forehold

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːhəʊld/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹˌhoʊld/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːˈhəʊld/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fə-/
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• General-American: /fɔɹˈhoʊld/
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• General-American: /fɚ-/
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• rhymes with -əʊld
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• homophone: forhold
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From fore- (prefix meaning ‘positioned at or near the front’) + hold (“the cargo area of an aircraft or ship”). Hold is a variant of hole (influenced by hold (verb)), from Middle English hole, hol (“perforation, hole; cave, cavern; hiding place, shelter; cell, compartment”), from Old English hol (“hole (in the ground)”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“depression, hollow; hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”); further etymology uncertain, possibly either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”) or *ḱewh1- (“to be strong; to swell”).

From fore- (prefix meaning ‘occurring beforehand; earlier, prior to’) + hold (“to maintain; to consider, opine”). Hold is derived from Middle English holden (“to grasp; to possess; to hold (a belief or opinion”), from Old English healdan (“to grasp, hold fast; to possess”), from Proto-West Germanic *haldan (“to hold; to keep”), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to hold; to keep”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”).

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 前艙 /前舱 (qiáncāng) — forward or front part of the hold of a ship
• French: cale avant — forward or front part of the hold of a ship
• German: vorderer Laderaum — forward or front part of the hold of a ship