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 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