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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊnd/
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• Northumbria: /ɡɹʊnd/
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• rhymes with -aʊnd
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Inflected form of grind. See also milled.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ghrem-der. Proto-Germanic *grunduz Old English grund Middle English ground English ground From Middle English ground, from Old English grund, from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund. (to punish): Compare (to bring) down to earth, to come down to earth.

391 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: döymə — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Bulgarian: смлян (smljan) — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Catalan: mòlt — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Czech: mletý — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Finnish: jauhettu — crushed or reduced to small particles
• French: haché — crushed or reduced to small particles
• French: moulu — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Galician: moído — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Galician: mudo — crushed or reduced to small particles
• German: gemahlen — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Greek: αλεσμένος (alesménos) — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Ancient Greek: ἀλητός (alētós) — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Hungarian: darált — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Hungarian: őrölt — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Italian: macinato — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Kalmyk: үүлсн (üülsn) — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Latin: molitus — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Lithuanian: maltas — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Polish: mielony — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Portuguese: moído — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Russian: мо́лотый (mólotyj) — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Sanskrit: पिष्ट (piṣṭa) — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Serbo-Croatian: mljeven — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Spanish: molido — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Spanish: picado — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Spanish: cueshte — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Swedish: mald — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Ukrainian: ме́лений (mélenyj) — crushed or reduced to small particles
• Albanian: faqja — surface of the Earth
• Southern Altai: јер (ǰer) — surface of the Earth
• Southern Altai: тобрак (tobrak) — surface of the Earth
• Chungli Ao: ali — surface of the Earth
• Western Apache: niʼ — surface of the Earth
• Arabic: أَرْض (ʔarḍ) — surface of the Earth
• Armenian: գետին (getin) — surface of the Earth
• Azerbaijani: yer — surface of the Earth
• Baluchi: زمین (zamín) — surface of the Earth
• Belarusian: зямля́ (zjamljá) — surface of the Earth
• Belarusian: грунт (hrunt) — surface of the Earth
• Bulgarian: земя́ (zemjá) — surface of the Earth
• Catalan: terra — surface of the Earth
• Catalan: sòl — surface of the Earth
• Chamicuro: c̈hijta — surface of the Earth
• Chechen: латта (latta) — surface of the Earth
• Chinese: ди (di) — surface of the Earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 地 (dì) — surface of the Earth
• Coptic: ⲓⲧⲉⲛ (iten) — surface of the Earth
• Czech: země — surface of the Earth
• Danish: grund — surface of the Earth
• Dutch: grond — surface of the Earth
• Dutch: bodem — surface of the Earth
• Egyptian: tA:N23*Z1 (tꜣ) — surface of the Earth
• Esperanto: tero — surface of the Earth
• Finnish: maanpinta — surface of the Earth
• Finnish: maa — surface of the Earth
• French: sol — surface of the Earth
• French: terre — surface of the Earth
• West-Frisian: grûn — surface of the Earth
• Gagauz: er — surface of the Earth
• Georgian: მიწა (mic̣a) — surface of the Earth
• Georgian: ხმელეთი (xmeleti) — surface of the Earth
• German: Erde — surface of the Earth
• German: Erdboden — surface of the Earth
• German: Land — surface of the Earth
• German: Grund — surface of the Earth
• German: Boden — surface of the Earth
• Old High German: grunt — surface of the Earth
• Greek: έδαφος (édafos) — surface of the Earth
• Ancient Greek: ἔδαφος (édaphos) — surface of the Earth
• Hebrew: קרקע — surface of the Earth
• Hebrew: קַרְקַע (karká) — surface of the Earth
• Higaonon: bugta — surface of the Earth
• Hiligaynon: duta — surface of the Earth
• Hindi: ज़मीन (zamīn) — surface of the Earth
• Hindi: भूतल (bhūtal) — surface of the Earth
• Hungarian: föld — surface of the Earth
• Icelandic: grund — surface of the Earth
• Irish: talamh — surface of the Earth
• Italian: suolo — surface of the Earth
• Italian: superficie — surface of the Earth
• Japanese: 地 (chi) — surface of the Earth
• Japanese: 土 (tsuchi) — surface of the Earth
• Javanese: lemah — surface of the Earth
• Javanese: siti — surface of the Earth
• Khmer: ដី (dəy) — surface of the Earth
• Korean: 땅 (ttang) — surface of the Earth
• Kyrgyz: жер (jer) — surface of the Earth
• Lao: ດິນ (din) — surface of the Earth
• Latin: solum — surface of the Earth
• Lü: ᦡᦲᧃ (ḋiin) — surface of the Earth
