nod

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• New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /nɒd/
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• General-American: /nɑd/
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• Australian, Estuary-English, Wales: /nɔd/
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• rhymes with -ɒd
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• rhymes with -ɑd
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• rhymes with -ɔd
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• homophone: gnawed (cot–caught merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: N AA1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnodōn, from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendh-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Faroese njóða (“to clench a nail”), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”), Faroese noða (“to double by bending”), Icelandic hnoða (“to clinch, rivet”).

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِيمَاءَة (ʔīmāʔa) — instance of moving one's head
• Arabic: هَزَّة (hazza) — instance of moving one's head
• Bulgarian: кимане (kimane) — instance of moving one's head
• Catalan: capejada — instance of moving one's head
• Catalan: capcinada — instance of moving one's head
• Chinese Mandarin: 點頭 /点头 (diǎntóu) — instance of moving one's head
• Dutch: knik — instance of moving one's head
• Esperanto: kapjeso — instance of moving one's head
• Finnish: nyökkäys — instance of moving one's head
• French: signe de la tête — instance of moving one's head
• French: hochement — instance of moving one's head
• German: Kopfnicken — instance of moving one's head
• Ancient Greek: νεῦμα (neûma) — instance of moving one's head
• Hungarian: biccentés — instance of moving one's head
• Hungarian: bólintás — instance of moving one's head
• Hungarian: bólintani — instance of moving one's head
• Indonesian: anggukan — instance of moving one's head
• Italian: cenno — instance of moving one's head
• Latin: nūtus — instance of moving one's head
• Macedonian: климање (klimanje) — instance of moving one's head
• Māori: tungou — instance of moving one's head
• Norwegian: nikk — instance of moving one's head
• Portuguese: aceno — instance of moving one's head
• Russian: киво́к (kivók) — instance of moving one's head
• Scottish Gaelic: gnogadh cinn — instance of moving one's head
• Spanish: cabezada — instance of moving one's head
• Spanish: venia — instance of moving one's head
• Spanish: sombrerazo — instance of moving one's head
• Spanish: ademán — instance of moving one's head
• Swedish: nick — instance of moving one's head
• Arabic: أَوْمَأَ (ʔawmaʔa) — incline the head up and down
• Arabic: أَوْمَأَ بِرَأْسِهِ (ʔawmaʔa biraʔsihi) — incline the head up and down
• Belarusian: ківа́ць (kivácʹ) — incline the head up and down
• Belarusian: кіўну́ць (kiwnúcʹ) — incline the head up and down
• Bulgarian: кимам (kimam) — incline the head up and down
• Burmese: ညိတ် (nyit) — incline the head up and down
• Catalan: fer que sí amb el cap — incline the head up and down
• Catalan: assentir amb el cap — incline the head up and down
• Catalan: capejar — incline the head up and down
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏍᎫᏍᎦ (alisgusga) — incline the head up and down
• Chinese Mandarin: 點頭 /点头 (diǎntóu) — incline the head up and down
• Czech: kývat — incline the head up and down
• Czech: přikyvovat — incline the head up and down
• Czech: přikývnout — incline the head up and down
• Danish: nikke — incline the head up and down
• Dutch: knikken — incline the head up and down
• Esperanto: kapjesi — incline the head up and down
• Esperanto: kapnei — incline the head up and down
• Esperanto: kapindiki — incline the head up and down
• Finnish: nyökätä — incline the head up and down
• Finnish: nyökäyttää — incline the head up and down
• Finnish: nyökyttää — incline the head up and down
• French: dodeliner — incline the head up and down
• French: hocher — incline the head up and down
• German: nicken — incline the head up and down
• Ancient Greek: νεύω (neúō) — incline the head up and down
• Hebrew: הרכין — incline the head up and down
• Hungarian: bólint — incline the head up and down
