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rade

/ɹeɪd/

rade noun: raid. Also the obsolete spelling of road.

Noun (1)

rade (plural rades)

  1. (Scotland) raid
  2. (Scotland) ride; procession
    • FAIRY RADES: Another favored fairy activity is the rade, or ride, a procession of fairies on horseback. The fairy rade takes fairies into the land of the mortals. The most important rades occur on Midsummer Nght's Eve, the Summer Solstice, which occurs June 21 or 22.2009 November, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Fairies, page 54

Noun (2) capitalized: Rade

Rade pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A minor ethnic group in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

Proper noun capitalized: Rade

Rade

  1. The Austronesian language of the Chamic branch spoken by the Rade people.

Also used as

rade is also the obsolete spelling of road.

rade is also the simple past and past participle of ride.

Forms of rade

pluralrades
alternative formRhade
alternative formRaday

Origin of rade

Borrowed from Bahnar Rađe or Eastern Mnong Rađê.

Questions about rade

What does rade mean?
Rade means raid.
What part of speech is rade?
Rade can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rade?
Rade is pronounced /ɹeɪd/.
What is the plural of rade?
The plural of rade is rades.

Words near rade in the dictionary

  1. raddlemen
  2. raddles
  3. raddling
  4. raddlings
  5. Raddock
  6. rade
  7. radeau
  8. radeaus
  9. radeaux
  10. Radebaugh
  11. Radebaughs

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