FromMiddle Englishlande,londe(dative form), fromOld Englishlande, dative singular ofOld Englishland(“land”).
lande (countable anduncountable,plurallandes)
FromMiddle Englishlande,launde, fromOld Frenchlande(“clearing in a wood, leigh; remote wooded area”).Doublet oflawn andland.
lande (plurallandes)
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FromOld Danishlændhe, fromOld Norselenda(“to land”),Proto-Germanic*landijaną, cognate withNorwegian Nynorsklenda,Swedishlanda (olderlända),Englishland,Germanlanden (olderländen). Derived from the noun*landą(“land”). The verb has taken over the vowel from the noun in Danish.
lande (past tenselandede,past participlelandet)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
lande n
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lande(colloquial)
| Inflection oflande (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lande | landet | |
| genitive | landen | landejen | |
| partitive | landea | landeja | |
| illative | landeen | landeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lande | landet | |
| accusative | nom. | lande | landet |
| gen. | landen | ||
| genitive | landen | landejen landeinrare | |
| partitive | landea | landeja | |
| inessive | landessa | landeissa | |
| elative | landesta | landeista | |
| illative | landeen | landeihin | |
| adessive | landella | landeilla | |
| ablative | landelta | landeilta | |
| allative | landelle | landeille | |
| essive | landena | landeina | |
| translative | landeksi | landeiksi | |
| abessive | landetta | landeitta | |
| instructive | — | landein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Inherited fromMiddle Frenchlande, fromOld Frenchlande(“woodland”), fromTransalpine Gaulish*landa (compareIrishlann,Welshllan(“enclosure”)).
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lande f
FromOld Englishland.
lande
Fromlond(noun).
lande
FromOld Frenchlande.
FromTransalpine Gaulish*landa.
From the nounland.
lande (present tenselander,past tenselandaorlandet,past participlelandaorlandet)
From the nounland.
lande (present tenselandar,past tenselanda,past participlelanda,passive infinitivelandast,present participlelandande,imperativelande/land)
lande
OfGermanic orGaulish origin, fromProto-Germanic*landą(“land”) orProto-Celtic*landā, both fromProto-Indo-European*lendʰ-(“land, heath”). CompareOccitanlanda andSpanishlanda, either from Old French or from a common intermediate source, i.e.Vulgar Latin*landa.
landeoblique singular, f (oblique plurallandes,nominative singularlande,nominative plurallandes)
FromOld Galician-Portuguese[Term?], fromLatinglāndem, fromProto-Indo-European*gʷelh₂-(“acorn”).Doublet ofglande.
In the parts of the country where this word is used, like in Alentejo,lande refers specifically to the acorn of the cork oak (Quercus suber), whilebolota orboleta refers to the one of the holm oak (Quercus ilex); most other speakers only use the wordbolota to refer to any kind of acorn.
lande f
Inherited fromLatinglāndem, fromProto-Indo-European*gʷelh₂-(“acorn”).Doublet ofglande.