Standard Lemma guide

toad

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /toʊd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /təʊd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊd
  • homophone: toed
  • homophone: towed
  • CMU ARPABET: T OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anuran, batrachian, frog, lissamphibian, amphibian, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature

2

noun

Meaning 2

A contemptible or unpleasant person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An ugly person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frog, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: amphibian

Narrower terms: true frog, ranid, leptodactylid frog, leptodactylid, robber frog, barking frog, Hylactophryne augusti, crapaud, South American bullfrog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, tree frog, tree-frog, tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui, Liopelma hamiltoni, true toad, obstetrical toad, midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans, Alytes cisternasi, fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina, spadefoot, spadefoot toad, tree toad, western narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne olivacea, eastern narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis, sheep frog, tongueless frog, South American poison toad

History

Etymology

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”). Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.

Across languages

Translations

197 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abenaki: maska — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Abenaki: mamaska — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Afrikaans: pes — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Afrikaans: padda — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Afrikaans: skurwepadda — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Albanian: thithëlopë — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Albanian: zhabë — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Southern Altai: кодыр-бака (kodïr-baka) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Southern Altai: кара бака (kara baka) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Arabic: عُلْجُوم (ʕuljūm) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Arabic: ضِفْدَع طِين (ḍifdaʕ ṭīn) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Aragonese: zapo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Aramaic: ܝܩܪܘܪܐ (yaqrūrā) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Armenian: դոդոշ (dodoš) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Asturian: sapu — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Avar: къверкъ (qxwʼerqxʼ) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Aymara: jamp'atu — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Azerbaijani: quru qurbağası — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Azerbaijani: qurbağa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Basque: apo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Belarusian: рапу́ха (rapúxa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Belarusian: жа́ба (žába) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Bemba: i-ceshi — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Breton: touseg — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Bulgarian: крастава жа́ба (krastava žába) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Burmese: ဖားပြုပ် (hpa:prup) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Catalan: gripau — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chamicuro: tis̈ha — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chechen: бецан пхьид (becan pḥrid) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Cherokee: ᏩᎶᏏ (walosi) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蟾蜍 (sim4 syu4, sim4 cyu4, sim4 ceoi4) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蠄蟝 — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Hakka Chinese: 蟾蜍 (sàm-sù) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Hakka Chinese: 蟾蜍螺 (sàm-phù-lò) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese: 螿蜍 /螀蜍 (zh-min-nan) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese: 蟾蜍 (siâm-sî, siâm-sû) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蟾蜍 (chánchú) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疥蛤蟆 (jièháma) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 癩蛤蟆 /癞蛤蟆 (làiháma) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戚施 (qīshī) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Cornish: cronek — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Crimean Tatar: baqa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Crimean Tatar: qır baqa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Crimean Tatar: suvbaqa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Czech: ropucha — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Danish: tudse — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Danish: padde — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Dutch: pad — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Esperanto: bufo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Estonian: kärnkonn — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Faroese: padda — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Finnish: rupikonna — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Finnish: konna — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Finnish: rupisammakko — amphibian similar to a frog
  • French: crapaud — amphibian similar to a frog
  • West-Frisian: pod — amphibian similar to a frog
  • West-Frisian: podde — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Friulian: bufo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Friulian: 'save — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Friulian: 'sâf — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Galician: costro — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Galician: coucou — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Galician: estombo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Galician: sapo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Georgian: გომბეშო (gombešo) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • German: Kröte — amphibian similar to a frog
  • German: Chrott — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Greek: φρύνος (frýnos) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ancient Greek: φρῦνος (phrûnos) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ancient Greek: φρύνη (phrúnē) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Hebrew: קַרְפָּדָה (karpadá) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Hebrew: קרפד (karpád) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Hindi: भेक (bhek) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • White Hmong: qav kaws — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Hungarian: varangy — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Hungarian: varangyos béka — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Icelandic: karta — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ido: rospo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Indonesian: katak — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ingrian: kärnäkonna — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Irish: buaf — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Italian: rospo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Japanese: ヒキガエル (hikigaeru) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Japanese: 蟇蛙 (hikigaeru) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Japanese: 蝦蟇 (gama) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Jeju: 두테비 (dutebi) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Kaingang: pepo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Kazakh: құрбақа (qūrbaqa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Khmer: គីង្គក់ (kiingkʊək) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Korean: 두꺼비 (dukkeobi) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Korean: 두터비 (duteobi) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Kyrgyz: курбака (kurbaka) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Lao: ຄັນຄາກ (khan khāk) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Lao: ລື່ງ (lư̄ng) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Latgalian: rupucs — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Latin: būfō — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Latvian: krupis — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Laz: მჟვაბუ (mjvabu) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Lithuanian: rupūžė — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Luxembourgish: Mouk — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Macedonian: крастава жаба (krastava žaba) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Malagasy: sabakaka — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Malay: kodok — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Malay: katak puru — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Malayalam: ചൊറിത്തവള (coṟittavaḷa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Maltese: zrinġ — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Manchu: ᠸᠠᡴᡧᠠᠨ (wakšan) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Manx: beayf — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Māori: poraka taratara — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Mauritian Creole: krapo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Mingrelian: ჟვაბუ (žvabu) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Mongolian: мэлхий (melxii) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Nahuatl: tamazolin — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Navajo: chʼał dichʼízhí — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Northern Altai: кара пага (kara paga) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Norwegian Bokmål: padde — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: padde — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Occitan: grapaud — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Occitan: sabaud — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Old English: tosca — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Old English: tāxe — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Old Prussian: gabawo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Osage: níižu oxáke — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ossetian: галхӕфс (galxæfs) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Persian: وزغ (vazaġ) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Persian: غوک (ġuk) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Plautdietsch: Pogg (nds) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Polabian: lozaikă — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Polish: ropucha — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Polish: ropuch — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Portuguese: sapo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Quechua: ampatu — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Quechua: gogo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Quechua: jamp'atu — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Romanian: broască râioasă — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Russian: жа́ба (žába) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Southern Sami: tsååbpe — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Scots: puddock — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Scottish Gaelic: losgann dubh — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Scottish Gaelic: muile-mhàg — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Serbo-Croatian: крастача — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Serbo-Croatian: krastača — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Sicilian: buffa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Sicilian: rospu — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Slovak: žaba — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Slovak: ropucha — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Slovene: krastača — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Slovene: krota — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Lower Sorbian: škrodawa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Upper Sorbian: krokawa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Spanish: sapo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Spanish: sapa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Swahili: chura — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Swahili: chula — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Swedish: padda — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tagalog: karag — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tagalog: palakang-kati — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tajik: ғук (ġuk) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tajik: вазағ (vazaġ) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tarifit: aqarqriw — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tarifit: ajru — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tatar: бака (baqa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tày: ca rộc — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tày: càm tú — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tày: khám khoọc — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Telugu: గోదురు కప్ప (gōduru kappa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Thai: คางคก (kaang-kók) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tswana: tlametlo — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Turkish: kurbağa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Turkish: kara kurbağası — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ottoman Turkish: قره قوربغه (kara kurbağa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Turkmen: gurlawuk — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Turkmen: gurbaağa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Turkmen: gurbaga — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Tuvan: бөзүр-пага (bözür-paga) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ukrainian: ропу́ха (ropúxa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Ukrainian: жа́ба (žába) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Uyghur: چارپاقا (charpaqa) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Uzbek: choʻlbaqa — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Vietnamese: cóc — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Volapük: bufod — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Volapük: rosip — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Welsh: llyffant — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Wolof: mbott mi — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Yiddish: זשאַבע (zhabe) — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Yoruba: ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Yucatec Maya: much — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Zulu: iselesele — amphibian similar to a frog
  • Afrikaans: padda — very unpleasant man
  • Georgian: საზიზღარი (sazizɣari) — very unpleasant man
  • Georgian: საძაგელი (saʒageli) — very unpleasant man
  • Georgian: ბილწი (bilc̣i) — very unpleasant man
  • Hungarian: varangy — very unpleasant man
  • Macedonian: катиљ (katilj) — very unpleasant man
  • Russian: па́костник (pákostnik) — very unpleasant man
  • Scottish Gaelic: losgann — very unpleasant man
  • Spanish: sapo — very unpleasant man