• Macedonian: земја (zemja) — surface of the Earth
• Manchu: ᠨᠠ (na) — surface of the Earth
• Manchu: ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠨ (falan) — surface of the Earth
• Navajo: niʼ — surface of the Earth
• Norwegian: bakke — surface of the Earth
• Ojibwe: aki — surface of the Earth
• Ojibwe: ᐊᑭ — surface of the Earth
• Old English: eorþe — surface of the Earth
• Old Galician-Portuguese: chão — surface of the Earth
• Oromo: dachee — surface of the Earth
• Oromo: lafa — surface of the Earth
• Iranian Persian: زَمین (zamin) — surface of the Earth
• Plautdietsch: Grunt — surface of the Earth
• Plautdietsch: Ieed — surface of the Earth
• Polish: ziemia — surface of the Earth
• Polish: grunt — surface of the Earth
• Portuguese: solo — surface of the Earth
• Portuguese: chão — surface of the Earth
• Romanian: sol — surface of the Earth
• Romanian: pământ — surface of the Earth
• Russian: земля́ (zemljá) — surface of the Earth
• Russian: грунт (grunt) — surface of the Earth
• Sanskrit: भूतल (bhūtala) — surface of the Earth
• Serbo-Croatian: зѐмља — surface of the Earth
• Serbo-Croatian: zèmlja — surface of the Earth
• Sicilian: solu — surface of the Earth
• Slovak: zem — surface of the Earth
• Slovene: zemlja — surface of the Earth
• Spanish: suelo — surface of the Earth
• Spanish: huello — surface of the Earth
• Swedish: backe — surface of the Earth
• Swedish: mark — surface of the Earth
• Swedish: grund — surface of the Earth
• Tagalog: lupa — surface of the Earth
• Tajik: замин (zamin) — surface of the Earth
• Thai: ดิน (din) — surface of the Earth
• Tocharian A: tkaṃ — surface of the Earth
• Tocharian B: keṃ — surface of the Earth
• Tonga (Zambia): ansi — surface of the Earth
• Turkish: yer — surface of the Earth
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎕 (ảrṣ) — surface of the Earth
• Ukrainian: земля́ (zemljá) — surface of the Earth
• Ukrainian: ґрунт (grunt) — surface of the Earth
• Urdu: زَمِین (zamīn) — surface of the Earth
• Urdu: بُھوتَل (bhūtal) — surface of the Earth
• Woiwurrung: biik — surface of the Earth
• Woiwurrung: naRap — surface of the Earth
• Yagara: dhagun — surface of the Earth
• Albanian: dhe — soil, earth
• Albanian: toka — soil, earth
• Arabic: أَرْض (ʔarḍ) — soil, earth
• Armenian: հող (hoġ) — soil, earth
• Aromanian: pimintu — soil, earth
• Azerbaijani: torpaq — soil, earth
• Belarusian: зямля́ (zjamljá) — soil, earth
• Bulgarian: земя́ (zemjá) — soil, earth
• Bulgarian: по́чва (póčva) — soil, earth
• Burmese: မြေ (mre) — soil, earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 土 (tǔ) — soil, earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 地 (dì) — soil, earth
• Chinese Mandarin: 土壤 (tǔrǎng) — soil, earth
• Dalmatian: tara — soil, earth
• Dalmatian: tiara — soil, earth
• Dutch: grond — soil, earth
• Dutch: aarde — soil, earth
• Finnish: maaperä — soil, earth
• Finnish: maa — soil, earth
• French: terre — soil, earth
• Friulian: tiere — soil, earth
• Galician: terra — soil, earth
• Galician: chan — soil, earth
• Georgian: ნიადაგი (niadagi) — soil, earth
• Georgian: მიწა (mic̣a) — soil, earth
• German: Erde — soil, earth
• German: Boden — soil, earth
• German: Erdreich — soil, earth
• Greek: έδαφος (édafos) — soil, earth
• Ancient Greek: ἔδαφος (édaphos) — soil, earth
• Ancient Greek: γῆ (gê) — soil, earth
• Ancient Greek: χθών (khthṓn) — soil, earth
• Haitian Creole: tè — soil, earth
• Hindi: ज़मीन (zamīn) — soil, earth
• Hungarian: föld — soil, earth
• Hungarian: talaj — soil, earth
• Indonesian: tanah — soil, earth
• Ingrian: gruntti — soil, earth
• Ingrian: maa — soil, earth
• Irish: talamh — soil, earth
• Italian: terra — soil, earth
• Japanese: 土 (tsuchi) — soil, earth
• Japanese: 地 (chi) — soil, earth
• Japanese: 土壌 (dojō) — soil, earth
• Javanese: lemah — soil, earth
• Javanese: siti — soil, earth
• Kabuverdianu: txon — soil, earth
• Khmer: ដី (dəy) — soil, earth
• Korean: 땅 (ttang) — soil, earth
• Korean: 흙 (heuk) — soil, earth
• Korean: 토양 (toyang) — soil, earth
• Lao: ດິນ (din) — soil, earth
• Lombard: tera — soil, earth
• Macedonian: зе́мја (zémja) — soil, earth
• Maltese: art — soil, earth
• Eastern Mari: аварок (avarok) — soil, earth
• Occitan: tèrra — soil, earth
• Old English: eorþe — soil, earth
• Iranian Persian: زَمین (zamin) — soil, earth
• Plautdietsch: Ieed — soil, earth
• Polish: ziemia — soil, earth
• Polish: gleba — soil, earth
• Portuguese: solo — soil, earth
• Portuguese: terra — soil, earth
• Romanian: pământ — soil, earth
• Russian: земля́ (zemljá) — soil, earth
• Russian: по́чва (póčva) — soil, earth
• Russian: грунт (grunt) — soil, earth
• Sardinian: terra — soil, earth
• Scottish Gaelic: talamh — soil, earth
• Scottish Gaelic: ùir — soil, earth
• Slovak: zem — soil, earth
• Slovak: pôda — soil, earth
• Swedish: jord — soil, earth
• Swedish: mark — soil, earth
• Thai: ดิน (din) — soil, earth
• Tocharian A: tkaṃ — soil, earth
• Tocharian B: keṃ — soil, earth
• Ottoman Turkish: طوپراق (toprak) — soil, earth
• Ottoman Turkish: ارض (arz) — soil, earth
• Ottoman Turkish: تراب (türâb) — soil, earth
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎕 (ảrṣ) — soil, earth
• Urdu: زَمِین (zamīn) — soil, earth
• Armenian: հատակ (hatak) — bottom of a body of water
• Azerbaijani: dib — bottom of a body of water
• Belarusian: дно (dno) — bottom of a body of water
• Bulgarian: дъ́но (dǎ́no) — bottom of a body of water
