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Etymology 1

Clipping of English radian.

Symbol

rad

  1. radian, unit of measure for angle
    Synonym: c

Etymology 2

Clipping of English Rade, Bahnar Rađe, or Eastern Mnong Rađê.

Symbol

rad

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Rade.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

rad (comparative radder, superlative raddest)

  1. (slang, dated) Clipping of radical (excellent).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:awesome, Thesaurus:excellent
    • 2002, Brent Goldberg, David Wagner, Van Wilder (motion picture), spoken by Wasted Guy (Aaron Paul):
      In the Guinness Book of World-fucking-Records, man… under "Raddest Fucking Dude Alive"!
    • 2011, Diablo Cody, Young Adult (motion picture), spoken by Wheelchair Mike (John Forest):
      What is up, girly-friend? Holy shit, cuz. This is such a rad surprise.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

rad (plural rads)

  1. (metrology) A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray, that is, 1 centigray.
    Alternative form: rd (symbol)
    Coordinate terms: gray, Gy
    Near-synonyms: centigray, cGy (same physical quantity)
  2. Symbol for the radian, a unit of measure for angle.
  3. (automotive, plumbing, slang) Clipping of radiator.
  4. (firearms, slang) Abbreviation of sight radius.
  5. Clipping of radical: a political radical.
    • 1991 April 19, Penny Arcade, “The Real Thing”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      The women who work in it with me are all feminists, they're all rads, two of them are black belts in karate...I mean, they're major women.

Derived terms

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Danish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse rǫð, from Proto-Germanic *radō (row). Cognate with Norwegian rad and Swedish rad.

Pronunciation

Noun

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rader)

  1. row
  2. line
  3. string
  4. tier
Inflection
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Synonyms
Derived terms
  • rad og række
References

Etymology 2

Maybe the same word as the first one. However, Norwegian radd (person) speaks against this possibility.

Pronunciation

Noun

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rade)

  1. (obsolete) skeleton, carcass
    • 1807, Jens Baggesen, Nye blandede Digte, page 358:
      Hans Legem blev en Rad af Been, ¶ Hvorpaa et Dødninghoved green.
      His body became a carcass of bones, on which a skull was grinning.
    • 1855, Poul Møller, Efterladte Skrifter, 2nd edition, volume 2, page 35:
      Hans Krop [] ¶ Den bad de Høgen pille, ¶ Saa Raden blev til Rest.
      They let the hawk pick his body so that the skeleton was left.
  2. (rare) person
    • 1887, Gerhard Holm, Den Danske konebaads-expedition til Grøonlands øostkyst:
      Morten, der snart viste sig at være en lun Rad, var heller ikke fri for at kure til Marie, naar de sad og plukkede Ryper eller Edderfugle sammen ude i Kjøkkenet, eller naar Morten havde Ordre fra Johanne til at staa og røre i Gryderne, medens []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1906, Dansk tidsskrift:
      Den, der paa Landet bliver en „lun Rad“, en „tør“ Bider, vilde i Byen blive en Spilopmager, der ikke vejer sine Udfald saa nøje, ikke tænker meget paa Følgerne, eller en ondskabsfuld Bagtaler.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017, Knud Andersen, Den blinde ørn, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      ... tændt og skridtede frem og tilbage paa Halvdækket, sagde Hovgaard: „ Skipperen er en fin Navigatør, en første Klasses Sømand og sejler hende som en Jolle. Ham kan du lære noget af. Han er en lun Rad og „large“, selv om han er religiøs.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2018, Mette Fog Pedersen, Lys og skygge: Betragtninger fra en sygeseng, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      I den Mygindske familie var der mindst lige så megen livfuldhed som på Store Hovgård. Den gamle Mygind var en lun rad, fuld af festlige historier og næsten altid omgivet af sine store hunde. Disse havde en meget familiær stilling i huset.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 3

From English rad, abbreviated from radiation.

Pronunciation

Noun

rad c (singular definite raden, plural indefinite rad)

  1. rad (a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray)
Inflection
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References
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Dutch

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rat, from Old Dutch *rath, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

Noun

rad n (plural raderen or (obsolete) raden, diminutive raadje n or radje n or radertje n)

  1. wheel (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation)
    Synonym: wiel
    het rad van fortuinthe wheel of fortune
Usage notes
  • Standard Dutch prefers wiel, though less so for stationary wheels, where both words are usual. In certain compounds only rad is common.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Papiamentu: rat, rad

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rat, from Old Dutch *rath, *rad, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþ, *hrad, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz, *hraþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kret-.

