clad

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /klæd/
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• rhymes with -æd
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• CMU ARPABET: K L AE1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English clad(d), cladde, clade, past tense and past participle forms of clathen, clothen (“to put clothing on, clothe, dress”), from *clāþian (“to clothe”) (past participle ġeclāded, ġeclaþed, ġeclaþod), from clāþ, clǣþ (“cloth; (plural) clothes”); see further at etymology 1.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gley-der. Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan Old English clǣþan Middle English clethen Middle English clad English clad From Middle English clad, cladde, cled(e), cledde, past tense and past participle forms of clethen (“(also figurative) to put clothing on, clothe, dress; to provide clothing to; to arm, equip; to cover, envelop; to conceal; to adorn”), from Old English clǣþan (past tense clǣþde, *clædde), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh1y-, *gley- (“to adhere, cling, stick to”).

Apparently derived from clad (adjective); see etymology 2. Uses of clad as the simple past and past participle form of clad are indistinguishable from uses of the word as the simple past and past participle form of clothe.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: gekleed — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• French: habillé — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• French: vêtu — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Galician: cuberto — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Galician: recuberto — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Galician: revestido — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Galician: vestido — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Māori: kaikahu — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Polish: odziany — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Russian: оде́тый (odétyj) — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdaichte — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Swedish: klädd — of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
• Dutch: bekleed — of an object: covered, etc., by a cladding, or a specified material or substance
• French: revêtu — of an object: covered, etc., by a cladding, or a specified material or substance
• Russian: оде́тый (odétyj) — of an object: covered, etc., by a cladding, or a specified material or substance
• Russian: покрытый (pokrytyj) — of an object: covered, etc., by a cladding, or a specified material or substance
• Russian: облицованный (oblicovannyj) — of an object: covered, etc., by a cladding, or a specified material or substance
• Dutch: kleden — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Finnish: pukea — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• French: vêtir — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• French: habiller — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• German: kleiden — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Icelandic: klæða — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Portuguese: cobrir — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Russian: одева́ть (odevátʹ) — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Russian: оде́ть (odétʹ) — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Spanish: bañar — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Spanish: cubrir — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Spanish: lavar — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Swedish: klä — to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
• Finnish: päällystää — to cover with a cladding or other material
• Finnish: päällystää — to cover the walls of a building with some material
• Finnish: verhota — to cover the walls of a building with some material
• French: couvrir — to cover the walls of a building with some material
• Māori: tūpuni — to cover the walls of a building with some material
• Finnish: päällystää — to cover with insulation
• Finnish: eristää — to cover with insulation
• Icelandic: húða — to cover with insulation
• Icelandic: klæða — to cover with insulation