onda

See also: ónda and ondà

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: on‧da

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave

References

• “onda”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/, [ˈõn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: on‧da

Noun

onda f (plural ondes)

1. wave

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

onda

1. locative of o
2. (conjunctive) then, in that case.

   -Mən sabah sizə gələ bilməyəcəyəm. - Onda biz sənin yanına gələrik!

   - I will not be able to come to you tomorrow. - Then we will come to you!

Esperanto

Etymology

From ondo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: on‧da
• Rhymes: -onda

Adjective

onda (accusative singular ondan, plural ondaj, accusative plural ondajn)

1. wavy, waved
2. of, from or pertaining to waves or wave phenomena

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese onda, from Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: on‧da

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin unda.

Noun

onda f (plural ondes) (ORB, broad)

1. wave

Derived terms

• ondeyér

References

• onda in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese onda, from Latin unda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈondɐ]

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave (in a liquid)
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 337:

     tan brauas eram as ondas do mar que, aos que o asy vyã feruer, que os corações lles tremeam ẽnos ventres

     so wild were the sea waves that, to the ones who see it boiling like that, their hearts trembled inside their chests

2. (physics) wave

Derived terms

• lonxitude de onda

Etymology 2

From onde (“where”) + a (“ad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈondɐ]

Preposition

onda

1. by, next to, beside

   Synonym: a carón de

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “onda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “onda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “onda”, 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), “onda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “onda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin unda, from nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.da/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: ón‧da

• Audio:

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Noun

onda f (plural onde)

1. wave

Derived terms

• onda d'urto
• in onda

Related terms

• ondoso

Anagrams

• -ando, Donà, andò, dona

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ondene

Noun

onda n

1. definite plural of onde

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.dɑ/

Noun

onda m

1. Alternative form of anda

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	onda	ondan
accusative	ondan	ondan
genitive	ondan	ondena
dative	ondan	ondum

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.da/

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave
   • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

     Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.

     Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

Descendants

• Fala: onda
• Galician: onda
• Portuguese: onda

Portuguese

onda

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese onda, from Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈõ.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: on‧da

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave (moving disturbance in a liquid)
2. (physics) wave (moving disturbance in the energy level of a field)
3. undulation (a wavy appearance or outline)

   Synonym: ondulação

4. (figurative) wave (sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced)
5. (figurative, slang) fashion; a temporary trend or manner

Meronyms

• (moving disturbance in a liquid): crista, tubo

Derived terms

• ir na onda
• onda caminhante
• onda cavada
• onda cerebral
• onda cheia
• onda curta
• onda de arrebentação
• onda de pressão
• onda estacionária
• onda gravitacional
• onda hertziana
• onda-maré
• onda quadrada
• onda sísmica
• onda sonora
• onda ultracurta
• pegar onda
• tirar onda

Related terms

• ondeado
• ondear
• ondina
• ondulação
• onduladamente
• ondulado
• ondulador
• ondulância
• ondulante
• ondular
• ondulatório
• ondulosamente
• onduloso
• quebrar

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin amita.

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) aunt

Alternative forms

• anda (Vallader)

Synonyms

• (Puter, Vallader) tanta

Coordinate terms

• (with regard to gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aug
  • (Sutsilvan) oc, ô
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) barba

Etymology 2

From Latin unda.

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. (Surmiran) wave

Alternative forms

• unda (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• uonda (Puter, Vallader)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• onad, onadaj, onadar, ondar, ondak (dialectal, regional)

Etymology

From the earlier form *onъgda by analogy with *tъgda (compare tàdā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôndaː/
• Hyphenation: on‧da

Adverb

ȍndā (Cyrillic spelling о̏нда̄)

1. then (at that time)

   Što ćemo onda? ― What will we do then?

   čak i onda ― (and) even then

2. when (in stated circumstances)

   onda kada nas više ne bude ― when we are no longer here

3. then, afterwards

   Sjeo sam i onda napisao pismo ― I sat down and then wrote a letter

Conjunction

ȍndā (Cyrillic spelling о̏нда̄)

1. then

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin unda, from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *wed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/ [ˈõn̪.d̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: on‧da
• Homophone: honda

Noun

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave (on the surface of a liquid)

   Synonym: ola

2. any other wave (including technological use)
3. (Chile) style, fashion
4. vibe or mood

   Synonym: vibra

Derived terms

• buena onda
• cortar las ondas
• de onda
• estar en la onda
• estar fuera de onda
• frente de onda
• fuera de onda
• función de onda
• guía de ondas
• írsele la onda
• longitud de onda
• mala onda
• microonda
• onda acústica
• onda alfa
• onda corta
• onda de calor
• onda de choque
• onda de radio
• onda electromagnética
• onda gravitacional
• onda senoidal
• onda sonora
• onda verde
• ondear
• ondoso
• ondulación
• ondulado
• ondular
• ponerse en onda
• qué ondas
• superficie de onda
• tren de ondas
• undoso

 

Further reading

• “onda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Adjective

onda

1. inflection of ond:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• anod, dona

Turkish

Pronoun

onda

1. locative of o

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jónda.