• Hungarian: biccent — incline the head up and down
• Hungarian: igenel — incline the head up and down
• Icelandic: að kinka kolli — incline the head up and down
• Indonesian: mengangguk — incline the head up and down
• Italian: annuire — incline the head up and down
• Italian: accennare — incline the head up and down
• Italian: scuotere — incline the head up and down
• Japanese: 頷く (unazuku) — incline the head up and down
• Korean: 끄덕이다 (kkeudeogida) — incline the head up and down
• Latin: nūtō — incline the head up and down
• Latin: adnuō — incline the head up and down
• Lithuanian: linktelėti — incline the head up and down
• Macedonian: кли́ма (klíma) — incline the head up and down
• Macedonian: кли́мне (klímne) — incline the head up and down
• Macedonian: ки́ма (kíma) — incline the head up and down
• Macedonian: ки́мне (kímne) — incline the head up and down
• Māori: tungou — incline the head up and down
• Māori: tūngoungou — incline the head up and down
• Mokilese: mwasoa — incline the head up and down
• Norwegian: nikke — incline the head up and down
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nikka — incline the head up and down
• Polish: kiwać — incline the head up and down
• Polish: kiwnąć — incline the head up and down
• Portuguese: assentir — incline the head up and down
• Portuguese: acenar — incline the head up and down
• Romanian: da din cap — incline the head up and down
• Russian: кива́ть (kivátʹ) — incline the head up and down
• Russian: кивну́ть (kivnútʹ) — incline the head up and down
• Savosavo: betu — incline the head up and down
• Scottish Gaelic: crom — incline the head up and down
• Serbo-Croatian: климати — incline the head up and down
• Serbo-Croatian: климнути — incline the head up and down
• Serbo-Croatian: klimati — incline the head up and down
• Serbo-Croatian: klimnuti — incline the head up and down
• Slovak: kývať — incline the head up and down
• Slovak: prikývnuť — incline the head up and down
• Slovene: kimati — incline the head up and down
• Spanish: asentir con la cabeza — incline the head up and down
• Spanish: cabecear — incline the head up and down
• Swedish: nicka — incline the head up and down
• Thai: ผงก (pà-ngòk) — incline the head up and down
• Thai: พยัก (pá-yák) — incline the head up and down
• Thai: พยักหน้า — incline the head up and down
• Turkish: kafa sallamak — incline the head up and down
• Ukrainian: кива́ти (kyváty) — incline the head up and down
• Ukrainian: кивну́ти (kyvnúty) — incline the head up and down
• Vietnamese: gật đầu — incline the head up and down
• Vietnamese: gật — incline the head up and down
• Bulgarian: климам (klimam) — gradually fall asleep
• Bulgarian: задрямвам (zadrjamvam) — gradually fall asleep
• Burmese: ငိုက် (nguik) — gradually fall asleep
• Catalan: capcinejar — gradually fall asleep
• Catalan: pesar figues — gradually fall asleep
• Chinese Mandarin: 打盹 (dǎdǔn) — gradually fall asleep
• Czech: klímat — gradually fall asleep
• Dutch: knikkebollen — gradually fall asleep
• Esperanto: ekdormadi — gradually fall asleep
• Esperanto: dormeti — gradually fall asleep
• Esperanto: ekdormeti — gradually fall asleep
• Finnish: nuokkua — gradually fall asleep
• French: dodeliner — gradually fall asleep
• French: somnoler — gradually fall asleep
• French: piquer du nez — gradually fall asleep
• German: einnicken — gradually fall asleep
• Hungarian: bóbiskol — gradually fall asleep
• Icelandic: að sofna — gradually fall asleep
• Italian: addormentarsi — gradually fall asleep
• Italian: appisolarsi — gradually fall asleep
• Italian: cadere in catalessi — gradually fall asleep
• Macedonian: задремува (zadremuva) — gradually fall asleep
• Macedonian: дреме (dreme) — gradually fall asleep
• Māori: kānewha — gradually fall asleep
• Portuguese: cabecear — gradually fall asleep
• Romanian: dormita — gradually fall asleep
• Russian: клева́ть но́сом (klevátʹ nósom) — gradually fall asleep
• Russian: задрема́ть (zadremátʹ) — gradually fall asleep
• Russian: дрема́ть (dremátʹ) — gradually fall asleep
• Spanish: cabecear — gradually fall asleep
• Swedish: nicka till — gradually fall asleep
• Thai: งุบ (ngúp) — gradually fall asleep
• Thai: สัปหงก — gradually fall asleep
• Thai: โงก (ngôok) — gradually fall asleep