"Rhode" meaning in English

See Rhode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Rhodes [plural], A habitational surname [canonical]
Etymology: From Middle English Rode, from Old English rod, rodu and/or Old English hrēod. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|Rode}} Middle English Rode, {{der|en|ang|rod}} Old English rod, {{der|en|ang|hrēod}} Old English hrēod Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Rhode (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodes)
  1. for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. for a person who lived near a reed bed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Rhode-en-name-tnFd39HW Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 44 11 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 41 16 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 16 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Rhodes
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē)bor. English Rhode Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|grc:Ῥόδη|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē)bor. English Rhode [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Ῥόδη", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Rhode", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Rhode"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē). Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rhode
  1. (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus Tags: Greek Related terms: Rhode Island Translations (the oldest Oceanid): Ῥόδη (Rhódē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Рода (Roda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Rhodé [feminine] (French), Ρόδη (Ródi) [feminine] (Greek), Rode [feminine] (Polish), Rode [feminine] (Portuguese), Рода (Roda) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Rhode-en-name-2xtFiYjG Categories (other): Greek deities, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 44 11 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 41 16 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 16 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 7 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 4 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 23 10 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 5 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 5 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 2 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 7 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 46 4 49 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Rhodes
Etymology number: 2
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.