Adjective

rad (comparative radder, superlative radst)

  1. quick, swift
    Synonyms: rap, snel, vlug, kwiek, gezwind, ras
    Zij is rad van tong.She has a sharp tongue.
    • 2002 March 12, “Feeks mist radde tong [Bitch is missing sharp tongue]”, in De Standaard online:
Declension
More information Declension of, uninflected ...

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Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Noun

rad

  1. clothes

Synonyms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrat]
  • Hyphenation: rad

Etymology 1

Noun

rad (plural rad-rad)

  1. (metrology) rad, a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray

Etymology 2

From Dutch raad (council), from Middle Dutch râet, from Old Dutch rāt, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Noun

rad (plural rad-rad)

  1. (archaic) court
    Synonyms: dewan, majelis

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Italian

Noun

rad m (invariable)

  1. (physics) rad (unit)
  2. (mathematics) radian

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *radъ (glad). Cognates include Upper Sorbian rad, Polish rad, Czech rád, Old Church Slavonic радъ (radŭ), and Russian рад (rad).

Pronunciation

Predicative

rad (feminine rada, neuter rado, dual radej, plural raźi)

  1. happy/happily, glad/gladly
    To ja rad/rady cynim.
    I’m happy to do that. (male speaker)
    Mója žeńska to rada/rad/rady scyni.
    My wife will be happy to do that.
    Našo góle tam rado/rad/rady doženjo.
    Our child will be happy to go there.
    Tam woni raźi/rad/rady njechojźe.
    They don’t like going there.

Usage notes

The feminine, neuter, dual, and plural forms may optionally be used in agreement with the subject of the verb, or rad or rady may be used invariably.

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Middle English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old English hræd, from Proto-West Germanic *hrad, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz. Compare rathe.

    Alternative forms

    Adjective

    rad (plural and weak singular rade, comparative raddere, superlative raddest)

    1. quick, fast, speedy
    2. rash, hasty, angry
    3. eager
    Descendants
    References

    Adverb

    rad

    1. quickly, speedily
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Old Norse hræddr, past participle of hræða (to frighten).

      Alternative forms

      Adjective

      rad

      1. afraid, scared, terrified, fearful
      Descendants
      References

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology

      From Old Norse rǫð.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      rad f or m (definite singular rada or raden, indefinite plural rader, definite plural radene)

      1. a row
      2. (chess) rank

      Derived terms

      References

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [raːd], [raː], [ʁaːd], [ʁaː], [ɾaːd], [ɾaː]

      Etymology 1

      From Old Norse rǫð.

      Noun

      rad f (definite singular rada, indefinite plural rader, definite plural radene)

      1. a row
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      From Old Norse hraðr, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz.

      Adjective

      rad (neuter radt, definite singular and plural rade, comparative radare, indefinite superlative radast, definite superlative radaste)

      1. fast
      2. straight
      Derived terms
      • radig

      References

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      Old English

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-West Germanic *raidu. Cognate with Old Norse reið.

      Noun

      rād f

      1. journey, ride, the act of riding
      2. raid, expedition
        • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
          An. DCCLXXXVII Hēr nam Byrhtrīc cing Offan dohtor Ēadburge. ⁊ on his dagum cōman ǣrest III sċipa Norðmanna, ⁊ þā sē ġerēfa þǣr tō rād, ⁊ hīe wolde drīfan tō þǣs cinges tūne... Þæt wǣron þā ǣrestan sċipu Denisċra manna þe Angelcynnes land ġesōhte.
          Year 787 In this King Brightric kidnapped Offa's daughter Eadburg. And in those days came the first three Norse ships, intending to drive off the reeve and raid the king's town...Those were the first Danish ships to come to the land of the Angles.
      3. the runic character (/r/)
      Declension

      Strong ō-stem:

      More information singular, plural ...
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See ridan.

