see|Ford|FORD
wikipedia|dab=ford (disambiguation)|ford
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/f��d/, SAMPA|/fO@d/
audio|en-us-ford.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)d|-��(r)d

Etymology
OE. #Old English|ford, (cognate with German Furt).

Noun
en-noun

1. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

Translations
trans-top|crossing
Afrikaans: drif
Albanian: va f and m
Basque: ibi
Croatian: gaz m, brod m
Czech: brod m
Danish: vadested#Danish|vadested n
Estonian: koolmekoht
Finnish: kahlaamo, kahlauspaikka, kahluupaikka
French: gué m
German: Furt f
Hungarian: gázló
Italian: guado m
trans-mid
Latin: vadum n
Norwegian: vadeplass m, vadested#Norwegian|vadested n
Polish: bród m
Portuguese: vau
Romanian: vad f and m
Russian: б�од
Scottish Gaelic: àth m
Slovenian: brod m
Spanish: vado m
Swedish: vadställe n
Ukrainian: б��д
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. To cross a stream using a ford.

Translations
trans-top|to cross a stream
Finnish: kahlata
Italian: guadare
trans-mid
Norwegian: vade
Polish: przeprawi�
Spanish: vadear
trans-bottom

Old English

Etymology
West Germanic *furdu

Noun
ford m

1. #Noun|ford

Category:Old English nouns

ang:ford
et:ford
fr:ford
io:ford
ru:ford
te:ford
vi:ford
zh:ford

• 2007-12-25 17:15 - 91.94.173.59 - /* Pronunciation */

Full Revision History