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• General-American: /loʊd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ləʊd/
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• homophone: lode
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• homophone: lowed
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• rhymes with -əʊd
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• CMU ARPABET: L OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle English lode, loade, which had the main significance of “way, course, journey”, from Old English lād (“course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading, carrying; maintenance, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“leading, way”), Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”). Cognate with Middle Low German leide (“entourage, escort”), German Leite (“line, course, load”), Swedish led (“way, trail, line”), Icelandic leið (“way, course, route”). As such, load is a doublet of lode, which has preserved the older meaning. Most likely, the semantic extension of the Middle English substantive arose by conflation with the (etymologically unrelated) verb lade; however, Middle English lode occurs only as a substantive; the transitive verb load (“to charge with a load”) is recorded only in the 16th century (frequently in Shakespeare), and (except for the participle laden) has largely supplanted lade in modern English. For the meaning development from PIE, compare Latin carrus (whence carry) akin to currō.

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403 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: barr — burden
• Arabic: حِمْل (ḥiml) — burden
• Arabic: حمل (ḥeml) — burden
• Arabic: احمال (aḥæːmll) — burden
• Armenian: բեռ (beṙ) — burden
• Aromanian: sartsinã — burden
• Assamese: বোজা (büza) — burden
• Azerbaijani: yük — burden
• Bakhtiari: بار (bâr) — burden
• Bashkir: йөк (yök) — burden
• Belarusian: груз (hruz) — burden
• Belarusian: цяжа́р (cjažár) — burden
• Bulgarian: това́р (továr) — burden
• Catalan: càrrega — burden
• Catalan: fardell — burden
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔子 /担子 (dànzi) — burden
• Chinese Mandarin: 負荷 /负荷 (fùhè) — burden
• Chinese Mandarin: 負擔 /负担 (fùdān) — burden
• Chinese Mandarin: 包袱 (bāofu) — burden
• Coptic: ⲁⲃⲓⲛ (ɑouin) — burden
• Coptic: ⲁⲟⲩⲓⲛ (ɑouin) — burden
• Coptic: ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ (ɑuain) — burden
• Czech: náklad — burden
• Danish: last — burden
• Dutch: last — burden
• Dutch: gewicht — burden
• Esperanto: ŝarĝo — burden
• Estonian: koorem — burden
• Finnish: kuorma — burden
• Finnish: taakka — burden
• French: fardeau — burden
• French: cargaison — burden
• Georgian: ტვირთი (ṭvirti) — burden
• German: Last — burden
• German: Belastung — burden
• German: Ladung — burden
• German: Beladung — burden
• German: Traglast — burden
• German: Ladegut — burden
• German: Tracht — burden
• German: Saum — burden
• German: Bürde — burden
• Greek: φορτίο (fortío) — burden
• Greek: βάρος (város) — burden
• Ancient Greek: φόρημα (phórēma) — burden
• Ancient Greek: ἄχθος (ákhthos) — burden
• Hebrew: משא — burden
• Hindi: बोझ (bojh) — burden
• Hungarian: teher — burden
• Ibanag: lugan — burden
• Ingrian: koorma — burden
• Ingrian: taakka — burden
• Ingrian: pörömä — burden
• Irish: ualach — burden
• Irish: lód — burden
• Isnag: luxan — burden
• Italian: carico — burden
• Japanese: 荷物 (nimotsu) — burden
• Japanese: 荷 (ni) — burden
• Kazakh: жүк (jük) — burden
• Khmer: បន្ទុក (bɑɑbɑntuk) — burden
• Korean: 짐 (jim) — burden
• Korean: 바리 (bari) — burden
• Central Kurdish: بار (bar) — burden
• Northern Kurdish: bar — burden
• Kyrgyz: жүк (jük) — burden
• Latin: onus — burden
• Lezgi: ппар (p̄ar) — burden
• Macedonian: товар (tovar) — burden
• Māori: utanga — burden
• Māori: wahanga — burden
• Mongolian: ачаа (ačaa) — burden
• Norwegian Bokmål: last — burden
• Occitan: carga — burden
• Old English: hlæst — burden
• Persian: بار (bâr) — burden
• Plautdietsch: Lod — burden
• Polish: ciężar — burden
• Polish: obciążenie — burden
• Portuguese: fardo — burden
• Portuguese: carga — burden
• Romanian: sarcină — burden
• Russian: груз (gruz) — burden
• Sanskrit: भार (bhāra) — burden
• Serbo-Croatian: то̀вар — burden
• Serbo-Croatian: tòvar — burden
• Slovak: náklad — burden
• Slovene: tovor — burden
• Spanish: carga — burden
• Spanish: lastre — burden
