chode

See also: chodě and chó đẻ

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʃəʊd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tʃoʊd/

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• Homophone: choad
• Rhymes: -əʊd

Etymology 1

Formed in 16th–17th century by analogy with other strong verbs.

Verb

chode

1. (archaic) simple past of chide

   Synonyms: chid, chided

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:36:

     And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Number 20:30:

     And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

Etymology 2

See choda.

Noun

chode (plural chodes)

1. Alternative spelling of choad.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French échauder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃode/

Verb

chode

1. (transitive) to scald
2. (intransitive) to shrivel

   Fwi a chode.

   The fruit shriveled.

Related terms

• cho
• chodyè