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From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh1- (“to prosper, turn out well”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English spōwan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”), spērō (“hope”, verb), perhaps also to Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō, “to urge on, hasten, press on”).

* As an English surname, from Middle English sped (“good fortune”, literally “assistance, aid”). Also from the noun speed. * As an Irish surname, translated from Ó Fuada, from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”). See Foody. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized and translated from Schnell. * Most place names seem to taken from the surname.

From Middle English speden, from Old English spēdan (“to speed, prosper, succeed, have success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan (“to succeed”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“to meet with success, assist, promote, accomplish, speed”), Dutch spoeden (“to hurry, rush”), Low German spoden, spöden (“to hasten, speed”), German sputen, spuden (“to speed”).

276 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shpejtësi — rapidity
• Amharic: ጥድፈት (ṭədfät) — rapidity
• Arabic: سُرْعَة (surʕa) — rapidity
• Aragonese: rapideza — rapidity
• Aragonese: velocidat — rapidity
• Armenian: արագություն (aragutʻyun) — rapidity
• Asturian: rapidez — rapidity
• Asturian: velocidá — rapidity
• Azerbaijani: sürət — rapidity
• Bangi: lobangu — rapidity
• Bashkir: тиҙлек (tiźlek) — rapidity
• Basque: abaila — rapidity
• Belarusian: ско́расць (skórascʹ) — rapidity
• Belarusian: ско́расьць (skórasʹcʹ) — rapidity
• Belarusian: ху́ткасць (xútkascʹ) — rapidity
• Belarusian: ху́ткасьць (xútkasʹcʹ) — rapidity
• Bengali: গতি (gotoi) — rapidity
• Bulgarian: бързина́ (bǎrziná) — rapidity
• Burmese: အရှိန် (a.hrin) — rapidity
• Catalan: rapidesa — rapidity
• Catalan: velocitat — rapidity
• Chinese Cantonese: 速度 (cuk1 dou6) — rapidity
• Chinese Mandarin: 速度 (sùdù) — rapidity
• Czech: rychlost — rapidity
• Danish: hastighed — rapidity
• Danish: hurtighed — rapidity
• Dutch: snelheid — rapidity
• Dutch: vlugheid — rapidity
• Esperanto: rapideco — rapidity
• Estonian: kiirus — rapidity
• Extremaduran: velociá — rapidity
• Faroese: ferð — rapidity
• Finnish: nopeus — rapidity
• Finnish: vauhti — rapidity
• Finnish: haipakka — rapidity
• French: vitesse — rapidity
• French: rapidité — rapidity
• Galician: rapidez — rapidity
• Galician: velocidade — rapidity
• Georgian: სიჩქარე (sičkare) — rapidity
• Georgian: სისწრაფე (sisc̣rape) — rapidity
• German: Schnelligkeit — rapidity
• German: Geschwindigkeit — rapidity
• Greek: ταχύτητα (tachýtita) — rapidity
• Ancient Greek: τάχος (tákhos) — rapidity
• Ancient Greek: ταχυτής (takhutḗs) — rapidity
• Haitian Creole: vitès — rapidity
• Hebrew: מְהִירוּת (m'hirút) — rapidity
• Hindi: गति (gati) — rapidity
• Hindi: रफ़्तार (raftār) — rapidity
• Hungarian: gyorsaság — rapidity
• Icelandic: hraði — rapidity
• Indonesian: kelajuan — rapidity
• Ingrian: vauhti — rapidity
• Irish: luas — rapidity
• Italian: velocità — rapidity
• Italian: celerità — rapidity
• Japanese: 速度 (sokudo) — rapidity
• Japanese: 速さ (hayasa) — rapidity
• Kazakh: жылдамдық (jyldamdyq) — rapidity
• Khmer: ល្បឿន (lbɨən) — rapidity
• Korean: 속도 (sokdo) — rapidity
• Northern Kurdish: tews — rapidity
• Kyrgyz: ылдамдык (ıldamdık) — rapidity
• Lao: ຄວາມໄວ (khuām wai) — rapidity
• Latin: celeritās — rapidity
• Latvian: ātrums — rapidity
• Lingala: mbangu — rapidity
• Lithuanian: greitis — rapidity
• Macedonian: брзина (brzina) — rapidity
• Malay: kelajuan — rapidity
• Malayalam: വേഗത (vēgata) — rapidity
• Malayalam: വേഗം (vēgaṁ) — rapidity
• Marathi: गती (gatī) — rapidity
• Marathi: वेग (veg) — rapidity
• Middle English: sped — rapidity
• Mongolian: хурд (xurd) — rapidity
• Nepali: गति (gati) — rapidity
• Norwegian Bokmål: fart — rapidity
• Norwegian Bokmål: hastighet — rapidity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hastigheit — rapidity
