"almud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: almuds [plural], almude [alternative]
Etymology: From Spanish almud and Portuguese almude, both from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/⁠maddattu, middattu⁠/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Doublet of almude. Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios), Latin modius, French muid, and Dutch mud. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|almud}} Spanish almud, {{bor|en|pt|almude}} Portuguese almude, {{der|en|xaa|مد|المُدّ|tr=al-mudd}} Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), {{der|en|ar|مُدّ}} Arabic مُدّ (mudd), {{der|en|arc|𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠}} Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ), {{der|en|syc|ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ|tr=moḏyā}} Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā), {{der|en|akk|𒉘𒈨𒌍|t=kind of vessel, unit of volume|ts=maddattu, middattu}} Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/⁠maddattu, middattu⁠/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”), {{doublet|en|almude}} Doublet of almude, {{cog|grc|μόδιος}} Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios), {{cog|la|modius}} Latin modius, {{cog|fr|muid}} French muid, {{cog|nl|mud}} Dutch mud Head templates: {{en-noun}} almud (plural almuds)
  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin). Tags: historical Coordinate_terms (highly variable unit of dry measure): maquila (1⁄2 almud)
    Sense id: en-almud-en-noun-XO-PebP8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Food and drink containers, Spain, Units of measure Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 4 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 32 3 3 4 22 21 2 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 2 2 3 26 26 1 8 Disambiguation of Food and drink containers: 82 6 6 7 Disambiguation of Spain: 69 0 0 31 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 57 10 7 26 Disambiguation of 'highly variable unit of dry measure': 84 6 4 7
  2. (historical) A traditional unit of land area, nominally the amount of land that could be sown with one almud of seed. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-almud-en-noun-TVZlU6yQ
  3. (historical) A low, wide box used as a physical measure for this unit. Tags: historical
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  4. (historical) Alternative form of almude (“a Portuguese unit of measure”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, historical Alternative form of: almude (extra: a Portuguese unit of measure)
    Sense id: en-almud-en-noun-ytNaYaue

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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