English

Etymology
From OE. spadu, spada, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Frisian spada, Old Saxon spado, German Spaten. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sp�-dh-, whence also Greek ��άθη (spáth�) �blade�, Hittite išpatar �spear�.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-spade.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd|-eɪd

Noun
en-noun

1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
2. One of the black suits in a deck of cards, represented by a symbol similar to the garden tool, or �.
3. offensive A black person.

Related terms
in spades

Translations
trans-top|a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging
Afrikaans: graaf
Bulgarian: лопа�а f
Chinese: �, � (ch�n)
Dutch: schop f, #Dutch|spade f, schup f (Flemish)
Finnish: lapio
French: bêche f, pelle f
German: Spaten
Greek: ���ά�ι n
Interlingua: pala
trans-mid
Italian: pala, vanga f
Kurdish: merr f, mer f
Maltese: mgħażqa f
Norwegian: #Norwegian|spade m
Portuguese: pá f
Romanian: lopat� f
Russian: лопа�а (lopáta) f, за���п (zástup) m
Spanish: espada f spada f
Swedish: spade c
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trans-top|one of the black suits in a deck of cards
Arabic: Arab|ا�بست��� (al-bastūni) m
Bulgarian: пика f
Chinese: (Hong Kong) �� (kuí shàn)
Dutch: schoppen p, schuppen p (Flemish)
Finnish: pata
French: pique f
German: Pik :de:Pik|de
Greek: μ�α��ο�νι (bastouni) n
Icelandic: spaði m
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Interlingua: spada
Italian: picche
Maltese: spadi
Norwegian: spar m
Portuguese: espada f
Romanian: pic� f
Russian: пика (píka) f
Spanish: pica f
Swedish: spader c
Telugu: �స�ప��� (ispaeTu)
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trans-top|a black person
Bulgarian: �е�нилка
Interlingua: negro
trans-mid
Portuguese: crioulo m
Romanian: cioroi m
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ttbc|Chinese Characters: �, �
ttbc|Chinese: �, � (qi�o)
ttbc|Chinese: �� (h�i táo)
ttbc|Interlingua: picca
ttbc|Japanese: � (��, suki), �� (����, fumisuki)
ttbc|Korean: � (sap)
ttbc|Spanish: pala f

Category:1000 English basic words

Italian

Noun
spade f

1. Plural of spada.

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-m1|spad

1. #English|spade (tool).

Swedish

Noun
spade c
sv-noun-reg-ar|2=spad

1. #English|spade (tool).

Category:Gardening terms

ar:spade
et:spade
fr:spade
io:spade
it:spade
hu:spade
nl:spade
pl:spade
ru:spade
simple:spade
fi:spade
sv:spade
ta:spade
te:spade
vi:spade
tr:spade
zh:spade

• 2007-10-04 12:29 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Afrikaans]], trans unlink Kurdish

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