gods - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑdz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒdz/
- Rhymes: -ɒdz
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
gods
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) So called from the idea of gods (deities) reigning from on high.
gods
- The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium.
gods pl (plural only)
- The occupants of the gallery of a theatre.
- (printing, historical) The quadrats used by printers in throwing on the imposing stone, similar to the movement in casting dice.
From god (verb).
gods
- third-person singular simple present indicative of god
From Old Norse góz, a partitive genitive of góðr (“good”). Compare also Norwegian gods, Swedish gods.
gods n (singular definite godset, not used in plural form)
gods
gōds
- Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍃
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gadás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognates include Latvian gads.
gods m
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 22
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gōdas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to suit, to gather”) from where also gads (“year”).
gods m (1st declension)
- godāt (“to honor”)
gods m (plural gdus)
gods n (definite singular godset)
gods n (definite singular godset, indefinite plural gods or godser, definite plural godsa or godsene)
- an estate (large area of land under single ownership)
- “gods” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
gods n (definite singular godset)
gods n (definite singular godset, indefinite plural gods, definite plural godsa)
- an estate (large area of land under single ownership)
- “gods” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
gods n
- (uncountable) goods, freight (that which is produced, traded, bought or sold)
- (countable) manor, estate
- (countable) property
- (uncountable) material
- allmängods
- arvegods
- expressgods
- flintgods
- flottgods
- fraktgods
- fädernegods
- giftorättsgods
- gjutgods
- godsexpedition
- godstjocklek
- godstrafik
- godsvagn
- godsägare
- hittegods
- ilgods
- importgods
- jordagods
- kronogods
- krukgods
- kulturgods
- lergods
- massgods
- paketgods
- resgods
- samlastningsgods
- släktgods
- smuggelgods
- stamgods
- stengods
- storgods
- styckegods
- stöldgods
- svetsgods
- tankegods
- tjuvgods
- transitgods
- transitogods
- tullgods
- utfyllnadsgods
- vrakgods
- gods in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- gods in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)