• Spanish: escollo — burden
• Spanish: rémora — burden
• Swahili: mzigo — burden
• Swedish: last — burden
• Swedish: börda — burden
• Tabasaran: юк (juk) — burden
• Tajik: бор (bor) — burden
• Talysh: بار (bâr) — burden
• Tatar: йөк (yök) — burden
• Telugu: భారము (bhāramu) — burden
• Tewa: hé — burden
• Tocharian B: perpette — burden
• Turkish: yük — burden
• Turkmen: ýük — burden
• Ukrainian: ванта́ж (vantáž) — burden
• Uyghur: يۈك (yük) — burden
• Uzbek: yuk — burden
• Vietnamese: gánh nặng — burden
• Yaghnobi: вор (vor) — burden
• Zazaki: bar (diq) — burden
• Albanian: ngarkesë — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Azerbaijani: yük — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Bulgarian: това́р (továr) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Catalan: càrrega — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Chinese Mandarin: 載重量 /载重量 (zàizhòngliàng) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Dutch: lading — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Esperanto: ŝarĝo — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Estonian: laadung — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Estonian: koorem — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Estonian: last — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Finnish: kuorma — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Finnish: lasti — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• French: charge — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Friulian: cjarie — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Friulian: cjame — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• German: Beschickung — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• German: Ladung — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• German: Beladung — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• German: Traglast — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• German: Ladegut — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• German: Beladungsmenge — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Greek: φόρτωμα (fórtoma) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Greek: φορτίο (fortío) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Hindi: खेप (khep) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Irish: lód — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Italian: carica — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Japanese: 積載量 (sekisairyō) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Japanese: 船腹 (funabara) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Korean: 짐 (jim) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Ladin: cèria — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Māori: utanga — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Māori: kawenga — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Māori: wahanga — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Plautdietsch: Lod — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Polish: ładunek — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Polish: ładowność — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Portuguese: carregamento — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Portuguese: carga — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Romanian: sarcină — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Romanian: încărcătură — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Romansh: chargia — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Romansh: tgargia — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Romansh: carga — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Russian: нагру́зка (nagrúzka) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Scottish Gaelic: luchd — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Spanish: carga — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Spanish: cargamento — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Spanish: cargazón — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Spanish: carguío — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Spanish: flete — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Spanish: estiba — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Swedish: last — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Telugu: సరుకు (saruku) — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Venetan: carga — number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time
