.dè/

Noun

bodè

  1. city gate
    Synonym: ibodè
  2. (by extension) a point of entry; entrance
    Synonyms: àbáwọlé, ibodè

Derived terms

  • oníbodè (“gatekeeper”)

Source: wiktionary.org