weed

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Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud (“weed”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jood (“weed”), West Frisian wjûd (“weed”), Dutch wied (“unwanted plant, weed”), German Low German Weed (“weed”), Old High German wiota (“fern”). See also woad.

From Middle English wede, from Old English wǣd (“dress, attire, clothing, garment”), from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz, from which also wad, wadmal. Cognate with Dutch lijnwaad, Dutch gewaad, German Wat.

From Scots weid, weed. The longer form weidinonfa, wytenonfa (Old Scots wedonynpha) is attested since the 1500s. Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language analyses the longer form as a compound meaning "onfa(ll) of a weed", whereas the Scottish National Dictionary/DSL considers the short form a derivative of the longer form, and derives its first element from Old English wēdan (“to be mad or delirious”), from wōd (“mad, enraged”).

From Middle English weeden, weden, from Old English wēodian (“to weed”), from Proto-Germanic *weudōną (“to uproot, weed”). Cognate with West Frisian wjûde, wjudde (“to weed”), Dutch wieden (“to weed”), German Low German weden (“to weed”).

From the verb wee.

256 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: እንክርዳድ (ʾənkərdad) — unwanted plant
• Amharic: ማረም (maräm) — unwanted plant
• Amharic: አረም (ʾäräm) — unwanted plant
• Arabic: عُشْبَة ضَارَّة (ʕušba ḍārra) — unwanted plant
• Armenian: մոլախոտ (molaxot) — unwanted plant
• Azerbaijani: alaq — unwanted plant
• Belarusian: пустазе́лле (pustazjéllje) — unwanted plant
• Belarusian: бур'я́н (burʺján) — unwanted plant
• Bulgarian: бурен (buren) — unwanted plant
• Bulgarian: плевел (plevel) — unwanted plant
• Catalan: mala herba — unwanted plant
• Chichewa: tchire — unwanted plant
• Chickasaw: alba — unwanted plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 野草 (yěcǎo) — unwanted plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 雜草 /杂草 (zácǎo) — unwanted plant
• Ngazidja Comorian: nkwehe — unwanted plant
• Ngazidja Comorian: trunku ɓi — unwanted plant
• Czech: plevel — unwanted plant
• Danish: ukrudt — unwanted plant
• Dutch: onkruid — unwanted plant
• Dutch: wied — unwanted plant
• Esperanto: malbonherbo — unwanted plant
• Esperanto: trudherbo — unwanted plant
• Esperanto: fiherbo — unwanted plant
• Esperanto: herbaĉo — unwanted plant
• Estonian: umbrohi — unwanted plant
• Faroese: ókrút — unwanted plant
• Finnish: rikkakasvi — unwanted plant
• Finnish: rikkaruoho — unwanted plant
• French: mauvaise herbe — unwanted plant
• French: chiendent — unwanted plant
• French: adventice — unwanted plant
• West-Frisian: kjitte — unwanted plant
• Georgian: სარეველა (sarevela) — unwanted plant
• German: Unkraut — unwanted plant
• Greek: ζιζάνιο (zizánio) — unwanted plant
• Greek: αγριόχορτο (agrióchorto) — unwanted plant
• Haitian Creole: move zèb — unwanted plant
• Hebrew: עֵשֶׂב שׁוֹטֶה ('ésev shoté) — unwanted plant
• Hindi: खरपतवार (kharpatvār) — unwanted plant
• Hungarian: gaz — unwanted plant
• Hungarian: gyom — unwanted plant
• Icelandic: illgresi — unwanted plant
• Ido: mala herbo — unwanted plant
• Indonesian: rumput liar — unwanted plant
• Ingrian: rikkaheinä — unwanted plant
• Irish: fiaile — unwanted plant
• Italian: erbaccia — unwanted plant
• Japanese: 雑草 (zassō) — unwanted plant
• Korean: 잡초 (japcho) — unwanted plant
• Northern Kurdish: ade — unwanted plant
• Latvian: nezāle — unwanted plant
• Lithuanian: piktžolė — unwanted plant
• Luxembourgish: Onkraut — unwanted plant
• Malay: rumpai — unwanted plant
• Māori: māheuheu — unwanted plant
• Māori: tahuere — unwanted plant
• Māori: tōtō — unwanted plant
• Māori: māwhaiwhai — unwanted plant
• Nepali: झार (jhār) — unwanted plant
• Norwegian: ugress — unwanted plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ugras — unwanted plant
• Oromo: aramaa — unwanted plant
• Persian: علف هرز ('alaf-e harz) — unwanted plant
• Persian: هرز واش (harz-vâš) — unwanted plant
• Polish: chwast — unwanted plant
• Polish: zielsko — unwanted plant
• Polish: badyl — unwanted plant
• Portuguese: erva daninha — unwanted plant
