veld

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• Received-Pronunciation: /vɛlt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɛlt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /vɛld/
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Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (“field; open country”) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field, plain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh2- (“flat”). Doublet of field.

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Armenian: վելդ (veld) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Bulgarian: велд (veld) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Catalan: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Czech: pastvina — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Danish: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Dutch: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Dutch: grasland — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• French: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Galician: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Georgian: ველდი (veldi) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• German: Veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Greek: βοσκότοπος (voskótopos) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Hebrew: ולד — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Hindi: वॅल्ड (vĕlḍ) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Hungarian: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Italian: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Lithuanian: veldas — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Norwegian Bokmål: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Polish: weld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Portuguese: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Russian: велд (veld) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Slovene: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Spanish: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Swedish: veld — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Ukrainian: велд (veld) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries
• Ukrainian: фелд (feld) — open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries