made

English Online Dictionary. What means made‎? What does made mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɪd/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /meːd/
  • (Local Dublin) IPA^(key): /meɪd/, /meːd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophone: maid
• Hyphenation: made

Etymology 1

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

Alternative forms

• mad
• mathe (Scotland)

Noun

made (plural mades)

1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) A grub or maggot.

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

Verb

made

1. simple past and past participle of make
2. (Geordie) simple past and past participle of myek
3. (Wearside) simple past and past participle of mak

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:made.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• made on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ADEM, ADME, Adem, Dame, Edam, MEDA, Mead, dame, mead

Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːdə

Verb

made (imperative [please provide], infinitive at made, present tense mader, past tense madede, perfect tense har madet)

1. feed [i.e. to feed someone directly by hand or similar]

Derived terms

References

• “made” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːdə/
• Hyphenation: ma‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə
• Homophone: Made

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Cognate with Old English maþa, Old Saxon matho, Old High German mado (German Made), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa).

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)

1. maggot; a fly larva that eats decomposing flesh

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *maþwō, *mēþwō.

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)

1. (archaic) agricultural meadow used for hay, hayland

Hypernyms

• hooiland

Anagrams

• adem, dame

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *madëh. Possibly equivalent to mataa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdeˣ/, [ˈmɑ̝de̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑde
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧de

Noun

made

1. burbot (Lota lota)

Declension

Synonyms

• matikka

Derived terms

Further reading

• “made”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• edam

Japanese

Romanization

made

1. Rōmaji transcription of まで

Latin

Verb

madē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of madeō

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Noun

māde f

1. worm, maggot

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: made

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “made (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *māda, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō.

Noun

mâde f

1. meadow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: made

Further reading

• “made, meet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “made (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

made

1. Alternative form of madde

Etymology 2

Verb

made

1. Alternative form of madden

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Noun

made ?

1. material

   Synonyms: mak, make

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

made

1. inflection of mada (“intoxication”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Scots

Verb

made

1. simple past tense and past participle of mak