• Portuguese: mato — unwanted plant
• Romanian: buruiană — unwanted plant
• Romanian: bălărie — unwanted plant
• Russian: сорня́к (sornják) — unwanted plant
• Russian: со́рная трава́ (sórnaja travá) — unwanted plant
• Scottish Gaelic: luibh — unwanted plant
• Scottish Gaelic: lus — unwanted plant
• Scottish Gaelic: luibheanach — unwanted plant
• Serbo-Croatian: kórov — unwanted plant
• Slovak: burina — unwanted plant
• Spanish: mala hierba — unwanted plant
• Spanish: maleza — unwanted plant
• Spanish: hierbajo — unwanted plant
• Spanish: yuyo — unwanted plant
• Spanish: monte — unwanted plant
• Spanish: yerbajo — unwanted plant
• Spanish: yuyu — unwanted plant
• Swahili: kwekwe — unwanted plant
• Swedish: ogräs — unwanted plant
• Tagalog: hilamon — unwanted plant
• Tagalog: lamon — unwanted plant
• Tamil: களை (kaḷai) — unwanted plant
• Telugu: కలుపు (kalupu) — unwanted plant
• Thai: วัชพืช (wát-chá-pʉ̂ʉt) — unwanted plant
• Tibetan: རྩྭ་ཡན (rtswa yan) — unwanted plant
• Turkish: yaban otu — unwanted plant
• Ukrainian: бур'я́н (burʺján) — unwanted plant
• Vietnamese: cỏ dại — unwanted plant
• Welsh: chwynnyn — unwanted plant
• Zhuang: nya — unwanted plant
• Finnish: varvikko — underbrush; low shrubs
• Japanese: 柴 (shiba) — underbrush; low shrubs
• Polish: zielsko — underbrush; low shrubs
• Afrikaans: dagga — slang: marijuana
• Albanian: Marijuane — slang: marijuana
• Arabic: بانْجو (bānjū) — slang: marijuana
• Arabic: حَشيش (ḥašīš) — slang: marijuana
• Bengali: গাঁজা (gãja) — slang: marijuana
• Bulgarian: трева (treva) — slang: marijuana
• Chinese Cantonese: 草 (cou2) — slang: marijuana
• Czech: tráva — slang: marijuana
• Danish: tjald — slang: marijuana
• Dutch: wiet — slang: marijuana
• Esperanto: herbo — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: ruoho — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: pajari — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: möyhy — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: pössy — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: pilvi — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: haaderi — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: blossi — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: höpöheinä — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: paukku — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: ganja — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: yrtti — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: dulla — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: mari — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: hatsi — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: heinä — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: käyhä — slang: marijuana
• Finnish: tuutti — slang: marijuana
• French: herbe — slang: marijuana
• French: marie-jeanne — slang: marijuana
• French: beuh — slang: marijuana
• German: Gras — slang: marijuana
• Greek: χόρτο (chórto) — slang: marijuana
• Greek: φούντα (foúnta) — slang: marijuana
• Greek: μαύρο (mávro) — slang: marijuana
• Hebrew: גראס (gras) — slang: marijuana
• Hebrew: ירוק (yarók) — slang: marijuana
• Hebrew: וויד (wid) — slang: marijuana
• Hindi: गांजा (gāñjā) — slang: marijuana
• Hungarian: marihuána — slang: marijuana
• Icelandic: gras — slang: marijuana
• Irish: raithneach — slang: marijuana
• Italian: maria — slang: marijuana
• Italian: erba — slang: marijuana
• Japanese: クサ (kusa) — slang: marijuana
• Macedonian: трева (treva) — slang: marijuana
• Macedonian: мара (mara) — slang: marijuana
• Macedonian: ганџа (gandža) — slang: marijuana
• Norwegian: pot — slang: marijuana
• Persian: گراس (gerâs) — slang: marijuana
• Persian: گرس (gerass) — slang: marijuana
• Polish: trawka — slang: marijuana
• Portuguese: maconha — slang: marijuana
• Romanian: iarbă — slang: marijuana
• Russian: тра́вка (trávka) — slang: marijuana
• Scottish Gaelic: raineach — slang: marijuana
• Serbo-Croatian: trava — slang: marijuana
• Slovak: tráva — slang: marijuana
• Spanish: hierba — slang: marijuana
• Spanish: mota — slang: marijuana
• Spanish: grifa — slang: marijuana
• Swedish: gräs — slang: marijuana
• Tagalog: damo — slang: marijuana
• Turkish: ot — slang: marijuana
