bode

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• bōʹdu̇
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bəʊd/
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• General-American: /boʊd/
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• homophone: bowed (etymology 2)
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• rhymes with -əʊd
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• CMU ARPABET: B OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”). * As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above. * As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).

The verb is derived partly from the following: * From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhewdh- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”). * A back-formation from forebode. The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhewdh- (see above).

The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“act of bargaining or offering, or the subject of the bargain or offer; promise; proposal”), the same word stated in etymology 1. Doublet of bid. The verb is probably derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch bod * Faroese boð * German Gebot * Icelandic boð * Norwegian Bokmål bud, Norwegian Nynorsk bod * Old Saxon gibod * Swedish bud

From Middle English bode (“emissary, messenger”), from Old English boda (“herald, messenger; prophet”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodō, from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”), from *beudaną (“to bid, offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhewdh- (“to be awake; to be aware”) (compare etymology 1). cognates * Dutch bode (“harbinger, messenger”) * German Bote (“messenger”)

From Middle English bod, bode, bade, baide; further etymology uncertain, probably: * an aphetic form of abod (“act of waiting, delay”), probably related to Old English bād (“expectation; waiting”), from Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō; and/or * a variant of bide (“act of delaying; a delay”), from Old English bīd (“act of abiding; delay”), related to bīdan (“to remain, stay; to wait”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to await, wait”) (whence modern English abide, bide), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bheydh- (“to convince; to trust”).

An inflected form of bide.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: предвеща́вам (predveštávam) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Bulgarian: веща́я (veštája) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Catalan: augurar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 預示 /预示 (yùshì) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Czech: být předzvěstí — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Czech: předpovídat — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Czech: věštit — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Finnish: luvata — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Finnish: povata — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• French: augurer — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• French: présager — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Galician: augurar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• German: ahnen lassen — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• German: sich ankündigen — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• German: verheißen — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Greek: προμηνύω (prominýo) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Greek: προοιωνίζομαι (prooionízomai) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Greek: προοιωνίζω (prooionízo) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Ido: augurar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Italian: presagire — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Italian: promettere — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Korean: 징조이다 (jingjoida) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Portuguese: augurar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Portuguese: pressagiar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Russian: предвеща́ть (predveščátʹ) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Russian: предвести́ть (predvestítʹ) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Russian: сули́ть (sulítʹ) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Russian: посули́ть (posulítʹ) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Russian: веща́ть (veščátʹ) — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Spanish: agorar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Spanish: agüerar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Spanish: anunciarse — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Spanish: augurar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Spanish: presagiar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Spanish: pronosticar — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Swedish: båda — (transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); (intransitive) to be an indication, omen, or sign of something
• Bulgarian: гада́я (gadája) — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Czech: věstit — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Dutch: voorspellen — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Finnish: ennakoida — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Finnish: ennustaa — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Finnish: aavistaa — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• German: ahnen lassen — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• German: verheißen — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Italian: far presagire — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Italian: preannunciare — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Russian: гада́ть (gadátʹ) — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Russian: погада́ть (pogadátʹ) — (transitive) to declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs — see also foretell, predict
• Finnish: ennustaa — to predict (something undesirable) — see also forebode
• Finnish: aavistaa — to predict (something undesirable) — see also forebode