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god
English
Etymology
From Middle English god, from Old English god (“deity”), originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós (“invoked (one)”), from Proto-Indo-European *??ewH- (“to call, to invoke”) or *??ew- (“to pour”). Not related to the word good.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??d/, /???d/
- (General American, Ireland) IPA(key): /??d/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??d/, /???d/
- (Canada, Wales) IPA(key): /???d/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /??d/
- enPR: g?d
- Homophone: gaud (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
- Rhymes: -?d
Noun
god (plural gods)
- A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:god
- Alternative letter-case form of God.
- An idol.
- A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
- Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
- whose god is their belly
- (figuratively, slang) A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
- (figuratively) A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence.
- (figuratively) A powerful ruler or tyrant.
- (colloquial) An exceedingly handsome man.
- a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, Disabled
- Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.
- a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, Disabled
- (Internet, role-playing games) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
Usage notes
The word god is often applied both to males and to females. The word was originally neuter in Proto-Germanic; monotheistic – notably Judeo-Christian – usage completely shifted the gender to masculine, necessitating the development of a feminine form, goddess. (In Old English the feminine gyden, as well as a more explicitly marked masculine goda, existed.)
Alternative forms
- gawd, Gawd, God
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: gado
Translations
See god/translations § Noun.
Proper noun
god
- (very rare) Alternative form of God
- 1530, William Tyndall, An aun?were vnto Syr Thomas Mores Dialogue in The whole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy Martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England, collected and compiled in one Tome togither, beyng before ?cattered, & now in Print here exhibited to the Church (1573), page 271/2:
- And ?uch is to beare y? names of god with cro??es betwene ech name about them.
- 1900, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, "The Happy Man" in The Wild Knight and Other Poems:
- Golgotha's ghastly trinity—
- Three persons and one god.
- 1530, William Tyndall, An aun?were vnto Syr Thomas Mores Dialogue in The whole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy Martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England, collected and compiled in one Tome togither, beyng before ?cattered, & now in Print here exhibited to the Church (1573), page 271/2:
Verb
god (third-person singular simple present gods, present participle godding, simple past and past participle godded)
- (transitive) To idolize.
- a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".
- To men the first necessity is gods; / And if the gods were not, / " Man would invent them, tho' they godded stones.
- 2001, Conrad C. Fink, Sportswriting: The Lively Game, page 78
- "Godded him up" ... It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?
- a. 1866, Edward Bulwer Lytton, "Death and Sisyphus".
- (transitive) To deify.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe.
- Then got he bow and fhafts of gold and lead, / In which fo fell and puiflant he grew, / That Jove himfelfe his powre began to dread, / And, taking up to heaven, him godded new.
- 1951, Eric Voegelin, Dante Germino ed., The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (1987), page 125
- The superman marks the end of a road on which we find such figures as the "godded man" of English Reformation mystics
- 1956, C. S. Lewis, Fritz Eichenberg, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, page 241
- "She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe.
Translations
See also
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Bosworth, Toller, "An Anglo Saxon Dictionary": http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/017298
Further reading
- god on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- god (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- DOG, Dog, dog
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish g?þær, gothær, from Old Norse góðr (“good”), from Proto-Germanic *g?daz. Cognate with English good and German gut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [???o?ð], [???oð?], [???o?]
- Rhymes: -oð
Adjective
god (neuter godt, plural and definite singular attributive gode, comparative bedre, superlative (predicative) bedst, superlative (attributive) bedste)
- good
References
- “god” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch god, from Old Dutch got, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from the Proto-Indo-European *??utós (“invoked (one)”). Compare English and West Frisian god, German Gott, Danish gud.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- (Belgium) IPA(key): [??t]
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): [x?t]
Noun
god m (plural goden, diminutive godje n, feminine godin)
- god, deity
Derived terms
- afgod
- berggod
- God
- godbevinding
- godenbeeld
- godenbrood
- godendienst
- godendom
- godendrank
- godenleer
- godenspijs
- godgezang
- godheid
- godin
- godsakker
- godschalk
- godsdienst
- godsgebied
- godsgeheim
- godshuis
- godskind
- godslastering
- godsloochening
- godsnaam
- godvormig
- gut
- krijgsgod
- minnegod
- ongodisme
Gothic
Romanization
g?d
- Romanization of ????????????
Low German
Alternative forms
- good, goot, got
- (in other dialects) gaud (comparative bäter, beter)
- (in other dialects) gut (comparative b?ter)
- (in other dialects) gud (comparative biäter), gutt (inflected gudd-)
Etymology
From Middle Low German gôt, from Old Saxon g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?t/, /???t/, /?o?t/
Adjective
god
- (in some dialects) good (alternative spelling of goot)
Usage notes
- The comparative is bäter and the superlative is best.
Lower Sorbian
Noun
god
- Superseded spelling of gód.
Middle Dutch
Noun
god m
- Alternative spelling of got
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós.
Alternative forms
- God, godd, godde
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d/
Noun
god (plural goddes, genitive goddes)
- A god or deity; a divine individual.
- A person worshipped as a divinity.
Descendants
- English: god
- Scots: god
- Yola: gud
References
- “god, god, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.
Proper noun
god (genitive goddes, uncountable)
- God (the deity of Abrahamic religions, especially the Christian God, considered to be Jesus Christ)
Related terms
- godfader
- godmoder
Descendants
- English: God
- Scots: God
- Yola: Gud
References
- god in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “god, god, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.
Etymology 2
From Old English g?d (“good”).
Adjective
god
- Alternative form of good
Middle Low German
Adjective
god
- Alternative spelling of gôt.
Noun
god
- Alternative spelling of got.
- Alternative spelling of gôt.