• Old English: hrædnes — rapidity
• Pashto: سرعت (sor'at) — rapidity
• Iranian Persian: سُرْعَت (sor'at) — rapidity
• Iranian Persian: زودی (zudi) — rapidity
• Plautdietsch: Spied — rapidity
• Plautdietsch: Schwindichkjeit — rapidity
• Polish: szybkość — rapidity
• Portuguese: velocidade — rapidity
• Portuguese: rapidez — rapidity
• Romanian: viteză — rapidity
• Romanian: rapiditate — rapidity
• Romanian: iuțeală — rapidity
• Russian: ско́рость (skórostʹ) — rapidity
• Sanskrit: जव (java) — rapidity
• Sanskrit: जुवस् (juvas) — rapidity
• Scottish Gaelic: cabhag — rapidity
• Scottish Gaelic: deann — rapidity
• Serbo-Croatian: брзѝна — rapidity
• Serbo-Croatian: brzìna — rapidity
• Slovak: rýchlosť — rapidity
• Slovene: hitrost — rapidity
• Spanish: rapidez — rapidity
• Spanish: velocidad — rapidity
• Swahili: kasi — rapidity
• Swedish: fart — rapidity
• Swedish: hastighet — rapidity
• Tagalog: bilis — rapidity
• Tagalog: tulin — rapidity
• Tajik: суръат (sur'at) — rapidity
• Tajik: тезӣ (tezi) — rapidity
• Tajik: зудӣ (zudi) — rapidity
• Tatar: тизлек (tizlek) — rapidity
• Telugu: వడి (vaḍi) — rapidity
• Thai: ความเร็ว (kwaam-reo) — rapidity
• Thai: ความไว (kwaam-wai) — rapidity
• Thai: อัตราเร็ว (àt-dtraa-reo) — rapidity
• Turkish: hız — rapidity
• Turkish: sürat — rapidity
• Ottoman Turkish: سرعت (sür'at) — rapidity
• Ottoman Turkish: حز (hız) — rapidity
• Turkmen: tizlik — rapidity
• Ukrainian: шви́дкість (švýdkistʹ) — rapidity
• Urdu: رَفْتار (raftār) — rapidity
• Urdu: سُرْعَت (sur'at) — rapidity
• Uyghur: سۈرئەت (sür'et) — rapidity
• Uzbek: tezlik — rapidity
• Vietnamese: tốc độ — rapidity
• Walloon: vitesse — rapidity
• Walloon: felesse — rapidity
• Walloon: raddisté — rapidity
• Walloon: abeyisté — rapidity
• Walloon: subtilité — rapidity
• Welsh: buander — rapidity
• Welsh: buanedd — rapidity
• Yiddish: גיכקייַט (gikhkayt) — rapidity
• Zazaki: pêt (diq) — rapidity
• Zazaki: suret (diq) — rapidity
• ǃXóõ: ʻǁna̰ã — rapidity
• Arabic: سُرْعَة (surʕa) — rate of motion
• Armenian: արագություն (aragutʻyun) — rate of motion
• Basque: abiadura — rate of motion
• Belarusian: ско́расць (skórascʹ) — rate of motion
• Belarusian: ско́расьць (skórasʹcʹ) — rate of motion
• Belarusian: ху́ткасць (xútkascʹ) — rate of motion
• Belarusian: ху́ткасьць (xútkasʹcʹ) — rate of motion
• Bulgarian: ско́рост (skórost) — rate of motion
• Chinese Cantonese: 速率 (cuk1 leot6) — rate of motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 速率 (sùlǜ) — rate of motion
• Czech: rychlost — rate of motion
• Danish: hastighed — rate of motion
• Danish: fart — rate of motion
• Dutch: snelheid — rate of motion
• Dutch: gezwindheid — rate of motion
• Dutch: vaart — rate of motion
• Esperanto: rapideco — rate of motion
• Esperanto: rapido — rate of motion
• Estonian: kiirus — rate of motion
• Finnish: vauhti — rate of motion
• French: vitesse — rate of motion
• Georgian: სიჩქარე (sičkare) — rate of motion
• Georgian: სისწრაფე (sisc̣rape) — rate of motion
• German: Schnelligkeit — rate of motion
• German: Geschwindigkeit — rate of motion
• Greek: ταχύτητα (tachýtita) — rate of motion
• Haitian Creole: vitès — rate of motion
• Hebrew: מְהִירוּת (m'hirút) — rate of motion
• Hindi: गति (gati) — rate of motion
• Hungarian: sebesség — rate of motion
• Icelandic: ferð — rate of motion
• Icelandic: fart — rate of motion
• Indonesian: kelajuan — rate of motion
• Italian: velocità — rate of motion
• Italian: celerità — rate of motion
• Japanese: 速度 (sokudo) — rate of motion
• Japanese: 速さ (hayasa) — rate of motion
• Japanese: 速力 (sokuryoku) — rate of motion
• Korean: 속도 (sokdo) — rate of motion
• Korean: 빠르기 (ppareugi) — rate of motion
• Korean: 속력 (songnyeok) — rate of motion
• Northern Kurdish: lez — rate of motion
• Latin: celeritās — rate of motion
• Macedonian: брзина (brzina) — rate of motion
• Malayalam: വേഗത (vēgata) — rate of motion
• Marathi: गती (gatī) — rate of motion
• Middle English: sped — rate of motion
• Norwegian Bokmål: hastighet — rate of motion
• Norwegian Bokmål: fart — rate of motion
