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gaude.

weld, dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡod/
  1. weld, dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola)

    feminine
  2. weld (natural yellow dyestuff)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French galde, waudee, originally from Frankish *walda. Cognate with Spanish gualda, Catalan galda, Portuguese gualdo, Italian gualda, and also to English weld, Dutch wouw, German Wau. If the Frankish root is a reflex of Proto-Germanic *walþō (itself from Proto-Germanic *walþuz), then it is a doublet of guède.

verb/ɡod/
  1. inflection of gauder: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of gauder: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

From Middle French galde, waudee, originally from Frankish *walda. Cognate with Spanish gualda, Catalan galda, Portuguese gualdo, Italian gualda, and also to English weld, Dutch wouw, German Wau. If the Frankish root is a reflex of Proto-Germanic *walþō (itself from Proto-Germanic *walþuz), then it is a doublet of guède.

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