      Verb

      rād

      1. first/third-person singular preterite of ridan

      Old Frisian

      Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós. Cognates include Old English rēad, Old Saxon rōd and Old Dutch rōt.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      rād

      1. red

      Descendants

      • North Frisian:
        Föhr-Amrum: ruad
        Goesharde: ruud
        Halligen: ruad
        Heligoland: rooad
        Mooring: rüüdj
        Sylt: ruar
        Wiedingharde: ruuid
      • Saterland Frisian: rood
      • West Frisian: read

      References

      • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

      Old High German

      Etymology 1

        From Proto-West Germanic *hrad, whence also Old English hræþ, Old Norse hraðr.

        Adjective

        rad

        1. fast

        Etymology 2

          From Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, akin to Latin rota.

          Noun

          rad n

          1. wheel
          Descendants

          Etymology 3

          See rāt.

          Noun

          rād m (Rhine Franconian)

          1. alternative form of rāt

          Polish

          Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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          Pronunciation

          Etymology 1

          Inherited from Old Polish rad, from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

          Adjective

          rad (comparative bardziej rad, superlative najbardziej rad, no derived adverb)

          1. (dated) glad (pleased, happy, satisfied)
          Usage notes
          • All forms except the nominative are obsolete.
          Declension

          Etymology 2

          Learned borrowing from New Latin radium.

          Noun

          More information Chemical element ...

          rad m inan

          1. (chemistry) radium (chemical element with an atomic number of 88)
          Declension

          Etymology 3

          Borrowed from English rad.

          Noun

          rad m inan

          1. rad (unit of absorbed radiation dose)
          Declension

          Etymology 4

          Abbreviation of radian.

          Noun

          rad m inan

          1. abbreviation of radian

          Etymology 5

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Noun

          rad f

          1. genitive plural of rada

          Further reading

          • rad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
          • rad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
          • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “rad”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

          Romanian

          Pronunciation

          Verb

          rad

          1. inflection of rade:
            1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
            2. third-person plural present indicative

          Serbo-Croatian

          Etymology 1

          Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

          Pronunciation

          Adjective

          rȁd (Cyrillic spelling ра̏д, comparative ràdijī)

          1. willing
          Declension
          More information singular, masculine ...
          More information singular, masculine ...
          More information singular, masculine ...
          More information singular, masculine ...

          Further reading

          • rad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

          Etymology 2

          From ráditi (to work).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          rȃd m inan (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

          1. work
          Declension
          More information singular, plural ...

          Further reading

          • rad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

          Etymology 3

          Borrowed from English rad.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          rȃd m inan (Cyrillic spelling ра̑д)

          1. rad (unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
          Declension
          More information singular, plural ...

          Further reading

          • rad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

          Slovak

          Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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          Etymology

          Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rę̑dъ.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): [rat]
          • Rhymes: -at
          • Hyphenation: rad

          Noun

          rad m inan

          1. row
          2. (chess) rank

          Declension

          More information singular, plural ...

          References

          • rad”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

          Slovene

          Etymology 1

          From Proto-Slavic *radъ.

          Pronunciation

          Adjective

          rȁd (comparative rȃjši, superlative nȁjrȃjši)

          1. liking or preferring something, having a positive attitude towards something
          Declension

          This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

          Etymology 2

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          rȃd m inan

          1. (dated) gladness
          Declension
          The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
          More information Masculine inan., hard o-stem, nominative ...

          Further reading

          • rad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

          Swedish

          Etymology

          From Old Norse rǫð, from Proto-Germanic *radō (row).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          rad ?

          1. abbreviation of radian

          Noun

          rad c

          1. a row; a line of entries in a table, or a line of objects
          2. a single horizontal row of text on a CRT screen, printed paper, etc.
          3. a line in a screenplay
          4. (colloquial) a (short) written letter
            Jag fick ett litet rad från min vän igår.
            I got a little letter from my friend yesterday.
          5. (chess) rank

          Declension

          More information nominative, genitive ...

          Synonyms

          Anagrams

          Veps

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Russian страда (strada). Related to Livvi ruado and Ludian ruad.

          Noun

          rad

          1. work, labor, toil
          2. event

          Declension

          More information Inflection of (inflection type 1/ilo), nominative sing. ...

          Welsh

          Pronunciation

          Adjective

          rad

          1. soft mutation of rhad

          Mutation

          More information radical, soft ...

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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