puddle

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• /ˈpʌdl̩/
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• rhymes with -ʌdəl
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From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Low German Pudel (“puddle”), Middle High German podel (“quagmire, mudhole”), Hunsrik Puttel, dialectal German Pfudel (“puddle”), German pudeln (“to splash about”)), ultimately imitative.

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ainu: メナ (mena) — a small pool of water
• Ainu: ペチチャ (pecica) — a small pool of water
• Albanian: llogaçe — a small pool of water
• Arabic: غَدِير (ḡadīr) — a small pool of water
• Arabic: بِرْكَة (birka) — a small pool of water
• Armenian: ջրափոս (ǰrapʻos) — a small pool of water
• Azerbaijani: gölməçə — a small pool of water
• Azerbaijani: nohur — a small pool of water
• Basque: istil — a small pool of water
• Belarusian: лу́жына (lúžyna) — a small pool of water
• Belarusian: лу́жа (lúža) — a small pool of water
• Belarusian: калю́га (kaljúha) — a small pool of water
• Belarusian: калю́жына (kaljúžyna) — a small pool of water
• Belarusian: калю́жа (kaljúža) — a small pool of water
• Bengali: খানা (khana) — a small pool of water
• Biatah Bidayuh: paruk — a small pool of water
• Bulgarian: ло́ква (lókva) — a small pool of water
• Burmese: ရွှံ့ပွက် (hrwam.pwak) — a small pool of water
• Burmese: အိုင် (uing) — a small pool of water
• Catalan: bassiot — a small pool of water
• Catalan: toll — a small pool of water
• Catalan: bassal — a small pool of water
• Chinese Cantonese: 水氹 (seoi2 tam5) — a small pool of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 水坑 (shuǐkēng) — a small pool of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 水窪 /水洼 (shuǐwā) — a small pool of water
• Czech: louže — a small pool of water
• Czech: kaluž — a small pool of water
• Danish: pyt — a small pool of water
• Danish: pæl — a small pool of water
• Dutch: plas — a small pool of water
• Esperanto: flako — a small pool of water
• Estonian: loik — a small pool of water
• Estonian: lomp — a small pool of water
• Faroese: hylur — a small pool of water
• Faroese: trygil — a small pool of water
• Finnish: lätäkkö — a small pool of water
• Finnish: lammikko — a small pool of water
• French: flaque — a small pool of water
• French: flaque d'eau — a small pool of water
• French: gouille — a small pool of water
• Galician: poza — a small pool of water
• Galician: groto — a small pool of water
• Galician: boira — a small pool of water
• Galician: charco — a small pool of water
• Georgian: გუბე (gube) — a small pool of water
• German: Pfütze — a small pool of water
• German: Lache — a small pool of water
• German: Lacke — a small pool of water
• German: Pfuhl — a small pool of water
• German: Glungge — a small pool of water
• German: Pfütze — a small pool of water
• Greek: λακκούβα με νερό (lakkoúva me neró) — a small pool of water
• Hebrew: שְׁלוּלִית (shlulít) — a small pool of water
• Hindi: पोखर (pokhar) — a small pool of water
• Hindi: डबरा (ḍabrā) — a small pool of water
• Hindi: डाबर (ḍābar) — a small pool of water
• Hungarian: tócsa — a small pool of water
• Hungarian: pocsolya — a small pool of water
• Hungarian: libaúsztató — a small pool of water
• Icelandic: pollur — a small pool of water
• Indonesian: genangan air — a small pool of water
• Ingrian: rapakko — a small pool of water
• Ingrian: lätikkä — a small pool of water
• Italian: pozzanghera — a small pool of water
• Japanese: 水たまり — a small pool of water
• Japanese: 水溜まり (mizutamari) — a small pool of water
• Kazakh: шалшық (şalşyq) — a small pool of water
• Khmer: ថ្លុក (thlok) — a small pool of water
• Korean: 웅덩이 (ungdeong'i) — a small pool of water
• Kyrgyz: көлчүк (kölcük) — a small pool of water
• Kyrgyz: чөөт (cööt) — a small pool of water
• Lao: ນ້ໍາບວກ (nam būak) — a small pool of water
• Lao: ບວກນ້ໍາ (būak nam) — a small pool of water
• Latvian: peļķe — a small pool of water
• Lithuanian: balutė — a small pool of water