• Chinese Mandarin: 大量 (dàliàng) — a large number or amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 一大堆 (yī dà duī) — a large number or amount
• Dutch: hoop — a large number or amount
• Dutch: heel wat — a large number or amount
• French: des tas (de) — a large number or amount
• French: paquet — a large number or amount
• German: Haufen — a large number or amount
• German: Fuder — a large number or amount
• Greek: φορτία (fortía) — a large number or amount
• Italian: un sacco — a large number or amount
• Japanese: 多量 (taryō) — a large number or amount
• Japanese: 多く (ōku) — a large number or amount
• Polish: mnóstwo — a large number or amount
• Portuguese: monte — a large number or amount
• Spanish: sarta — a large number or amount
• Bulgarian: натова́рване (natovárvane) — the volume of work required to be performed
• Catalan: càrrega — the volume of work required to be performed
• Chinese Mandarin: 工作量 (gōngzuòliàng) — the volume of work required to be performed
• Dutch: belasting — the volume of work required to be performed
• Finnish: kuorma — the volume of work required to be performed
• French: charge — the volume of work required to be performed
• German: Aufgabe — the volume of work required to be performed
• German: Bürde — the volume of work required to be performed
• German: Belastung — the volume of work required to be performed
• Greek: φόρτος (fórtos) — the volume of work required to be performed
• Irish: lód — the volume of work required to be performed
• Japanese: 仕事量 (shigotoryō) — the volume of work required to be performed
• Polish: nakład — the volume of work required to be performed
• Russian: нагру́зка (nagrúzka) — the volume of work required to be performed
• Spanish: carga — the volume of work required to be performed
• Telugu: పనిభారము (panibhāramu) — the volume of work required to be performed
• Arabic: حِمْل (ḥiml) — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• Catalan: càrrega — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• Chinese Mandarin: 負載 /负载 (fùzài) — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• Dutch: vermogen — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• French: puissance — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• French: puissance électrique — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• German: Belastung — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• German: Last — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• Greek: φορτίο (fortío) — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• Japanese: 負荷 (fuka) — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• Spanish: carga — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• Swedish: last — the electrical current or power delivered by a device
• German: Ladung — standardized cartload weight
• German: Fuhre — standardized cartload weight
• Latin: carrus — standardized cartload weight
• Bulgarian: това́р (továr) — (electrical engineering) any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit
• German: Verbraucher — (electrical engineering) any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit
• German: elektrischer Verbraucher — (electrical engineering) any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit
• Bulgarian: заря́д (zarjád) — the charge of powder for a firearm
• Catalan: càrrega — the charge of powder for a firearm
• German: Ladung — the charge of powder for a firearm
• Russian: заря́д (zarjád) — the charge of powder for a firearm
• Finnish: lasti — the contents of an ejaculation
• Finnish: mälli — the contents of an ejaculation
• Finnish: satsi — the contents of an ejaculation
• Swedish: sats — the contents of an ejaculation
• Albanian: ngarkoj — to put a load on or in
• Arabic: عَبَّأَ (ʕabbaʔa) — to put a load on or in
• Arabic: شَحَنَ (šaḥana) — to put a load on or in
• Arabic: حَمَلَ (ḥamala) — to put a load on or in
• Aromanian: ncarcu — to put a load on or in
• Aromanian: ãncarcu — to put a load on or in
• Azerbaijani: yükləmək — to put a load on or in
• Bulgarian: товаря (tovarja) — to put a load on or in
• Catalan: carregar — to put a load on or in
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝載 /装载 (zhuāngzài) — to put a load on or in
• Czech: naložit — to put a load on or in
• Danish: laste — to put a load on or in
• Dutch: inladen — to put a load on or in
