different between spaad vs spad

English

Etymology

Compare German Spat (“spar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??d/

Noun

spaad (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy, obsolete) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     Of English talc, the coarser sort is called plaster or parget: the finer, spaad.

Anagrams

• Spada, padas

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of special adviser.

Alternative forms

• SpAd, SpAD

Noun

spad (plural spads)

1. (UK politics, informal) A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
   • 2009, Ben Wright, Hidden world of the political advisers, BBC:

     A successful stint as a spad can be a crucial political apprenticeship - as many of the current crop of professional politicians including the Miliband brothers, David Cameron and George Osborne can testify - so long as they stay in the dark.

   • 2012, Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian:

     The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.

Etymology 2

Noun

spad (plural spads)

1. (mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

Anagrams

• APDS, ASPD, PDAs, SaPD, daps, pads

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?spat]

Noun

spad m

1. fallout

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spad

1. imperative of spada

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal of spada?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spat/

Noun

spad m inan

1. (printing) bleed
2. A fallen nut or fruit.
3. (collective) fallen nuts or fruit
4. slope, gradient

Declension

Further reading

• spad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• spad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spadh. Cognate with Icelandic spað and Danish spad.

Noun

spad n

1. broth, decoction
2. (colloquial) a body of water

Usage notes

Colloquial sense often used in the abbreviated definite singular form spat, for example hoppa i spat ("jump in the water") or trilla i spat ("fall in the water").

Declension

References

• spad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spad in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)