• Lithuanian: klanas — a small pool of water
• Luxembourgish: Pull — a small pool of water
• Macedonian: ло́ква (lókva) — a small pool of water
• Macedonian: ви́р (vír) — a small pool of water
• Macedonian: ба́ра (bára) — a small pool of water
• Malay: lopak — a small pool of water
• Māori: tōhihi — a small pool of water
• Māori: hōpua — a small pool of water
• Miyako: ミズタマい (mizutamaz) — a small pool of water
• Mongolian: шавхай (šavxaj) — a small pool of water
• Muna: kabhere — a small pool of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: pytt — a small pool of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: sølepytt — a small pool of water
• Iranian Persian: چالِهٔ آب (čâle-ye âb) — a small pool of water
• Iranian Persian: بِرْکِه (berke) — a small pool of water
• Polish: kałuża — a small pool of water
• Portuguese: poça — a small pool of water
• Romanian: baltă — a small pool of water
• Russian: лу́жа (lúža) — a small pool of water
• Scottish Gaelic: glumag — a small pool of water
• Scottish Gaelic: lòn — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: сплака — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̏ра — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: млака — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̏ква — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: splaka — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: bȁra — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: mlaka — a small pool of water
• Serbo-Croatian: lȍkva — a small pool of water
• Sicilian: stizzània — a small pool of water
• Slovak: kaluž — a small pool of water
• Slovene: luža — a small pool of water
• Slovene: mlaka — a small pool of water
• Spanish: charco — a small pool of water
• Spanish: poza — a small pool of water
• Spanish: cocha — a small pool of water
• Spanish: encharcada — a small pool of water
• Sundanese: cileuncang — a small pool of water
• Swedish: vattenpöl — a small pool of water
• Swedish: pöl — a small pool of water
• Swedish: vattenpuss — a small pool of water
• Tagalog: sanaw — a small pool of water
• Tajik: кӯлмак (külmak) — a small pool of water
• Tamil: குட்டை (kuṭṭai) — a small pool of water
• Thai: ตะพัง (dtà-pang) — a small pool of water
• Thai: แอ่ง (ɛ̀ng) — a small pool of water
• Tibetan: ཁྱིལ་ཆུ (khyil chu) — a small pool of water
• Turkish: gölet — a small pool of water
• Turkish: su birikintisi — a small pool of water
• Turkmen: çalpaw — a small pool of water
• Ukrainian: калю́жа (kaljúža) — a small pool of water
• Urdu: پوکَھر (pokhar) — a small pool of water
• Urdu: ڈَبْرا (ḍabrā) — a small pool of water
• Urdu: ڈابَر (ḍābar) — a small pool of water
• Uyghur: كۆلچەك (kölchek) — a small pool of water
• Uzbek: koʻlmak — a small pool of water
• Uzbek: xalqob — a small pool of water
• Venetan: poxa — a small pool of water
• Vietnamese: vũng — a small pool of water
• Vietnamese: hũm — a small pool of water
• Vilamovian: łaoch — a small pool of water
• Walloon: potea — a small pool of water
• Walloon: gofe — a small pool of water
• Yiddish: קאַלוזשע (kaluzhe) — a small pool of water
• Czech: hníst — a homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit
• Finnish: tiivistyssavi — a homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit
• Irish: lathach — a homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit
• Russian: обма́зка (obmázka) — a homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit
• Catalan: entollar — to form a puddle
• Finnish: muodostaa lätäkkö — to form a puddle
• Bulgarian: шляпам (šljapam) — to play or splash in a puddle
• Finnish: leikkiä lätäkössä — to play or splash in a puddle
• Finnish: läiskyttää — to play or splash in a puddle
• Catalan: pudelar — to process iron by means of puddling
• Finnish: putlata — to process iron by means of puddling
• French: puddler — to process iron by means of puddling
• Spanish: pudelar — to process iron by means of puddling
• Finnish: ryhmitellä — collection of ideas
• Polish: mętlik — collection of ideas