guède

See also: guede and guédé

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛd/

Etymology 1

From Middle French guede, from Old French g(u)esde, gaide, wai(s)de (woad, dye made from woad extract) (compare Medieval Latin guaisdium, wai(s)da (woad)), from Gothic or an unknown East Germanic language *wai(z)da (woad, pastel), from Proto-Germanic *waidą, *waidaz (woad), from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ- (woad), conflated with East Germanic *wizdils, *wizdila (woad, weld) (source of Medieval Latin uuisdile, ouisdelem, guisdil (woad, pastel)) from Proto-Indo-European *wis- (colouring matter, dye, poison). Akin to Old High German weit (woad), Old Frisian wēd (woad), Old English wād (woad, woad-dye). More at woad.

Noun

guède f (plural guèdes)

  1. woad (plant Isatis tinctoria)

Adjective

guède (plural guèdes)

  1. of a colour resembling the bluish tint extracted from woad; pastel blue

Etymology 2

See guéder.

Verb

guède

  1. first-person singular present indicative of guéder
  2. third-person singular present indicative of guéder
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of guéder
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of guéder
  5. second-person singular imperative of guéder

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