Spud — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈʌd/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈʌd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈʌd/

1 syllable Say it as /spˈʌd/.

Examples

The well was spudded in April
the potatoes sprouted

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pullulate sprout germinate Irish potato shoot murphy bourgeon white potato burgeon forth tater stump spud potato

Parts of Speech

noun	an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
noun	a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
verb	initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum “The well was spudded in April”
verb	produce buds, branches, or germinate “the potatoes sprouted”

Word Forms

shoot	noun	a new branch
germ	noun	a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
germination	noun	the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
pullulation	noun	asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
sprout	noun	a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
sprouting	noun	the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

patate

un tubercule comestible originaire d'Amérique du Sud ; un aliment de base de l'Irlande

🇪🇸Spanish

patata

un tubérculo comestible originario de América del Sur; un alimento básico de Irlanda

🇳🇱Dutch

schoffel

een eetbare knol afkomstig uit Zuid-Amerika; een hoofdvoedsel van Ierland

🇵🇹Portuguese

batata

um tubérculo comestível nativo da América do Sul; um alimento básico da Irlanda

🇷🇺Russian

окучивать

съедобный клубень родом из Южной Америки; основной продукт питания Ирландии

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खुरपा

दक्षिण अमेरिका का मूल निवासी एक खाद्य कंद; आयरलैंड का एक मुख्य भोजन

🇮🇳Tamil

ஸ்பட்

தென் அமெரிக்காவை பூர்வீகமாகக் கொண்ட ஒரு உண்ணக்கூடிய கிழங்கு; அயர்லாந்தின் முக்கிய உணவு

🇮🇳Telugu

స్పుడ్

దక్షిణ అమెరికాకు చెందిన తినదగిన గడ్డ దినుసు; ఐర్లాండ్ యొక్క ప్రధాన ఆహారం

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્પુડ

દક્ષિણ અમેરિકાના વતની ખાદ્ય કંદ; આયર્લેન્ડનો મુખ્ય ખોરાક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಪಡ್

ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಅಮೆರಿಕಾದ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಖಾದ್ಯ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ; ಐರ್ಲೆಂಡ್‌ನ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆಹಾರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്പഡ്

തെക്കേ അമേരിക്ക സ്വദേശിയായ ഒരു ഭക്ഷ്യയോഗ്യമായ കിഴങ്ങ്; അയർലണ്ടിലെ പ്രധാന ഭക്ഷണം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

土豆

原产于南美洲的可食用块茎；爱尔兰的主食

🇯🇵Japanese

スパッド

南アメリカ原産の食用の塊茎。アイルランドの主食

🇰🇷Korean

감자

남아메리카가 원산지인 식용 괴경; 아일랜드의 주식

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nước bọt

một loại củ ăn được có nguồn gốc từ Nam Mỹ; một món ăn chủ yếu của Ireland

🇹🇭Thai

พ่น

หัวที่กินได้มีถิ่นกำเนิดในอเมริกาใต้ อาหารหลักของไอร์แลนด์

🇮🇩Indonesian

kentang

umbi yang dapat dimakan berasal dari Amerika Selatan; makanan pokok Irlandia

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بطاطا

درنة صالحة للأكل موطنها أمريكا الجنوبية؛ الغذاء الرئيسي في أيرلندا

🇮🇷Persian

اسپاد

غده خوراکی بومی آمریکای جنوبی؛ غذای اصلی ایرلند

🇹🇷Turkish

patates

Güney Amerika'ya özgü yenilebilir bir yumru; İrlanda'nın temel gıdası

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַפּוּחַ אַדֲמָה

פקעת אכילה שמקורה בדרום אמריקה; מזון עיקרי של אירלנד

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