"steed" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stiːd/ Audio: En-au-steed.ogg [Australia] Forms: steeds [plural]
enPR: stēd Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|stede||steed|g=|g2=|g3=|id=steed|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English stede (“steed”), {{inh+|en|enm|stede|id=steed|t=steed}} Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), {{inh|en|ang|stēda|t=stallion, stud}} Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stōdijō}} Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō, {{cog|odt|stoti||herd of horses}} Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), {{cog|goh|stuot||herd of horses}} Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} steed (plural steeds)
  1. (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially in the sense of mount. Tags: archaic, poetic Translations (stallion): նժույգ (nžuyg) (Armenian), жребец (žrebec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), [masculine] (Czech), ratsu (Finnish), coursier (French), Ross (note: see also Stute) (German), Reithengst [masculine] (German), Springer [archaic, masculine, obsolete] (German), רַמָּךְ (ramách) (Hebrew), paripa (Hungarian), ratsas (Ingrian), ratsu (Ingrian), destriero [masculine] (Italian), sonipes [masculine] (Latin), žirgas [masculine] (Lithuanian), stede (Middle English), wicg [neuter] (Old English), rumak [masculine] (Polish), Pegaz [masculine] (Polish), corcel [masculine] (Portuguese), конь (konʹ) [masculine] (Russian), parip [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), corcel [masculine] (Spanish), hingst [common-gender] (Swedish), springare [common-gender] (Swedish), küheylan (Turkish), aygır (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-steed-en-noun-dB6xMKLz Disambiguation of 'stallion': 99 1
  2. (cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle. Tags: humorous, slang Categories (topical): Cycling
    Sense id: en-steed-en-noun-54Y53jCb Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Saxon steed Related terms: horse

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonipes"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žirgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "word": "stede"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wicg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rumak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pegaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corcel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konʹ",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parip"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corcel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hingst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "springare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "word": "küheylan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "stallion",
      "word": "aygır"
    }
  ],
  "word": "steed"
}

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