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *-???t’.
Cognates:
- Apachean: Western Apache -god, Chiricahua -go’
- Others: Hupa -?ot’, Mattole -go??, Galice -g?ay’, Chilcotin -g???d, Slavey -gó’, Dogrib -gò, Chipewyan -gór, Sekani -g???de’, Beaver -g??d, Lower Tanana -g?d, Hän -gòd, Ahtna -?o’d, Dena'ina -??t’, Eyak -?u?d
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kòt], [k??òt]
Noun
-god (inalienable)
- knee
Derived terms
- agod (“someone’s knee”)
- hagod (“one’s knee”)
- bigod (“his/her/their knee”)
- shigod (“my knee”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?/, [????]
Adjective
god (neuter singular godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
- good
Derived terms
References
- “god” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”). Akin to English good.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?/
Adjective
god (masculine and feminine god, neuter godt, definite singular and plural gode, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
- good
Derived terms
References
- “god” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?d/
Adjective
g?d (comparative betera, superlative betst, adverb wel)
- good
Declension
Derived terms
- g?dnes
Descendants
- Middle English: good, god
- English: good
- Scots: guid
- Yola: gooude, gayde
Noun
g?d n
- good (something good or good things collectively)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?od/
Noun
god n or m
- a god
Declension
- neuter
- masculine (influence of Christianity)
Derived terms
- godcund (“divine, godlike”)
- gyden (“goddess”)
Proper noun
god m
- Alternative letter-case form of God.
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: god, God, godd, godde
- English: god
- Scots: god
- Yola: gud
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.
Adjective
g?d
- good
Inflection
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: gud
- Saterland Frisian: goud
- West Frisian: goed
Old Saxon
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”).
Compare Old English and West Frisian g?d, Old High German and Old Dutch guot, Old Norse góðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?d/
Adjective
g?d (comparative betiro, superlative betst)
- good
- Heliand, verse 363
- Heliand, verse 363
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: gôt
- German Low German: good
- Low German: goot
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?d/
Noun
g?d n
- goodness, benefit
- Heliand, verse 1456
- Heliand, verse 1456
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: gôt
- German Low German: Good
- Low German: Goot
Etymology 3
From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from the Proto-Indo-European *??utós (“invoked (one)”). Compare Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old High German got, Old Norse guð.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d/
Noun
god n
- god
- Heliand, verse 326
- Heliand, verse 326
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: got
Etymology 4
From Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d/
Noun
god m
- God, the Christian god
- Heliand, verse 11
- Heliand, verse 11
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: got
Romansch
Alternative forms
- guaud (Rumantsch Grischun)
- uaul, gòld (Sutsilvan)
- gôt (Surmiran)
Etymology
Of probable Germanic origin (compare German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold).
Noun
god m (plural gods)
- (Puter, Vallader) forest
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *god?. Cognate with Slovene god, Old Church Slavonic ???? (god?), Russian ??? (god).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ô?d/
Noun
g?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- name day
- anniversary, holiday
- ring (on a tree)
Declension
Particle
god (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- generalization particle
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *god?. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian god, Old Church Slavonic ???? (god?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ó?t/
Noun
g??d m inan
- name day
Inflection
Further reading
- “god”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish g?þer, from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to join, to unite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?d/, (colloquial) /?u?/
Adjective
god (comparative godare or bättre, superlative godast or bäst)
- good (not evil), kind
- good (in taste)
- (somewhat dated) good (not bad), fine, useful
Declension
Antonyms
- (not evil): elak, ond
- (tasting): äcklig, illasmakande
- (not bad): dålig
Derived terms
- god dag
Anagrams
- dog
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós.
Noun
god c (plural goaden, diminutive godsje)
- god, deity
Further reading
- “God”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
god From the web:
- what god has joined together
- what god has for me
- what god says about me
- what god has joined together kjv
- what goddess am i
- what god looks like
- what god am i
- what god says about marriage
ultimate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ultim?tus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultim?, ultim?re (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”). See ultra-.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??lt?m?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??lt?m?t/
Adjective
ultimate (not comparable)
- Final; last in a series.
- (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
- Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
- Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
- That will happen at some time; eventual.
- Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection
- those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection
- Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
Synonyms
- (final): See Thesaurus:final
- (most extreme): utmost, uttermost
Antonyms
- (w.r.t. causes): initial, original
- (most extreme): original, derivative
Coordinate terms
- (adjectives denoting syllables): penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
ultimate (countable and uncountable, plural ultimates)
- The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
- The final or most distant point; the conclusion
- The greatest extremity; the maximum
- (uncountable) The game of ultimate frisbee.
Translations
Verb
ultimate (third-person singular simple present ultimates, present participle ultimating, simple past and past participle ultimated)
- (transitive, archaic) To finish; to complete.
- 1869, The New-Jerusalem Magazine (volume 41, page 36)
- These measures have been carried forward with a zeal and unanimity that warrant the hope we entertain, of ultimating the plans in respect to our Temple, before the next meeting of the Maryland Association.
- 1869, The New-Jerusalem Magazine (volume 41, page 36)
Further reading
- ultimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ultimate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- mutilate
Finnish
Etymology
From English ultimate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ultim?te/, [?ult?i?m?t?e?]
- Rhymes: -?te
- Syllabification: ul?ti?ma?te
Noun
ultimate
- ultimate frisbee (game)
Declension
Anagrams
- amuletit, amuletti, laitumet, leimattu, leimatut
Italian
Verb
ultimate
- inflection of ultimare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural past participle
Anagrams
- multiate, mutilate
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ul.ti?ma?.te/, [???t???mä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ul.ti?ma.te/, [ul?t?i?m??t??]
Verb
ultim?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ultim?
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