sod

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From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.

Clipping of sodomite or sodomize.

From Middle English sod, sodde first attested in the mid-15th century, from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ճիմ (čim) — stratum of soil
• Danish: græstæppe — stratum of soil
• Dutch: teellaag — stratum of soil
• Esperanto: turfo — stratum of soil
• Finnish: juurikerros — stratum of soil
• German: Grasnarbe — stratum of soil
• German: Sode — stratum of soil
• German: Grassode — stratum of soil
• German: Rasensode — stratum of soil
• German: Wasen — stratum of soil
• German: Plagge — stratum of soil
• German: Rasenziegel — stratum of soil
• Hungarian: humusz — stratum of soil
• Hungarian: rög — stratum of soil
• Hungarian: termőtalaj — stratum of soil
• Italian: zolla — stratum of soil
• Italian: piota — stratum of soil
• Latin: caespes — stratum of soil
• Macedonian: баз (baz) — stratum of soil
• Macedonian: бу́сен (búsen) — stratum of soil
• Norwegian Bokmål: torv — stratum of soil
• Plautdietsch: Sood — stratum of soil
• Polish: darń — stratum of soil
• Russian: дёрн (djorn) — stratum of soil
• Scottish Gaelic: fòid — stratum of soil
• Serbo-Croatian: busen — stratum of soil
• Swedish: gräsmatta — stratum of soil
• Ottoman Turkish: چیم (çim) — stratum of soil
• Ukrainian: де́рен (déren) — stratum of soil
• Bulgarian: чим (čim) — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Danish: græstørv — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Dutch: graszode — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Finnish: siirtonurmi — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• French: gazon — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• German: Rollrasen — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• German: Fertigrasen — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Hungarian: gyeptégla — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Hungarian: gyep — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Hungarian: pázsit — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Hungarian: gyeptakaró — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Macedonian: баз (baz) — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Macedonian: бу́сен (búsen) — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Norwegian Bokmål: torv — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Norwegian Bokmål: gresstorv — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Polish: darń — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Russian: дёрн (djorn) — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Scottish Gaelic: fòid — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Serbo-Croatian: tepih trava — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Swedish: grästorva — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Ottoman Turkish: چیم (çim) — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• Ukrainian: де́рен (déren) — turf grown for establishment of lawn
• French: bougre — sodomite; bugger
• Russian: пидор (pidor) — sodomite; bugger
• French: bougre — a person, usually male
• Russian: чувак (čuvak) — a person, usually male
• French: gazonner — to cover with sod
• Hungarian: gyepesít — to cover with sod
• Hungarian: begyepesít — to cover with sod
• Hungarian: gyeptéglávalfüvesít — to cover with sod
• Hungarian: kirak — to cover with sod
• Hungarian: gyeptégláz — to cover with sod