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Rad.

wheel

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁaːt//ʁat/
  1. wheel

    neuter · strong
  2. cartwheel

    neuter · strong
  3. clipping of Fahrrad; bicycle

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German rat, from Old High German rad, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”). Related to Swedish ratt (“steering wheel”) and Finnish ratti (“steering wheel”). Also related to English rotary and Spanish rueda (“wheel”), which descended from the same PIE root through Latin rota.

noun
  1. rad (non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English rad.

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