loden
See also: Loden
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Loden.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈləʊdən/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊdən
Noun
loden (plural lodens)
- A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
- 2011 [2001], Anthea Bell, transl., Austerlitz, Penguin, translation of original by W. G. Sebald, page 314:
- The first thing that caught my eye on this excursion was the number of grey, brown and green loden coats and hats, and how well and sensibly everyone was dressed in general, how remarkably solid were the shoes of the pedestrians of Nuremberg.
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- (color) A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
- loden:
Adjective
loden (comparative more loden, superlative most loden)
- Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
See also
- Appendix:Colors
Anagrams
- Eldon, olden, onled
Dutch
Alternative forms
- looien (now dialectal)
Etymology
lood + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.də(n)/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːdən
Adjective
loden (not comparable)
- leaden, made of lead
Inflection
| Inflection of loden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | loden | |||
| inflected | loden | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | loden | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | loden | ||
| n. sing. | loden | |||
| plural | loden | |||
| definite | loden | |||
| partitive | lodens | |||
Related terms
- lood
Anagrams
- dolen
French
Noun
loden m (plural lodens)
- loden (material)
Further reading
- “loden”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- lòden (alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Old Norse loðinn, from the Proto-Germanic past participle of *leudaną (“to sprout, spring up, grow”). Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²loːən/, [²lɞ̞ː.ən], /²lodːən/, [²lɞ̞d.n̩], [²lɞ̞d.den]
Adjective
loden (neuter lode or lodent, definite singular and plural lodne, comparative lodnare, indefinite superlative lodnast, definite superlative lodnaste)
- hairy, shaggy, woolly
References
- “loden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Noun
loden m (plural lódenes)
- loden