boud

English

Etymology

From Middle English boude, bude, budde, from Old English budda (“beetle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊd/
• Rhymes: -aʊd
• Homophone: bowed

Noun

boud (plural bouds)

1. (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC:

     bowd-eaten malt

Anagrams

• Doub, budo, doub

Afrikaans

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Noun

boud (plural boude)

1. buttock

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Compare English bold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: boud
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
• Homophone: bout

Adjective

boud (comparative bouder, superlative boudst)

1. bold, brave

Inflection

Declension of boud
uninflected	boud
inflected	boude
comparative	bouder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		boud	bouder	het boudst het boudste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	boude	boudere	boudste
	n. sing.	boud	bouder	boudste
	plural	boude	boudere	boudste
definite		boude	boudere	boudste
partitive		bouds	bouders	—

Derived terms

• boudeling
• boudheid
• boudig
• boudweg

 

Related terms

• Boudewijn
• Radboud