rad

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹæd/

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• Rhymes: -æd

rad (comparative radder, superlative raddest)

1. (slang, dated) Clipping of radical; excellent

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:awesome, Thesaurus:excellent

   • 2002, Brent Goldberg; David Wagner, Van Wilder, spoken by Wasted Guy (Aaron Paul):

     In the Guinness Book of World-fucking-Records, man… under "Raddest Fucking Dude Alive"!

   • 2011, Diablo Cody, Young Adult, spoken by Wheelchair Mike (John Forest):

     What is up, girly-friend? Holy shit, cuz. This is such a rad surprise.

rad (plural rads)

1. (metrology) A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) rd

   Coordinate term: gray

2. Abbreviation of radian.
3. (automotive, plumbing, slang) Abbreviation of radiator.
4. (firearms, slang) Abbreviation of sight radius.

• deg
• grad
• mil

• 'ard, -ard, -dar, ADR, ARD, Ard, DAR, DRA, Dar, Dra, RDA, ard, dar

From Old Norse rǫð, from Proto-Germanic *radō (“row”). Cognate with Norwegian rad and Swedish rad.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑð]

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rader)

1. row
2. line
3. string
4. tier

• geled n
• række c

• rad og række

• “rad,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Maybe the same word as the first one. However, Norwegian radd (“person”) speaks against this possibility.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑð]

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rade)

1. (obsolete) skeleton, carcass
   • 1807, Jens Baggesen, Nye blandede Digte, p. 358.

     Hans Legem blev en Rad af Been, | Hvorpaa et Dødninghoved green. ("His body became a carcass of bones, on which a skull was grinning.")

   • 1855, Poul Møller, Efterladte Skrifter, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 35

     Hans Krop ... | Den bad de Høgen pille, | Saa Raden blev til Rest. ("They let the hawk pick his body so that the skeleton was left.")

2. (rare) person
   • 2018, Mette Fog Pedersen, Lys og skygge: Betragtninger fra en sygeseng, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     I den Mygindske familie var der mindst lige så megen livfuldhed som på Store Hovgård. Den gamle Mygind var en lun rad, fuld af festlige historier og næsten altid omgivet af sine store hunde. Disse havde en meget familiær stilling i huset.

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   • 2017, Knud Andersen, Den blinde ørn, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     ... tændt og skridtede frem og tilbage paa Halvdækket, sagde Hovgaard: „ Skipperen er en fin Navigatør, en første Klasses Sømand og sejler hende som en Jolle. Ham kan du lære noget af. Han er en lun Rad og „large“, selv om han er religiøs.

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   • 1887, Gerhard Holm, Den Danske konebaads-expedition til Grøonlands øostkyst

     Morten, der snart viste sig at være en lun Rad, var heller ikke fri for at kure til Marie, naar de sad og plukkede Ryper eller Edderfugle sammen ude i Kjøkkenet, eller naar Morten havde Ordre fra Johanne til at staa og røre i Gryderne, medens  ...

   • 1906, Dansk tidsskrift

     Den, der paa Landet bliver en , lun Rad", en ,,tør" Bider, vilde i Byen blive en Spilopmager, der ikke vejer sine Udfald saa nøje, ikke tænker meget paa Følgerne, eller en ondskabsfuld Bagtaler.

• radmager
• rygrad

• “rad,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “rad,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From English rad, abbreviated from radiation.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɑˀð]

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rad)

1. rad (a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray)

• “rad,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

• Rhymes: -ɑt
• IPA^(key): /rɑt/

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• Homophone: rat

From Middle Dutch rat, from Old Dutch *rath, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

rad n (plural raderen, diminutive raadje n or radertje n or radje n)

1. wheel

   het rad van fortuin ― the wheel of fortune

   Synonym: wiel

• radbraken
• raddraaier
• raderboot
• raderschip
• raderwerk
• reuzenrad
• schoepenrad
• waterrad

• → Papiamentu: rat, rad

From Middle Dutch rat, from Old Dutch *rath, *rad, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþ, *hrad, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz, *hraþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kret-.

rad (comparative radder, superlative radst)

1. quick, swift

   Zij is rad van tong.

   She has a sharp tongue.

   • 2002, Feeks mist radde tong, in De Standaard online,

     Bitch is missing sharp tongue

• dar

rad

1. clothes

• abi
• lenj

• IPA^(key): [ˈrat]
• Hyphenation: rad

rad (first-person possessive radku, second-person possessive radmu, third-person possessive radnya)

1. (metrology) rad, a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.

From Dutch raad (“council”), from Middle Dutch râet, from Old Dutch rāt, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

rad (first-person possessive radku, second-person possessive radmu, third-person possessive radnya)

1. (archaic) court.

   Synonyms: dewan, majelis

• “rad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

rad m (invariable)

1. (physics) rad (unit)
2. (mathematics) radian

• dar

• rady

From Proto-Slavic *radъ (“glad”). Cognates include Upper Sorbian rad, Polish rad, Czech rád, Old Church Slavonic радъ (radŭ), and Russian рад (rad).