• Yiddish: גראָז (groz) — slang: marijuana
• Bulgarian: кранта (kranta) — weak horse
• Finnish: luuska — weak horse
• Finnish: kopukka — weak horse
• Dutch: zwakkeling — informal: puny person
• Finnish: hukkapätkä — informal: puny person
• Finnish: pätkä — informal: puny person
• Finnish: risumies — informal: puny person
• Finnish: kynäniska — informal: puny person
• Irish: meatachán — informal: puny person
• Irish: donán — informal: puny person
• Japanese: ヒヨッコ (hiyokko) — informal: puny person
• Japanese: 役立たず (yakutatazu) — informal: puny person
• Polish: cherlak — informal: puny person
• Polish: mięczak — informal: puny person
• Spanish: alfeñique — informal: puny person
• Finnish: turhake — figuratively: something useless
• Polish: chwast — figuratively: something useless
• Dutch: lijngewaad — (archaic) clothing collectively
• Finnish: vaate — (archaic) clothing collectively
• Southern Altai: одоор (odoor) — to remove weeds from
• Aromanian: sãrcljedz — to remove weeds from
• Aromanian: prãshescu — to remove weeds from
• Aromanian: plivescu — to remove weeds from
• Belarusian: пало́ць (palócʹ) — to remove weeds from
• Bulgarian: плевя́ (plevjá) — to remove weeds from
• Catalan: desbrossar — to remove weeds from
• Catalan: desherbar — to remove weeds from
• Chinese Mandarin: 鋤草 /锄草 (chúcǎo) — to remove weeds from
• Chinese Mandarin: 除草 (chúcǎo) — to remove weeds from
• Czech: plít — to remove weeds from
• Danish: luge — to remove weeds from
• Dutch: wieden — to remove weeds from
• Esperanto: sarki — to remove weeds from
• Ewe: ŋlɔ — to remove weeds from
• Finnish: kitkeä — to remove weeds from
• Finnish: juuria — to remove weeds from
• French: désherber — to remove weeds from
• Galician: sachar — to remove weeds from
• Galician: randar — to remove weeds from
• Galician: decruar — to remove weeds from
• Galician: desherbar — to remove weeds from
• Georgian: მარგლავს (marglavs) — to remove weeds from
• German: jäten — to remove weeds from
• Hungarian: gyomlál — to remove weeds from
• Ido: desherbachizar — to remove weeds from
• Ido: desherbar — to remove weeds from
• Ingrian: kitkiä — to remove weeds from
• Italian: diserbare — to remove weeds from
• Japanese: 雑草を抜く (zassō o nuku) — to remove weeds from
• Japanese: 草取りをする (kusatori o suru) — to remove weeds from
• Japanese: 雑草をとる (zassō o toru) — to remove weeds from
• Korean: 매다 (maeda) — to remove weeds from
• Korean: 김매다 (gimmaeda) — to remove weeds from
• Latin: runcō — to remove weeds from
• Latin: sarriō — to remove weeds from
• Macedonian: плеви (plevi) — to remove weeds from
• Māori: perepere — to remove weeds from
• Māori: ngaki — to remove weeds from
• Māori: pāhika — to remove weeds from
• Māori: ngaki tōtō — to remove weeds from
• Nahuatl: huihuitla — to remove weeds from
• Norman: sèrclier — to remove weeds from
• Oromo: aramuu — to remove weeds from
• Persian: وجین کردن (vejin kardan) — to remove weeds from
• Polish: plewić — to remove weeds from
• Polish: odchwaszczać — to remove weeds from
• Portuguese: capinar — to remove weeds from
• Romanian: plivi — to remove weeds from
• Russian: поло́ть (polótʹ) — to remove weeds from
• Russian: прополо́ть (propolótʹ) — to remove weeds from
• Slovak: pleť — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: escardar — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: desmalezar — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: desbrozar — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: chapear — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: carpir — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: sallar — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: aparar — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: deshierbar — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: desherbar — to remove weeds from
• Spanish: desyerbar — to remove weeds from
• Swahili: kwekwe — to remove weeds from
• Tagalog: gamasin — to remove weeds from
• Tajik: хишова кардан (xišova kardan) — to remove weeds from
• Tamil: களையெடு (kaḷaiyeṭu) — to remove weeds from
• Tày: bjai — to remove weeds from
• Turkmen: otamak — to remove weeds from
• Ukrainian: поло́ти (polóty) — to remove weeds from
• Vietnamese: làm cỏ — to remove weeds from