Wade
See also: wade
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Waide
Etymology
From Old English wæd (“a ford”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /weɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Proper noun
Wade
- A topographic surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter VII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 1049770437; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, OCLC 20350211:
- In due time, Charles' son was born and, because it was fashionable to name boys after their fathers' commanding officers, he was called Wade Hampton Hamilton.
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- A system of romanization for the Chinese language based on 19th-century Pekingese pronunciation, worked out by Thomas Wade.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
- A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
- A town in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Washington County, Ohio.
- Two townships in Illinois, in Clinton County and Jasper County.
Usage notes
Technically, Wade should only refer to the system of Chinese romanization developed by Thomas Wade prior to the contributions and adjustments made by Herbert Giles. In practice, it was often used as a shorthand for the more proper term Wade-Giles.
Synonyms
- (romanization system): Wade-Giles
Derived terms
- Wade Hampton
- Wadesboro
Anagrams
- Dawe, Dewa, awed
German
Etymology
From Middle High German wade, from Old High German wado, from Proto-Germanic *waþwô (“curve; muscle; calf of the leg”), from Proto-Indo-European *wat- (“curved”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
Wade f (genitive Wade, plural Waden)
- calf (of the leg)
Declension
Declension of Wade [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Wade | die | Waden |
| genitive | einer | der | Wade | der | Waden |
| dative | einer | der | Wade | den | Waden |
| accusative | eine | die | Wade | die | Waden |
Further reading
- “Wade” in Duden online
- “Wade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache