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Etymology 1

Old English wudu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz, from Proto-Indo-European *widhu-. Cognate with Old High German witu, Old Norse viðr (Swedish ved).

Pronunciation

Noun

wood (countable and uncountable; plural woods)

  1. (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
    This table is made of wood.
    There was lots of wood on the beach.
  2. (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
    Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
  3. (countable) A forested or wooded area, most often used in the plural.
    He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
  4. Firewood.
    We need more wood for the fire.
  5. (countable) (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  6. (music) A woodwind instrument.
  7. (slang) An erection.
    That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
  8. (US, offensive, slang) A peckerwood.
    • 2010. John De Vito, Frank Tropea, "Epic television miniseries: a critical history", Page 108
      Wood: A white convict derived from peckerwood.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
substance
  • Alabama: itto
  • Albanian: dru (sq)
  • Amharic: እንጨት (am) (ʾənəč'ätə)
  • Arabic: خشب (ar) (kháshab)
  • Armenian: փայտ (hy) (p’ayt)
  • Azeri: ağac (az)
  • Basque: zur
  • Blackfoot: mĭstcĭs
  • Breton: koad m., koadeier / koadoù
  • Catalan: fusta (ca) f.
  • Chinese: 木 (mù)
  • Coptic: ϣⲉ (še)
  • Crimean Tatar: taqta
  • Croatian: drvo (hr) n.
  • Czech: dřevo (cs) n.
  • Dutch: hout (nl) n.
  • Egyptian: ḫt
  • Esperanto: ligno (eo)
  • Estonian: puit (et)
  • Finnish: puu (fi)
  • French: bois (fr) m.
  • German: Holz (de) n.
  • Greek: ,
    Classical: ξύλον (xýlon)
    Modern: ξύλο (el) n. (xýlo), ξυλεία (el) f. (xylía)
  • Guaraní: yvyra
  • Hebrew: עץ (‘ets), קרש (khorsh)
  • Hindi: लक्डी (lakaṛī)
  • Hopi: koho
  • Hungarian: fa (hu)
  • Ilocano: kayo
  • Indonesian: kayu (id)
  • Interlingua: ligno
  • Irish: adhmad (ga) m.
  • Italian: legno (it) m.
  • Japanese: 木, 木材 (もくざい, mokuzai)
  • Korean: 나무 (namu), 목재 (木材, mokjae)
  • Kurdish: دار (ku)
  • Lakota: čháŋ
  • Latgalian: kūks, kūkna
  • Latin: lignum (la)
  • Latvian: koks (lv), koksne (lv)
  • Lithuanian: medis (lt)
  • Macedonian: дрво (mk) (d'rvo) n.
  • Malay: kayu (ms)
  • Marathi: लाकुड (Lākud)
  • Mingo: úwẽ'kææ', uyêta'
  • Mohawk: oyente
  • Navajo: tsin
  • Norwegian: tre (no) n., treverk (no) n.
  • Occitan: fusta
  • Ossetian: хъæд (khaed)
  • Pashto: لرګى (ps) (largai) m.
  • Persian: چوب (fa) (ĉōb)
  • Piedmontese: bosch
  • Polish: drewno (pl) n.
  • Portuguese: madeira (pt) f.
  • Romanian: lemn (ro) n.
  • Romansch: lain m.
  • Russian: дерево (ru) (dérevo) n., древесина (ru) (drevesína) f.
  • Sardinian: linna f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiodh m.
  • Sicilian: lignu (scn) m.
  • Slovene: les (sl) m.
  • Spanish: madera (es) f.
  • Swedish: trä (sv)
  • Tagalog: kahoy (tl)
  • Tajik: чӯб (tg) (čūb)
  • Taos: łò’óne
  • Tatar: агач (agaç)
  • Tupinambá: ybyrá
  • Turkish: odun (tr)
  • Welsh: coed (cy)
  • West Frisian: hout n.
  • Yucatec: čeʼ
wood from a particular species
  • Dutch: houtsoort (nl)
  • Finnish: puulaji (fi)
  • German: Holz (de) n.
  • Macedonian: дрво (mk) (d'rvo) n.
  • Persian: چوب (fa) (ĉōb)
  • Polish: drzewo (pl) n.
woodland
firewood
  • Basque: egur
  • Catalan: llenya f.
  • Dutch: brandhout (nl)
  • Finnish: puut (fi) pl., polttopuu (fi)
  • German: Feuerholz (de) n., Brennholz (de) n.
  • Greek: ξύλα (el) n. pl. (xýla)
  • Indonesian: kayu bakar (id)
  • Italian: legna (it) f.
  • Korean: 땔나무 (ttael-namu)
  • Latin: līgnum (la)
  • Macedonian: дрво за огрев (mk) (d'rvo za ógrev) n.
  • Norwegian: ved (no) m.
  • Occitan: lenha f.
  • Persian: هیزم (fa) (hizom), هیمه (fa) (hima)
  • Polish: drewno opałowe (pl) n., drewno na opał (pl) n.
  • Portuguese: lenha (pt) f.
  • Russian: дрова (ru) (drová) pl.
  • Sicilian: ligna (scn) f.
  • Spanish: leña (es) f.
  • Swedish: ved (sv) c.
type of golf club
  • Finnish: puu (fi), puumaila (fi)
  • German: Holz (de) n.
music: woodwind instrument
slang: an erection
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Latin: materia (2), lignum (2,3), silva (1)
  • Old English: wudu (1,2,3)
  • Telugu: చిట్టడవి (ciTTaDavi) (1), కలప (kalapa) (2)

Adjective

wood (not comparable)

  1. Made of wood.
Synonyms
Translations
made of wood
  • Macedonian: дрвен (mk) (d'rven) m.
  • Persian: چوبین (fa) (ĉōbin), چوبی (fa) (ĉōbi)
  • Polish: drewniany (pl)
  • Russian: деревянный (ru) (derevjánnyj)
  • Swedish: trä- (sv)
  • Telugu: కలప (kalapa)

Verb

wood (third-person singular simple present woods, present participle wooding, simple past and past participle wooded)

  1. (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
Translations
to cover or plant with trees
  • Macedonian: пошумува (mk) (pošúmuva)

Etymology 2

Middle English, from Old English wōd, from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wāt- (“prophet”). Cognate with Middle Dutch woet (Dutch woede), Old High German wuot (German Wut (“fury”)), Old Norse óðr, Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌸𐍃 (“demonically possessed”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vates (“seer, prophet”), Irish fáith (“poet”), Welsh gwawd (“song”).

Adjective

wood (comparative wooder, superlative woodest)

  1. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
Derived terms

Statistics

Middle English

Etymology

Old English, more at wood above.

Adjective

wood

  1. insane; crazy

 

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