Verb

-ônda

1. (intransitive) to become thin, emaciated
2. (intransitive) to become embarrassed, depressed

Inflection

Tone HH
Infinitive	ukonda
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukonda	ukungondi
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	yonda	-onde
Plural	yondani	-ondeni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyonda, ngonda	engondayo, engonda	ngonda	angondi	engingondi	ngingondi
2nd singular	uyonda, wonda	owondayo, owonda	wonda	awondi	ongondi	ungondi
1st plural	siyonda, sonda	esondayo, esonda	sonda	asondi	esingondi	singondi
2nd plural	niyonda, nonda	enondayo, enonda	nonda	anondi	eningondi	ningondi
Class 1	uyonda, wonda	owondayo, owonda	onda	akondi	ongondi	engondi
Class 2	bayonda, bonda	abondayo, abonda	bonda	abondi	abangondi	bengondi
Class 3	uyonda, wonda	owondayo, owonda	wonda	awondi	ongondi	ungondi
Class 4	iyonda, yonda	eyondayo, eyonda	yonda	ayondi	engondi	ingondi
Class 5	liyonda, londa	elondayo, elonda	londa	alondi	elingondi	lingondi
Class 6	ayonda, onda	ondayo, onda	onda	awondi	angondi	engondi
Class 7	siyonda, sonda	esondayo, esonda	sonda	asondi	esingondi	singondi
Class 8	ziyonda, zonda	ezondayo, ezonda	zonda	azondi	ezingondi	zingondi
Class 9	iyonda, yonda	eyondayo, eyonda	yonda	ayondi	engondi	ingondi
Class 10	ziyonda, zonda	ezondayo, ezonda	zonda	azondi	ezingondi	zingondi
Class 11	luyonda, londa	olondayo, olonda	londa	alondi	olungondi	lungondi
Class 14	buyonda, bonda	obondayo, obonda	bonda	abondi	obungondi	bungondi
Class 15	kuyonda, konda	okondayo, okonda	konda	akondi	okungondi	kungondi
Class 17	kuyonda, konda	okondayo, okonda	konda	akondi	okungondi	kungondi
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngondile, ngondē	engondile, engondē	ngondile, ngondē	angondanga	engingondanga	ngingondanga
2nd singular	wondile, wondē	owondile, owondē	wondile, wondē	awondanga	ongondanga	ungondanga
1st plural	sondile, sondē	esondile, esondē	sondile, sondē	asondanga	esingondanga	singondanga
2nd plural	nondile, nondē	enondile, enondē	nondile, nondē	anondanga	eningondanga	ningondanga
Class 1	wondile, wondē	owondile, owondē	ondile, ondē	akondanga	ongondanga	engondanga
Class 2	bondile, bondē	abondile, abondē	bondile, bondē	abondanga	abangondanga	bengondanga
Class 3	wondile, wondē	owondile, owondē	wondile, wondē	awondanga	ongondanga	ungondanga
Class 4	yondile, yondē	eyondile, eyondē	yondile, yondē	ayondanga	engondanga	ingondanga
Class 5	londile, londē	elondile, elondē	londile, londē	alondanga	elingondanga	lingondanga
Class 6	ondile, ondē	ondile, ondē	ondile, ondē	awondanga	angondanga	engondanga
Class 7	sondile, sondē	esondile, esondē	sondile, sondē	asondanga	esingondanga	singondanga
Class 8	zondile, zondē	ezondile, ezondē	zondile, zondē	azondanga	ezingondanga	zingondanga
Class 9	yondile, yondē	eyondile, eyondē	yondile, yondē	ayondanga	engondanga	ingondanga
Class 10	zondile, zondē	ezondile, ezondē	zondile, zondē	azondanga	ezingondanga	zingondanga
Class 11	londile, londē	olondile, olondē	londile, londē	alondanga	olungondanga	lungondanga
Class 14	bondile, bondē	obondile, obondē	bondile, bondē	abondanga	obungondanga	bungondanga
Class 15	kondile, kondē	okondile, okondē	kondile, kondē	akondanga	okungondanga	kungondanga
Class 17	kondile, kondē	okondile, okondē	kondile, kondē	akondanga	okungondanga	kungondanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngōnda	engōnda	ngōnda	angondanga	engingondanga	ngingondanga
2nd singular	wōnda	owōnda	wōnda	awondanga	ongondanga	ungondanga
1st plural	sōnda	esōnda	sōnda	asondanga	esingondanga	singondanga
