spader
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspeɪdɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ)
Noun
spader (plural spaders)
- One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
spader m
- indefinite plural of spade
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
spader
- present of spada
Swedish
Noun
spader c
- spade, spades (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
- spader fyra, spaderfyra
- four of spades
- spader fyra, spaderfyra
- (in "få spader") get very angry (at something), go mental, have a fit
Descendants
See also
| Suits in Swedish · färger (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| hjärter | ruter | spader | klöver |
References
- “spader”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “spader”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “spader”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- spader in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)