• Norwegian Bokmål: hurtighet — rate of motion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hastigheit — rate of motion
• Old English: hrædnes — rate of motion
• Iranian Persian: سُرْعَت (sor'at) — rate of motion
• Plautdietsch: Spied — rate of motion
• Polish: szybkość — rate of motion
• Polish: prędkość — rate of motion
• Portuguese: velocidade — rate of motion
• Romanian: viteză — rate of motion
• Russian: ско́рость (skórostʹ) — rate of motion
• Serbo-Croatian: брзѝна — rate of motion
• Serbo-Croatian: brzìna — rate of motion
• Slovak: rýchlosť — rate of motion
• Slovene: hitrost — rate of motion
• Spanish: velocidad — rate of motion
• Swedish: hastighet — rate of motion
• Swedish: fart — rate of motion
• Tagalog: bilis — rate of motion
• Telugu: వడి (vaḍi) — rate of motion
• Telugu: వేగము (vēgamu) — rate of motion
• Vietnamese: tốc độ — rate of motion
• Welsh: buanedd — rate of motion
• Zazaki: lez (diq) — rate of motion
• Zazaki: rew (diq) — rate of motion
• Finnish: valoherkkyys — photographic sensitivity to light
• German: Filmempfindlichkeit — photographic sensitivity to light
• Hungarian: fényérzékenység — photographic sensitivity to light
• Hungarian: érzékenység — photographic sensitivity to light
• Norwegian: hastighet — photographic sensitivity to light
• Romanian: fotosensibilitate — photographic sensitivity to light
• Russian: светочувстви́тельность (svetočuvstvítelʹnostʹ) — photographic sensitivity to light
• French: vitesse d'exposition — exposure time — see also shutter speed
• Hungarian: zársebesség — exposure time — see also shutter speed
• Hungarian: záridő — exposure time — see also shutter speed
• Hungarian: expozíciós idő — exposure time — see also shutter speed
• Hungarian: megvilágítási idő — exposure time — see also shutter speed
• Russian: вы́держка (výderžka) — exposure time — see also shutter speed
• Russian: относи́тельное отве́рстие (otnosítelʹnoje otvérstije) — focal ratio
• Dutch: speed — slang: amphetamine
• Finnish: vauhti — slang: amphetamine
• Finnish: piri — slang: amphetamine
• Finnish: spiidi — slang: amphetamine
• French: speed — slang: amphetamine
• German: Speed — slang: amphetamine
• German: Pep — slang: amphetamine
• German: Amphe — slang: amphetamine
• Hungarian: speed — slang: amphetamine
• Icelandic: spítt — slang: amphetamine
• Macedonian: спид (spid) — slang: amphetamine
• Polish: spid — slang: amphetamine
• Portuguese: meta — slang: amphetamine
• Swedish: tjack — slang: amphetamine
• Zazaki: vıstık — slang: amphetamine
• Bulgarian: движа се бързо (dviža se bǎrzo) — to go fast
• Danish: køre hurtigt — to go fast
• Finnish: ajaa nopeasti (liian) — to go fast
• French: foncer — to go fast
• German: rasen — to go fast
• Hindi: भगाना (bhagānā) — to go fast
• Hindi: गतिमान (gatimān) — to go fast
• Hungarian: száguld — to go fast
• Italian: andare forte — to go fast
• Italian: andare veloce — to go fast
• Lithuanian: greitis — to go fast
• Norwegian: råkjøre — to go fast
• Persian: پوییدن (puyidan) — to go fast
• Polish: pędzić — to go fast
• Polish: sunąć — to go fast
• Portuguese: acelerar — to go fast
• Russian: нести́сь (nestísʹ) — to go fast
• Russian: мчаться (mčatʹsja) — to go fast
• Sanskrit: रंहति (raṃhati) — to go fast
• Sanskrit: पापतीति (pāpatīti) — to go fast
• Spanish: andar velozmente — to go fast
• Swedish: köra fort — to go fast
• Tagalog: mabilis — to go fast
• Bulgarian: превишавам скоростта (previšavam skorostta) — to exceed speed limit
• Danish: køre for hurtigt — to exceed speed limit
• Dutch: te hard rijden — to exceed speed limit
• Dutch: de snelheidslimiet overschrijden — to exceed speed limit
• Finnish: ajaa ylinopeutta — to exceed speed limit
• Hungarian: túllépi a megengedett sebességet — to exceed speed limit
• Italian: guidare veloce — to exceed speed limit
• Norwegian: råkjøre — to exceed speed limit
• Norwegian: kjøre over fartsgrensen — to exceed speed limit
• Norwegian: flå — to exceed speed limit
• Spanish: exceder el límite de velocidad — to exceed speed limit
• Swedish: köra för fort — to exceed speed limit