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3-letter words (2 found)

DAL,LAD,

2-letter words (4 found)

AD,AL,DA,LA,

You can make 6 words from lad according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of lad

lad ald lda dla adl dal

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Definitions and meaning of lad

lad

Translingual

Symbol

lad

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ladino.

Etymology

From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), from late Old English *ladda (attested in Old English personal byname Ladda), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking; sock”), which may have undergone semantic shift to mean a term of abuse (e.g. foolish youth, youngster of lower social status, etc.); thence by connotative amelioration coming to mean any young fellow. Compare Norwegian ladd (“rough sock, woolen or felt slipper”) and the -ladd in compounds Askeladd/Askeladden (a nickname in fairy tales, "Ash Lad") and tusseladd (“nincompoop”). See also Swedish ladder (“old shoes”), lodde (“Frisian shoe”), lädder (“socks”), all said to be related to Old Norse loðinn (“hairy, shaggy, woolly”), loddi (“shaggy dog”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læd/
  • (unstressed, sometimes) (rare) IPA(key): /ləd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Noun

lad (plural lads)

  1. A boy or young man.
    Coordinate term: lass
  2. (UK) A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
    Coordinate term: ladette
  3. A familiar term of address for a young man.
  4. A groom who works with horses.
    Synonyms: stable boy, stable lad
  5. (Ireland, colloquial) The penis.

Usage notes

Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [3]
  • A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [4]
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

  • lad at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
  • “lad”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lad”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • ADL, DAL, DLA, Dal, LDA, dal

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlat]

Noun

lad

  1. genitive plural of lado

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish lat, from Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz, from Proto-Indo-European *lē(y)d-.

Adjective

lad

  1. languid, lazy, indolent
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlað (“heap, stack”).

Noun

lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)

  1. bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), e.g. truckbed
Inflection

Etymology 3

Verb

lad

  1. imperative of lade

French

Pronunciation

Noun

lad m (plural lads)

  1. stable lad; stable hand

Further reading

  • “lad”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Verb

lad

  1. singular imperative of laden

Middle English

Noun

lad

  1. Alternative form of ladde

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lad

  1. imperative of lade

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑːd/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to līþan (“to go, travel, fare”).

Noun

lād f

  1. carrying, bringing, leading
  2. way, course
  3. passage, watercourse
  4. provision, sustenance
Declension
Derived terms
  • lādmann
  • lādsċipe
  • lādtēow
  • lǣdan
Descendants
  • English: load; lode

Etymology 2

Akin to Old Frisian lēde, lāde.

Noun

lād f

  1. excuse (+ genitive for something)
  2. apology (+ genitive for something)
  3. defense or exoneration (+ genitive against an accusation)
Declension
Derived terms
  • lādian
  • werlād

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: lad

Noun

lad f

  1. genitive plural of lada

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • lo (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin lātus.

Adjective

lad m (feminine singular lada, masculine plural lads, feminine plural ladas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) wide, broad

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
  • (Puter, Vallader) larg

Scots

Alternative forms

  • laddie - most common usage

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to līþan (“to go, travel, fare”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lad/, /lɑd/

Noun

lad (plural lads)

  1. lad
  2. son
  3. menial
  4. male sweetheart

Volapük

Noun

lad (nominative plural lads)

  1. heart

Declension

Derived terms

  • ladik

Waigali

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian λαδο (lado, “law”). Cognate with Ashkun lā́t (“peace, settlement”), Kamkata-viri lót, lód (“peace, settlement”), Prasuni lad (“peace”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lád/

Noun

lad

  1. right

References

  • Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, pages 1-2

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