• IPA^(key): /rat/

rad (feminine rada, neuter rado, dual radej, plural raźi)

1. happy/happily, glad/gladly

   To ja rad/rady cynim.

   I’m happy to do that. (male speaker)

   Mója žeńska to rada/rad/rady scyni.

   My wife will be happy to do that.

   Našo góle tam rado/rad/rady doženjo.

   Our child will be happy to go there.

   Tam woni raźi/rad/rady njechojźe.

   They don’t like going there.

The feminine, neuter, dual, and plural forms may optionally be used in agreement with the subject of the verb, or rad or rady may be used invariably.

• IPA^(key): /rad/, /raːd/

Inherited from Old English hræd, from Proto-West Germanic *hrad, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz. Compare rathe.

• radde, rade
• red, ræd (early)

rad (plural and weak singular rade, comparative raddere, superlative raddest)

1. quick, fast, speedy
2. rash, hasty, angry
3. eager

• Scots: redd, red

• “rad(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

rad

1. quickly, speedily

• Scots: redd, red

Borrowed from Old Norse hræddr, past participle of hræða (“to frighten”).

• raadd, radde, rade, redde

rad

1. afraid, scared, terrified, fearful

• Scots: rad, radd, red, redd, rede

• “rad(e, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

From Old Norse rǫð.

rad f or m (definite singular rada or raden, indefinite plural rader, definite plural radene)

1. a row
2. (chess) rank

• på rad
• ryggrad

• “rad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse rǫð.

rad f (definite singular rada, indefinite plural rader, definite plural radene)

1. a row

• på rad
• ryggrad

From Old Norse hraðr, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz.

rad (neuter radt, definite singular and plural rade, comparative radare, indefinite superlative radast, definite superlative radaste)

1. fast
2. straight

• radig

• “rad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /rɑːd/

From Proto-West Germanic *raidu. Cognate with Old Norse reið.

rād f

1. journey, ride
2. raid, expedition
3. the runic character ᚱ (/r/)

• hranrād

• Middle English: rode, rade, rod, rood, roode
  • English: road
  • Scots: raid
    • → English: raid, rade
      • → Spanish: raid
      • → French: raid
      • → Italian: raid
      • → Romanian: raid
      • → Swedish: räd
  • → Old French: *rade
    • Middle French: rade
      • French: rade
        • → Catalan: rada
        • → Italian: rada
        • → Spanish: rada

See ridan.

rād

1. first/third-person singular preterite of ridan

From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós. Cognates include Old English rēad, Old Saxon rōd and Old Dutch rōt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːd/

rād

1. red

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: ruad

  Goesharde: ruud

  Halligen: ruad

  Heligoland: rooad

  Mooring: rüüdj

  Sylt: ruar

  Wiedingharde: ruuid

• Saterland Frisian: rood
• West Frisian: read

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

From Proto-West Germanic *hrad, wheseence also Old English hræþ, Old Norse hraðr.

rad

1. fast

From Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, akin to Latin rota.

rad n

1. wheel

• German: Rad
• Yiddish: ראָד‎ (rod)

• IPA^(key): /rat/

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: rad

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

rad (comparative bardziej rad, superlative najbardziej rad)

1. (dated) glad

All forms except nominative are obsolete.

From Latin radium.

rad m inan

1. (chemistry) radium

Borrowed from English rad (“unit of absorbed radiation dose”).

rad m inan

1. rad (unit of absorbed radiation dose)

rad

1. Abbreviation of radian.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rad f

1. genitive plural of rada

• rad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [rad]

rad

1. inflection of rade:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

From Proto-Slavic *radъ.

• IPA^(key): /râd/

rȁd (comparative ràdijī, Cyrillic spelling ра̏д)

1. willing

From ráditi (“to work”).

• IPA^(key): /râːd/

rȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

1. work

From English rad.

• IPA^(key): /râːd/

rȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

1. rad (unit of absorbed dose of radiation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈrat/

rad m (genitive singular radu, nominative plural rady, genitive plural radov, declension pattern of dub)

1. row
2. (chess) rank

• rad in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Proto-Slavic *radъ.

• IPA^(key): /rát/

rȁd (comparative rȃjši, superlative nȁjrȃjši)

1. liking or preferring something, having a positive attitude towards something

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• IPA^(key): /ráːt/

rȃd m inan

1. (dated) gladness

• “rad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From Old Norse rǫð, from Proto-Germanic *radō (“row”).

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• Rhymes: -ɑːd

rad ?

1. Abbreviation of radian.

rad c

1. A row; a line of entries in a table, or a line of objects
2. A single horizontal row of text on a CRT screen, printed paper, etc.
3. A line in a screenplay
4. (colloquial) A (short) written letter(Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. (chess) rank

• (line in screenplay): replik

• dar, dra

Related to Livvi ruado and Ludian ruad, borrowed from Russian страда (strada).

rad

1. work
2. toil