• Esperanto: ŝarĝi — to put a load on or in
• Esperanto: ŝargi — to put a load on or in
• Estonian: laadima — to put a load on or in
• Evenki: тэв- (təw-) — to put a load on or in
• Finnish: lastata — to put a load on or in
• Finnish: kuormata — to put a load on or in
• Finnish: pakata — to put a load on or in
• French: charger — to put a load on or in
• North Frisian: lees — to put a load on or in
• Friulian: cjariâ — to put a load on or in
• Friulian: čhariâ — to put a load on or in
• Friulian: cjamâ — to put a load on or in
• Friulian: čhamâ — to put a load on or in
• German: laden — to put a load on or in
• Greek: φορτώνω (fortóno) — to put a load on or in
• Ancient Greek: γεμίζω (gemízō) — to put a load on or in
• Ancient Greek: φορτίζω (phortízō) — to put a load on or in
• Hungarian: berak — to put a load on or in
• Italian: caricare — to put a load on or in
• Japanese: 載せる (noseru) — to put a load on or in
• Japanese: 積む (tsumu) — to put a load on or in
• Japanese: 積み込む (tsumikomu) — to put a load on or in
• Khmer: ផ្ទុក (phtuk) — to put a load on or in
• Korean: 싣다 (sitda) — to put a load on or in
• Central Kurdish: بار بەستین (bar bestîn) — to put a load on or in
• Latin: onerō — to put a load on or in
• Latvian: kraut — to put a load on or in
• Luxembourgish: lueden — to put a load on or in
• Māori: uta — to put a load on or in
• Māori: whakauta — to put a load on or in
• Māori: whakawaha — to put a load on or in
• Mongolian: ачих (ačix) — to put a load on or in
• Nanai: тэучи- (teuči-) — to put a load on or in
• Norman: chèrgi — to put a load on or in
• Norwegian: laste — to put a load on or in
• Occitan: cargar — to put a load on or in
• Old English: hladan — to put a load on or in
• Polish: ładować — to put a load on or in
• Polish: obciążać — to put a load on or in
• Portuguese: carregar — to put a load on or in
• Romanian: încărca — to put a load on or in
• Romansh: chargiar — to put a load on or in
• Romansh: cargar — to put a load on or in
• Romansh: cargear — to put a load on or in
• Romansh: carger — to put a load on or in
• Romansh: charger — to put a load on or in
• Russian: загружа́ть (zagružátʹ) — to put a load on or in
• Russian: грузи́ть (gruzítʹ) — to put a load on or in
• Russian: загрузи́ть (zagruzítʹ) — to put a load on or in
• Russian: нагружа́ть (nagružátʹ) — to put a load on or in
• Russian: нагрузи́ть (nagruzítʹ) — to put a load on or in
• Sardinian: carriai — to put a load on or in
• Sardinian: carriare — to put a load on or in
• Sardinian: carricare — to put a load on or in
• Sardinian: carrigare — to put a load on or in
• Sardinian: carrigai — to put a load on or in
• Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich — to put a load on or in
• Sicilian: carricari — to put a load on or in
• Spanish: cargar — to put a load on or in
• Spanish: fletar — to put a load on or in
• Spanish: estibar — to put a load on or in
• Telugu: సరుకు ఎక్కించుట (saruku ekkiñcuṭa) — to put a load on or in
• Tongan: uta — to put a load on or in
• Tongan: fakaheka — to put a load on or in
• Venetan: cargar — to put a load on or in
• Vietnamese: chất — to put a load on or in
• Walloon: tcherdjî — to put a load on or in
• Zazaki: bar kerden — to put a load on or in
• Finnish: lastata — to place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage
• Finnish: kuormata — to place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage
• Finnish: pakata — to place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage
• Bulgarian: натоварвам (natovarvam) — intransitive: to put a load on something
• Finnish: lastata — intransitive: to put a load on something
• Finnish: kuormata — intransitive: to put a load on something
• Finnish: pakata — intransitive: to put a load on something
• Azerbaijani: yüklənmək — to receive a load
• Azerbaijani: yüklədilmək — to receive a load
• Finnish: lastata — to receive a load
• Finnish: kuormata — to receive a load
• Finnish: pakata — to receive a load
• Galician: cargarse — to receive a load
• Spanish: cargarse — to receive a load
• Zazaki: barnayen — to receive a load
• Finnish: lastata — to be placed into storage or conveyance
• Finnish: kuormata — to be placed into storage or conveyance
• Finnish: pakata — to be placed into storage or conveyance
• Azerbaijani: doldurmaq — to fill with munition
• Bulgarian: зареждам (zareždam) — to fill with munition