• Catalan: fons — bottom of a body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 底部 (dǐbù) — bottom of a body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 底 (dǐ) — bottom of a body of water
• Czech: dno — bottom of a body of water
• Dutch: bodem — bottom of a body of water
• Finnish: pohja — bottom of a body of water
• Finnish: kari — bottom of a body of water
• French: fond — bottom of a body of water
• German: Grund — bottom of a body of water
• Greek: βυθός (vythós) — bottom of a body of water
• Hungarian: fenék — bottom of a body of water
• Hungarian: tengerfenék — bottom of a body of water
• Irish: talamh — bottom of a body of water
• Italian: fondo — bottom of a body of water
• Korean: 바닥 (badak) — bottom of a body of water
• Macedonian: дно (dno) — bottom of a body of water
• Church Slavic: дъно (dŭno) — bottom of a body of water
• Old East Slavic: дъно (dŭno) — bottom of a body of water
• Old English: grund — bottom of a body of water
• Polish: dno — bottom of a body of water
• Polish: grunt — bottom of a body of water
• Portuguese: fundo — bottom of a body of water
• Russian: дно (dno) — bottom of a body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: дно̏ — bottom of a body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: dnȍ — bottom of a body of water
• Slovak: dno — bottom of a body of water
• Slovene: dno — bottom of a body of water
• Ukrainian: дно (dno) — bottom of a body of water
• Armenian: հիմք (himkʻ) — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Azerbaijani: əsas — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva) — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Bulgarian: ба́за (báza) — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Czech: základ — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Dutch: ondergrond — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Finnish: perustus — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Finnish: perusta — basis, foundation, groundwork
• French: base — basis, foundation, groundwork
• French: fondation — basis, foundation, groundwork
• German: Grundfeste — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Greek: έδαφος (édafos) — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Hungarian: alap — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Italian: base — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Italian: fondamenta — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Korean: 바탕 (batang) — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Old English: grund — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Polish: podstawa — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Polish: baza — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Portuguese: fundamento — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Russian: осно́ва (osnóva) — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Russian: ба́за (báza) — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Slovak: základ — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Spanish: fondo — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Swedish: grund — basis, foundation, groundwork
• Finnish: syy — reason, justification, cause
• Finnish: peruste — reason, justification, cause
• Azerbaijani: fon — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Azerbaijani: zəmin — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Bulgarian: фон (fon) — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Dutch: achtergrond — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Finnish: puitteet — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Finnish: kehys — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Finnish: runko — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Finnish: ympäristö — background, context, framework, surroundings
• German: Hintergrund — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Hungarian: alap — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Hungarian: háttér — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Irish: bonn — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Italian: dintorni — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Korean: 바탕 (batang) — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Korean: 테두리 (teduri) — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Māori: papa whenua — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Russian: фон (fon) — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Swedish: bakgrund — background, context, framework, surroundings
• Finnish: taistelukenttä — historical: area on which a battle is fought
• Tamil: போர்க்களம் (pōrkkaḷam) — historical: area on which a battle is fought
• Finnish: syy — advantage given or gained in any contest
• Finnish: maasto — place suited to a specified activity
• Finnish: maa — place suited to a specified activity
• Tamil: மைதானம் (maitāṉam) — place suited to a specified activity
• Finnish: tausta — plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set
• Finnish: tausta — sculpture: flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief
• Finnish: maski — etching: gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched
• Arabic: مَلْعَب كُرَة قَدَم (malʕab kurat qadam) — football stadium
• Bulgarian: тере́н (terén) — football stadium
• Catalan: camp — football stadium
• Finnish: jalkapallostadion — football stadium
• French: terrain de football — football stadium
• French: terrain — football stadium
• Hungarian: pálya — football stadium
