mood

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• /muːd/
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• Scotland: /mʉd/
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• rhymes with -uːd
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• homophone: mooed (except Scotland)
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From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh1-, *meh1- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”).

Alteration of mode, from Latin modus, with specialized uses in grammar, music and logic.

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَزَاج (mazāj) — mental state
• Armenian: տրամադրություն (tramadrutʻyun) — mental state
• Asturian: humor — mental state
• Azerbaijani: əhval-ruhiyyə — mental state
• Azerbaijani: kef — mental state
• Bashkir: кәйеф (kəyef) — mental state
• Belarusian: настро́й (nastrój) — mental state
• Bulgarian: настрое́ние (nastroénie) — mental state
• Bulgarian: разположе́ние (razpoložénie) — mental state
• Burmese: အကဲ (a.kai:) — mental state
• Catalan: humor — mental state
• Catalan: ànim — mental state
• Catalan: estat d'ànim — mental state
• Chinese Mandarin: 心情 (xīnqíng) — mental state
• Chinese Mandarin: 情緒 /情绪 (qíngxù) — mental state
• Chinese Mandarin: 心境 (xīnjìng) — mental state
• Czech: nálada — mental state
• Danish: humør — mental state
• Dutch: humeur — mental state
• Dutch: stemming — mental state
• Dutch: gemoedstoestand — mental state
• Esperanto: animstato — mental state
• Esperanto: humoro — mental state
• Estonian: tuju — mental state
• Finnish: mieli — mental state
• Finnish: tuuli — mental state
• Finnish: pää — mental state
• French: humeur — mental state
• Galician: humor — mental state
• Galician: xorne — mental state
• Galician: xera — mental state
• Galician: lor — mental state
• Galician: luro — mental state
• Georgian: განწყობა (ganc̣q̇oba) — mental state
• Georgian: განწყობილება (ganc̣q̇obileba) — mental state
• Georgian: გუნება (guneba) — mental state
• Georgian: ხასიათი (xasiati) — mental state
• German: Gemüt — mental state
• German: Stimmung — mental state
• German: Laune — mental state
• Greek: διάθεση (diáthesi) — mental state
• Ancient Greek: θυμός (thumós) — mental state
• Ancient Greek: διάθεσις (diáthesis) — mental state
• Hebrew: מַצַּב רוּחַ (matsav ruakh) — mental state
• Hindi: स्वभाव (svabhāv) — mental state
• Hindi: मनोदशा (manodśā) — mental state
• Hungarian: hangulat — mental state
• Hungarian: kedv — mental state
• Icelandic: skap — mental state
• Ingrian: meeli — mental state
• Irish: tiúin — mental state
• Italian: umore — mental state
• Japanese: 気分 (kibun) — mental state
• Japanese: 気持ち (kimochi) — mental state
• Japanese: ムード (mūdo) — mental state
• Kapampangan: kilubanan — mental state
• Kapampangan: araramdaman — mental state
• Kazakh: рай (rai) — mental state
• Korean: 기분 (gibun) — mental state
• Lao: ອາລົມ (ʼā lom) — mental state
• Lao: ອາຣົມ (ʼā rom) — mental state
• Lao: ອົດທະຍາໄສ (ʼot tha nyā sai) — mental state
• Lao: ໃຈ (chai) — mental state
• Latvian: oma — mental state
• Lithuanian: nuotaika — mental state
• Lü: ᦩᦱᧄᦺᦈ (xwaamṫsay) — mental state
• Lü: ᦺᦈ (ṫsay) — mental state
• Macedonian: расположение (raspoloženie) — mental state
• Macedonian: настроение (nastroenie) — mental state
• Maltese: burdata — mental state
• Māori: piropiro — mental state
• Norwegian Bokmål: lag — mental state
• Norwegian Bokmål: humør — mental state
• Persian: حال (hâl) — mental state
• Persian: مود (mud) — mental state
• Polish: nastrój — mental state
• Polish: humor — mental state
• Portuguese: humor — mental state
• Russian: настрое́ние (nastrojénije) — mental state
• Russian: расположе́ние (raspoložénije) — mental state
• Russian: настро́й (nastrój) — mental state
• Serbo-Croatian: расположење — mental state
• Serbo-Croatian: raspoloženje — mental state
• Slovak: nálada — mental state
• Slovene: razpoloženje — mental state
• Spanish: humor m ánimo — mental state
• Spanish: estado de ánimo — mental state
• Spanish: tesitura — mental state
• Swedish: stämning — mental state
• Swedish: humör — mental state
• Swedish: sinnestillstånd — mental state
• Thai: อารมณ์ (aa-rom) — mental state
• Thai: ใจ (jai) — mental state
• Ukrainian: на́стрій (nástrij) — mental state
• Vietnamese: tâm trạng — mental state
• Vietnamese: tính khí — mental state
• Volapük: vim — mental state
• Yiddish: שטימונג (shtimung) — mental state
• Yiddish: געמיט (gemit) — mental state
• Yiddish: לוינע (loyne) — mental state
• Yiddish: געשטימטקייט (geshtimtkeyt) — mental state
• Yiddish: אומער (umer) — mental state
• Yiddish: הומאָר (humor) — mental state
• Yiddish: מצבֿ־רוח (matsevruekh) — mental state
• Dutch: humeur — bad mood
• Dutch: bui — bad mood
• Finnish: huono tuuli — bad mood
• Finnish: paha mieli — bad mood
• French: mauvaise humeur — bad mood
• French: humeur — bad mood
• French: cafard — bad mood
• Galician: rebinxe — bad mood
• Galician: zuna — bad mood
• Galician: estrilo — bad mood
• Galician: amúo — bad mood
• Galician: rabuxa — bad mood
• Galician: murria — bad mood
• German: schlechte Laune — bad mood
• German: üble Laune — bad mood
• German: Missmut — bad mood
• German: schlechte Stimmung — bad mood
• Italian: cattivo umore — bad mood
• Macedonian: нерасположеност (neraspoloženost) — bad mood
• Macedonian: нерасположение (neraspoloženie) — bad mood
• Norwegian Bokmål: dårlig humør — bad mood
• Portuguese: mau humor — bad mood
• Russian: дурно́е настрое́ние (durnóje nastrojénije) — bad mood
• Russian: уны́ние (unýnije) — bad mood
• Russian: нерасположе́ние (neraspoložénije) — bad mood
• Serbo-Croatian: нерасположење — bad mood
• Serbo-Croatian: neraspoloženje — bad mood
• Spanish: mal humor — bad mood
• Spanish: mal genio — bad mood
• Swedish: dåligt humör — bad mood
• Swedish: humör — bad mood
• Thai: อารมณ์ไม่ดี — bad mood
• Thai: หงุดหงิด (ngùt-ngìt) — bad mood
• Thai: อารมณ์เสีย — bad mood
• Volapük: mivim — bad mood
• Yiddish: שלעכט שטימונג (shlekht shtimung) — bad mood
• Yiddish: שלעכטע לוינע (shlekhte loyne) — bad mood
• Catalan: ànim — disposition — see also in the mood
• Finnish: tuuli — disposition — see also in the mood
• Finnish: aikeet — disposition — see also in the mood
• French: humeur — disposition — see also in the mood
• Galician: luro — disposition — see also in the mood
• Galician: lor — disposition — see also in the mood
• Galician: xiria — disposition — see also in the mood
• Galician: azo — disposition — see also in the mood
• Galician: barileza — disposition — see also in the mood
• Galician: afouteza — disposition — see also in the mood
• Hebrew: מַצַּב רוּחַ (matsav ruakh) — disposition — see also in the mood
• Hungarian: kedv — disposition — see also in the mood
• Māori: piropiro — disposition — see also in the mood
• Norwegian: humør — disposition — see also in the mood
• Russian: настрое́ние (nastrojénije) — disposition — see also in the mood
• Serbo-Croatian: расположење — disposition — see also in the mood
• Serbo-Croatian: raspoloženje — disposition — see also in the mood
• Spanish: ánimo — disposition — see also in the mood
• Spanish: ánimos — disposition — see also in the mood
• Swedish: humör — disposition — see also in the mood
• Finnish: mieliala — prevalent atmosphere
• French: atmosphère — prevalent atmosphere
• French: ambiance — prevalent atmosphere
• Galician: clima — prevalent atmosphere
• Galician: ambiente — prevalent atmosphere
• Korean: 분위기 (bunwigi) — prevalent atmosphere
• Norwegian: stemning — prevalent atmosphere
• Portuguese: clima — prevalent atmosphere
• Russian: атмосфе́ра (atmosféra) — prevalent atmosphere
• Spanish: ambiente — prevalent atmosphere