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led

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l?d/
  • Rhymes: -?d
  • Homophone: lead (metal element)
  • Hyphenation: led

Verb

led

  1. simple past tense and past participle of lead

Adjective

led (not comparable)

  1. Under somebody's control or leadership.
    1. Of a farm, etc.: managed by a deputy instead of the owner or tenant in person.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • 'eld, DLE, Del, Del., EDL, LDE, del, del., eld

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lled.

Noun

led m

  1. size

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?l?t]
  • Homophone: let

Noun

led m, inanimate

  1. ice

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • led in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • led in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz, cognate with German Glied (joint), Lied (song).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leð/, [?leð]

Noun

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

  1. (anatomy) joint (movable connection between the bones in a body or a minor exterior part of the body; also of joints in a plant)
  2. link (movable part of a thing or a plant)
  3. link, part (element in a line of thought or a course of events)
  4. generation (in a family tree)
  5. (grammar) phrase (a word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence)
  6. (mathematics) term (one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation)
Inflection
References
  • “led,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

A merger of two Old Norse nouns: 1. leið (road, direction), from Proto-Germanic *laid?, cognate with English load, lode, German Leite (slope), Dutch lei (slate). 2. hlið f (side), from Proto-Germanic *hliþ?, cognate with Old English hliþ n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leð/, [?leð]

Noun

led c (singular definite ledden, plural indefinite ledder)

  1. side, direction (of an object)
    Jeg skar guleroden over på den lange led.
    I cut the carrot in two lengthwise.
  2. way (of doing something)
Inflection
References
  • “led,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hliðr, from Proto-Germanic *hlid?, cognate with Swedish lid (gate), English lid, German lid (eyelid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leð/, [?leð]

Noun

led n (singular definite leddet, plural indefinite led)

  1. gate (in a fence or at a level crossing)
Inflection
References
  • “led,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 4

From Old Norse leiðr (uncomfortable, tired), Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, cognate with English loath, German leid (distressing), Dutch leed (sad)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le??ð/, [?le?ð], [?leð?]

Adjective

led (neuter ledt, plural and definite singular attributive lede)

  1. disgusting, odious, loathsome
  2. nasty, beastly
Inflection
References
  • “led,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le??ð/, [?le?ð], [?leð?]

Verb

led

  1. past tense of lide

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le??ð/, [?le?ð], [?leð?]

Verb

led

  1. imperative of lede

Irish

Alternative forms

  • let

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l??d??/

Contraction

led (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of le do (with your sg).

Related terms

Further reading

  • "led" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • lede, lead, leyd, leod, leyt
  • læd (early)

Etymology

From Old English l?ad, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l??d/

Noun

led (uncountable)

  1. lead

Descendants

  • English: lead
  • Scots: leid, lede
  • Yola: leed

References

  • “l?d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • lei

Verb

led

  1. simple past of lide

Etymology 2

Verb

led

  1. imperative of lede

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse liðr m, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. Doublet of ledd n, although formerly considered alternative forms. Cognates include Icelandic liður, Danish led, Dutch lid and dialectal English lith.

Alternative forms

  • Lid (obsolete spelling)

Noun

led m (definite singular leden, indefinite plural leder or ledar, definite plural ledene or ledane)

  1. (anatomy) a joint or a movable body part adjacent to it
  2. a single part within a whole, especially a sequence
    1. a link (in a chain)
    2. a generation
Derived terms
  • lea, lee (verb)
Related terms
  • ledig
  • ledug

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlið n, from Proto-Germanic *hlid?. Akin to English lid. Ultimately rooted in the Proto-Indo-European root *?ley- (to shelter, cover).

Alternative forms

  • Lid (obsolete spelling)

Noun

led n (definite singular ledet, indefinite plural led, definite plural leda)

  1. a gate
  2. an opening in a fence
Derived terms
  • gardled
  • gjerdeled
  • grindled
  • hageled

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hlið f.

Alternative forms

  • Lid (obsolete spelling)

Noun

led f (definite singular leda, indefinite plural leder, definite plural ledene)

  1. a side
Derived terms
  • lodneled

Etymology 4

From English LED (light-emitting diode).

Noun

led m (definite singular led-en, indefinite plural led-ar, definite plural led-ane)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of LED

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

led

  1. present tense of leda and lede

References

Anagrams

  • LED, del, edl, eld

Portuguese

Noun

led m (plural leds)

  1. Alternative spelling of LED

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lê?d/

Noun

l?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

  1. ice
  2. great frigidity, freezing cold
  3. hail
  4. the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
  5. (figuratively) unfeelingness, coldheartedness
  6. (figuratively) a state of immobilization from fear, doubt, or surprise

Declension

Synonyms

  • (hail): gr?d
  • (ice plant): lédak

Derived terms

  • sladoled

References

  • Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903) , “led”, in Rje?nik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 948
  • “led” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lé?t/

Noun

l??d m inan

  1. ice

Inflection

Further reading

  • led”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Noun

led m (plural ledes)

  1. LED

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish l?þer, from Old Norse leiðr, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?leyt-.

Adjective

led

  1. tired; bored
  2. (archaic) disgusting, repulsive, loathsome; evil
Usage notes

The second sense is still in some use in the expression den lede frestaren or simply lede, as a name for the Devil.

Declension
Synonyms
  • less
  • trött

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish liþer, from Old Norse liðr, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.

Noun

led c

  1. joint; the part of a limb where it can bend; such as a knee or a wrist; phalanx
    1. any mechanical joint where two parts are supposed to move (bend) with respect to each other
Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Swedish liþ. Of the same origin as previous with alternate grammatical gender (cf. Old English liþ n).

Noun

led n

  1. A queue; a row of people
  2. (mathematics) term
    högerledet
    the right hand side; what's on the right hand side of the equality
  3. stage
    Ett led i processen
    A stage in the process
Declension

Etymology 4

From Old Swedish l?þ, from Old Norse leið, from Proto-Germanic *laid?.

Noun

led c

  1. (transport) track, route or way, along which one may walk, go by bicycle or drive a motor vehicle
Declension
Derived terms
  • vandringsled, cykelled, huvudled, motortrafikled, farled

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

led

  1. past tense of lida.
  2. imperative of leda.

Anagrams

  • del, eld

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le?d/

Adjective

led

  1. Soft mutation of lled.

Mutation


Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hlið n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l??(d)/

Noun

led n (definite singular lede, dative leden, definite plural leda)

  1. gate
  2. work in a certain order or round, to which the parishioners (qualified to vote at the parish meeting) are bidden

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leud

English

Etymology

1750, from Medieval Latin leud?s pl (vassals or followers of the king), from Frankish *liudi (people), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (people), from Proto-Indo-European *h?léwd?is (man, people). Cognate with Old High German liuti (people, subordinates), Gothic *???????????????????? (*liuþs), Old English l?od (chief, man). More at lede and leod.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lo?od, IPA(key): /lu?d/
  • Rhymes: -u?d
  • Homophone: lewd

Noun

leud (plural leuds or leudes)

  1. (historical) A vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

  • antrustion

Anagrams

  • ULed, duel, lude, lued

Middle English

Adjective

leud

  1. Alternative form of lewed

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

leud m (genitive singular leòid, plural leudan)

  1. breadth, width

Derived terms

  • a leud
  • domhan-leud

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