• Hungarian: futballpálya — football stadium
• Irish: páirc — football stadium
• Italian: campo — football stadium
• Portuguese: campo — football stadium
• Russian: по́ле (póle) — football stadium
• Spanish: campo de futbol — football stadium
• Azerbaijani: torpaqalama — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Azerbaijani: torpağa birşəldirilmə — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Azerbaijani: yerlə birləşdirmə — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Bulgarian: заземя́ване (zazemjávane) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Catalan: punt de terra — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Chinese Mandarin: 接地 (jiēdì) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Chinese Mandarin: 地線 /地线 (dìxiàn) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Chinese Mandarin: 接地線 /接地线 (jiēdìxiàn) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Dutch: aarding — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Finnish: maajohdin — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Finnish: maa — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• French: terre — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• French: masse — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• German: Erde — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• German: Masseleitung — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• German: Masseverbindung — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• German: Erdung — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Greek: γείωση (geíosi) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Hungarian: földelés — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Irish: sreang thalmhaithe — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Italian: massa — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Italian: terra — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Japanese: 接地 (setchi) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Japanese: 地線 (chisen) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Korean: 접지 (jeopji) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Korean: 어어드 (eo'eodeu) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Korean: 접지선 (jeopjiseon) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Polish: uziemienie — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Portuguese: terra — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Portuguese: aterramento — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Romanian: împământare — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Russian: заземле́ние (zazemlénije) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Russian: земля́ (zemljá) — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Spanish: polo a tierra — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Spanish: toma de tierra — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Swedish: jord — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Swedish: jordledare — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Tagalog: sayad — electrical conductor connected to point of zero potential
• Finnish: permanto — pit of a theatre
• Azerbaijani: evdən çıxmaq qadağan etmək — to require a child to remain at home
• Azerbaijani: evdən çıxmağı qadağan etmək — to require a child to remain at home
• Azerbaijani: evdən çıxmasını qadağan etmək — to require a child to remain at home
• Czech: dát domácí vězení — to require a child to remain at home
• Dutch: huisarrest geven — to require a child to remain at home
• Finnish: pistää kotiarestiin — to require a child to remain at home
• Finnish: pistää arestiin — to require a child to remain at home
• French: gronder — to require a child to remain at home
• French: punir — to require a child to remain at home
• German: Hausarrest geben — to require a child to remain at home
• Hungarian: szobafogságra ítél — to require a child to remain at home
• Hungarian: megbüntet — to require a child to remain at home
• Hungarian: büntetést ad — to require a child to remain at home
• Hungarian: eltilt — to require a child to remain at home
• Hungarian: büntetésből eltilt — to require a child to remain at home
• Portuguese: deixar de castigo — to require a child to remain at home
• Portuguese: castigar — to require a child to remain at home
• Spanish: castigar — to require a child to remain at home
• Swedish: ge husarrest — to require a child to remain at home
• Swedish: ge utegångsförbud — to require a child to remain at home
• Dutch: een vliegverbod opleggen — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Finnish: määrätä lentokieltoon — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• French: clouer au sol — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• German: Startverbot erteilen — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Hungarian: repüléstől eltilt — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Hungarian: felszállást letilt — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Hungarian: nem enged felszállni — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Polish: uziemić — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Polish: uziemiać — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Swedish: belägga med flygförbud — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Swedish: ställa på marken — to forbid an aircraft or pilot to fly
• Finnish: oppia perusteet — to gain a basic education of a particular subject