palude

English

Etymology

Middle English palude, from Anglo-Norman palude, palud, palu, from Old French palu, from Latin palūs, palūdem. Reinforced (and with pronunciation influenced by) by French palude, palud and Italian palude.

Noun

palude (plural paludes)

1. (uncommon) A marsh or swamp.

French

Noun

palude m (plural paludes)

1. Alternative form of palud

Further reading

• “palude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

palude (plural paludes)

1. marsh, morass, swamp

Italian

Alternative forms

• padule

Etymology

Inherited from Latin palūdem (“swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlu.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: pa‧lù‧de

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Noun

palude f (plural paludi)

1. marsh, fen, swamp, bog

Derived terms

• falco di palude
• giunco di palude

Further reading

• palude in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• padule, pedula, plaude

Latin

Noun

palūde

1. ablative singular of palūs

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palūdem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlu.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlu.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlu.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlu.dɨ/ [pɐˈlu.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: pa‧lu‧de

Noun

palude m (plural paludes)

1. wetland, marsh, swamp

   Synonyms: pântano; see also Thesaurus:pântano

Further reading

• “palude”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palūdem. Doublet of paúl, which was inherited via a metathesized form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlude/ [paˈlu.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ude
• Syllabification: pa‧lu‧de

Noun

palude f (plural paludes)

1. Rare form of paúl.

Further reading

• “palude”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28