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝 /装 (zhuāng) — to fill with munition
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝填 /装填 (zhuāngtián) — to fill with munition
• Danish: lade — to fill with munition
• Dutch: laden — to fill with munition
• Estonian: laadima — to fill with munition
• Faroese: løða — to fill with munition
• Finnish: ladata — to fill with munition
• Finnish: panostaa — to fill with munition
• French: charger — to fill with munition
• Galician: cargar — to fill with munition
• German: laden — to fill with munition
• Greek: οπλίζω (oplízo) — to fill with munition
• Greek: γεμίζω (gemízo) — to fill with munition
• Japanese: 弾を込める (tama o komeru) — to fill with munition
• Japanese: 装塡する (sōten suru) — to fill with munition
• Māori: puru — to fill with munition
• Māori: whakapuru — to fill with munition
• Māori: whāngai — to fill with munition
• Mongolian: сумлах (sumlax) — to fill with munition
• Mongolian: ᠰᠤᠮᠤᠯᠠᠬᠤ (sumulaqu) — to fill with munition
• Norman: chèrgi — to fill with munition
• Polish: załadować — to fill with munition
• Portuguese: carregar — to fill with munition
• Russian: заряжа́ть (zarjažátʹ) — to fill with munition
• Russian: заряди́ть (zarjadítʹ) — to fill with munition
• Spanish: cargar — to fill with munition
• Telugu: నింపుట (nimpuṭa) — to fill with munition
• Zazaki: pır kerden — to fill with munition
• Bulgarian: зареждам (zareždam) — to insert into an apparatus
• Finnish: laittaa paikalleen — to insert into an apparatus
• Finnish: laittaa — to insert into an apparatus
• Finnish: lisätä — to insert into an apparatus
• Galician: cargar — to insert into an apparatus
• Māori: puru — to insert into an apparatus
• Spanish: cargar — to insert into an apparatus
• Bulgarian: зареждам (zareždam) — to fill with raw material
• Finnish: panostaa — to fill with raw material
• Finnish: ladata — to fill with raw material
• Finnish: latautua — to be put into use in an apparatus
• Azerbaijani: yükləmək — computing: to read into memory
• Catalan: carregar — computing: to read into memory
• Chinese Mandarin: 加載 /加载 (jiāzǎi, jiāzài) — computing: to read into memory
• Chinese Mandarin: 載入 /载入 (zàirù) — computing: to read into memory
• Danish: indlæse — computing: to read into memory
• Dutch: laden — computing: to read into memory
• Dutch: inlezen — computing: to read into memory
• Estonian: laadima — computing: to read into memory
• Finnish: ladata — computing: to read into memory
• French: charger — computing: to read into memory
• Galician: cargar — computing: to read into memory
• Georgian: იტვირთება (iṭvirteba) — computing: to read into memory
• Georgian: ჩატვირთვა (čaṭvirtva) — computing: to read into memory
• German: laden — computing: to read into memory
• Greek: φορτώνω (fortóno) — computing: to read into memory
• Japanese: 読み込む (yomikomu) — computing: to read into memory
• Norman: chèrgi — computing: to read into memory
• Polish: załadować — computing: to read into memory
• Polish: wczytać — computing: to read into memory
• Portuguese: carregar — computing: to read into memory
• Russian: загружа́ть (zagružátʹ) — computing: to read into memory
• Russian: грузи́ть (gruzítʹ) — computing: to read into memory
• Russian: загрузи́ть (zagruzítʹ) — computing: to read into memory
• Spanish: cargar — computing: to read into memory
• Swedish: ladda — computing: to read into memory
• Turkmen: ýüklemek — computing: to read into memory
• Azerbaijani: yüklənmək — intransitive: to transfer from a storage medium into memory
• Catalan: carregar — intransitive: to transfer from a storage medium into memory
• Finnish: latautua — intransitive: to transfer from a storage medium into memory
• Finnish: täyttää — baseball: to put runners on the bases
• Finnish: parantaa mahdollisuuksiaan — to tamper with to produce biased outcome
• Finnish: painottaa — to tamper with to produce biased outcome
• Finnish: johdatella — to tamper with to produce biased outcome
• Spanish: trucar — to tamper with to produce biased outcome
• Finnish: johdatella — to ask so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way
• Bulgarian: обременявам (obremenjavam) — to encumber, place as an encumbrance
• Finnish: kuormittaa — to encumber, place as an encumbrance
• Finnish: tankata — to provide in abundance
• Finnish: törsätä — to adulterate or drug
• Bulgarian: магнетизирам (magnetiziram) — to magnetize
• Finnish: magnetoida — to magnetize
• Finnish: sähköistää — to magnetize