vedro

Borrowed from Russian ведро́ (vedró, “bucket; vedro”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈdɹəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vəˈdɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

vedro (plural vedros or vedra)

1. A Russian liquid measure, equal to approximately 2.7 imperial gallons.
   • 1911 January, R. Efimov, translated by M. D. Byrne, Florence M., Mac-Iver, and A. Brodrick-Bullock, “Agricultural Condition of the Government of Irkutsk (Siberia)”, in International Institute of Agriculture, Bulletin of the Bureau of Agricultural Intelligence and of Plant-Diseases, 2nd year, number 1, Rome: […] Unione Editrice, […], →OCLC, page 7:

     The native cows are small and ugly animals, and do not give on an average more than 60 vedra of milk a year (1 vedro = 2¾ imp. gallons).

   • 1912, Michael Alexeyenko, “Five Years of Budget Work”, in School of Russian Studies in the University of Liverpool, The Russian Review: A Quarterly Review of Russian History, Politics, Economics, and Literature, volume I, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, →OCLC, page 29:

     Measures which have exercised a material influence on the rise of the revenue are: the increase (from October 14, 1908) of the price on Crown spirit by 40 kopeks on the vedro, which for 1911, with a consumption of 91.3 million vedra, amounted to 36.5 million roubles; […]

   • 1915, “Vodka Ban a Blessing”, in The Standard, Chicago, Ill.: Church and Goodman, →OCLC, page 1540, column 2:

     In 1913, 1,788,824 vedra of vodka (a vedra^[sic] is 2.7 gallons) were consumed in Volhynia, at a cost of $7,500,000. This means on an average twenty bottles of high percentage alcohol raw potato spirit in the year for every person, including babies.

   • 1927, Ivan Shmelov, translated by C[harles] J[ames] Hogarth, “Conclusion”, in The Sun of the Dead, London; Toronto, Ont.: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Sons Ltd.; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co., →OCLC, page 295:

     We ourselves have not much to live upon. In fact a little water is all that I have swallowed since morning, though I have just disposed of three vedra of wine in the town.

• “vedro, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• “vedro”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Historical Russian units of measurement § Liquid measures on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Devor, Dover, Dovre, Voder, drove, roved, vored

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vedro.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛdro]

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vedro n

1. heat (condition or quality of being hot)

• horko
• parno

• “vedro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vedro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vedro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From Old Galician-Portuguese vedro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin veterus, from Latin vetus (“old”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdɾo/ [ˈbɛ.ð̞ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛdɾo
• Hyphenation: ve‧dro

vedro m (plural vedros)

1. old walls, hedges and partitions no longer in use
2. communal lands, usually bushland, eventually planted with wheat or rye

   Synonyms: cachada, estivada, roza, senra

   • 1410, “Estudios Mindonienses”, in J. García Oro, editor, Viveiro en los siglos XIV y XV. La Colección Diplomática de Santo Domingo de Viveiro, page 66:

     todos los bees e herdamentos e arbores e bouças e vedros e herança que ficou de Johan Franco

     every possession, inheritance and trees and uncultivated lands and vedros and heritages of Xoán Franco

3. (archaic) the old times
   • 1289, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 113:

     asy commo fuy acostumado de vedro

     as it was customary in the old times

vedro (feminine vedra, masculine plural vedros, feminine plural vedras)

1. (archaic) old
   • 1273, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1158:

     assi conmo e usado de vedro tenpo.

     as it is used since the old times.

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:

     pisa moy ben todo con exulla uedra de porco et faz ende hũa masa et coze todo con uyno, meyxeo ameude ataa que se coza ben

     pound it carefully with old pork lard and make a dough with it and boil everything in wine, stir it frequently till it is well cooked

   Synonym: vello

• vedraño
• Pontevedra

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vedro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vedro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vedro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vedro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ʋedr̩o/

• vjȅdro (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vědro.

vèdro n (Cyrillic spelling вѐдро)

1. bucket, pail

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vedro (Cyrillic spelling ведро)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of vedar

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vedro.

vȅdro (Cyrillic spelling ве̏дро)

1. sunnily, brightly
2. cheerfully, light-heartedly

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vědro.

• IPA^(key): /vedrɔ/, [ˈʋedrɔ]
• Rhymes: -edrɔ
• Hyphenation: ved‧ro

vedro n (diminutive vedierko or vedierce)

1. bucket

• “vedro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

From Proto-Slavic *vědro. First attested in the 16th century.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛ̀ːdrɔ/

védro n

1. bucket

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Slavic *vedro.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛ̀ːdrɔ/

védro (comparative vedrêjše, superlative nȁjvedrêjše)

1. clear, sunny, fair (of weather)
2. light-heartedly, cheerfully (of mood or temper)

• “vedro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “vedro”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references