slade

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /sleɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd Homophones: slayed, slaid, sleid === Etymology 1 === From Middle English slade (“low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; hollows of clouds; a creek, stream; a channel”), from Old English slæd (“valley, glade”), from Proto-West Germanic *slad, from Proto-Germanic *sladą (“glen, valley”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sladaną (“to glide, slip”) or Proto-Germanic *sladdaz (“to be slack, droop”). Compare Old Norse slóð (“track, trail”). ==== Noun ==== slade (plural slades) (now rare or dialectal) A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade. (dialectal) A hillside. === Etymology 2 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== slade (plural slades) A spade for digging peat. (obsolete) The sole of a plough. === Anagrams === Dales, Delas, dales, deals, desal, lades, lased, leads, seal'd == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsladɛ] === Noun === slade vocative singular of slad == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === slade (Cyrillic spelling сладе) vocative singular of slad