onde
onde noun: envy; hatred; malice.
Noun
onde (usually uncountable, plural ondes)
Verb
onde (third-person singular simple present ondes, present participle onding, simple past and past participle onded)
- To breathe; breathe on.
Synonyms of onde
Forms of onde
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ondes |
| alternative form | aand |
| alternative form | aind |
| alternative form | and |
| alternative form | ande |
| alternative form | aynd |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ondes |
| present participle | onding |
| past participle | onded |
| past | onded |
| alternative form | eand |
Origin of onde
From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda (“zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadō, from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Scots aynd, eind, end (“breath”), German Ahnd, And (“pain, anguish”), Danish ånd, ånde (“breath, spirit”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Latin anima (“breath, spirit”). More at animal.
From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”).
Words formed from onde
- onding
- in ande
- out of ande
Questions about onde
- What does onde mean?
- Onde means envy; hatred; malice.
- What part of speech is onde?
- Onde can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of onde?
- The plural of onde is ondes.
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