different between tad vs todd

English

Etymology

1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

tad (plural tads)

1. (informal) A small amount; a little bit.

   Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?

2. (US, slang, dated) A street boy; an urchin.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:modicum.

Translations

Anagrams

• .dat, ADT, ATD, D. A. T., D.A.T., DAT, DTA, TDA, dat, dat.

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tad, from Proto-Celtic *tatos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??t/

Noun

tad m (plural tadoù)

1. father

Inflection

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tad

Noun

tad

1. the cigar wrasse (Cheilio inermis)

Latvian

Adverb

tad

1. then
2. at that time
3. after that
4. afterwards

Middle English

Noun

tad

1. toad

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (tad).

Adjective

tad

1. (demonstrative) neuter nominative/accusative singular of ta (“that”)

Pronoun

tad

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of ta (“it”)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâd/

Adverb

t?d (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. then, at that time

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tad, from Proto-Celtic *tatos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?d/

Noun

tad m (plural tadau)

1. father

Coordinate terms

• mab (“son”)
• mam (“mother”)
• merch (“daughter”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

The use of todd derives from the name Todd as a reference to Middle English [Term?] (“fox”). The common term for a male fox, dog, could be confused for the gender-neutral term for a domesticated canine.

Noun

todd (plural todds)

1. (furry jargon) A male fox.
   • 2001, "Tara", FUR: Bound Ponytodd on Riding Hitch (on Internet newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)

     There's a lot of other bound todds here:

   • 2001, "Erik Mouse", Kane Fox Origin (on Internet newsgroup alt.lifestyle.furry)

     I was told that I may have created or made a spiritual friend when I was a little boy in my grandma's house. Since that^[sic] many todds have lived in and passed through my grandma's house, the house has the essence of the todds which gave the spiritual friend the form of a fox.

Related terms

• tod

References

• Todd on WikiFur