2nd plural	nōnda	enōnda	nōnda	anondanga	eningondanga	ningondanga
Class 1	wōnda	owōnda	ōnda	akondanga	ongondanga	engondanga
Class 2	bōnda	abōnda	bōnda	abondanga	abangondanga	bengondanga
Class 3	wōnda	owōnda	wōnda	awondanga	ongondanga	ungondanga
Class 4	yōnda	eyōnda	yōnda	ayondanga	engondanga	ingondanga
Class 5	lōnda	elōnda	lōnda	alondanga	elingondanga	lingondanga
Class 6	ōnda	ōnda	ōnda	awondanga	angondanga	engondanga
Class 7	sōnda	esōnda	sōnda	asondanga	esingondanga	singondanga
Class 8	zōnda	ezōnda	zōnda	azondanga	ezingondanga	zingondanga
Class 9	yōnda	eyōnda	yōnda	ayondanga	engondanga	ingondanga
Class 10	zōnda	ezōnda	zōnda	azondanga	ezingondanga	zingondanga
Class 11	lōnda	olōnda	lōnda	alondanga	olungondanga	lungondanga
Class 14	bōnda	obōnda	bōnda	abondanga	obungondanga	bungondanga
Class 15	kōnda	okōnda	kōnda	akondanga	okungondanga	kungondanga
Class 17	kōnda	okōnda	kōnda	akondanga	okungondanga	kungondanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingonda	—	ngingonda	ngingonde	—	ngingonde
2nd singular	ungonda	—	ungonda	ungonde	—	ungonde
1st plural	singonda	—	singonda	singonde	—	singonde
2nd plural	ningonda	—	ningonda	ningonde	—	ningonde
Class 1	angonda	—	engonda	angonde	—	engonde
Class 2	bangonda	—	bengonda	bangonde	—	bengonde
Class 3	ungonda	—	ungonda	ungonde	—	ungonde
Class 4	ingonda	—	ingonda	ingonde	—	ingonde
Class 5	lingonda	—	lingonda	lingonde	—	lingonde
Class 6	angonda	—	engonda	angonde	—	engonde
Class 7	singonda	—	singonda	singonde	—	singonde
Class 8	zingonda	—	zingonda	zingonde	—	zingonde
Class 9	ingonda	—	ingonda	ingonde	—	ingonde
Class 10	zingonda	—	zingonda	zingonde	—	zingonde
Class 11	lungonda	—	lungonda	lungonde	—	lungonde
Class 14	bungonda	—	bungonda	bungonde	—	bungonde
Class 15	kungonda	—	kungonda	kungonde	—	kungonde
Class 17	kungonda	—	kungonda	kungonde	—	kungonde
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizokonda	engizokonda	ngizokonda	angizukonda	engingezukonda	ngingezukonda
2nd singular	uzokonda	ozokonda	uzokonda	awuzukonda	ongezukonda	ungezukonda
1st plural	sizokonda	esizokonda	sizokonda	asizukonda	esingezukonda	singezukonda
2nd plural	nizokonda	enizokonda	nizokonda	anizukonda	eningezukonda	ningezukonda
Class 1	uzokonda	ozokonda	ezokonda	akazukonda	ongezukonda	engezukonda
Class 2	bazokonda	abazokonda	bezokonda	abazukonda	abangezukonda	bengezukonda
Class 3	uzokonda	ozokonda	uzokonda	awuzukonda	ongezukonda	ungezukonda
Class 4	izokonda	ezokonda	izokonda	ayizukonda	engezukonda	ingezukonda
Class 5	lizokonda	elizokonda	lizokonda	alizukonda	elingezukonda	lingezukonda
Class 6	azokonda	azokonda	ezokonda	awazukonda	angezukonda	engezukonda
Class 7	sizokonda	esizokonda	sizokonda	asizukonda	esingezukonda	singezukonda
Class 8	zizokonda	ezizokonda	zizokonda	azizukonda	ezingezukonda	zingezukonda
Class 9	izokonda	ezokonda	izokonda	ayizukonda	engezukonda	ingezukonda
Class 10	zizokonda	ezizokonda	zizokonda	azizukonda	ezingezukonda	zingezukonda
Class 11	luzokonda	oluzokonda	luzokonda	aluzukonda	olungezukonda	lungezukonda
Class 14	buzokonda	obuzokonda	buzokonda	abuzukonda	obungezukonda	bungezukonda
Class 15	kuzokonda	okuzokonda	kuzokonda	akuzukonda	okungezukonda	kungezukonda
Class 17	kuzokonda	okuzokonda	kuzokonda	akuzukonda	okungezukonda	kungezukonda
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyokonda	engiyokonda	ngiyokonda	angiyukonda	engingeyukonda	ngingeyukonda
2nd singular	uyokonda	oyokonda	uyokonda	awuyukonda	ongeyukonda	ungeyukonda
1st plural	siyokonda	esiyokonda	siyokonda	asiyukonda	esingeyukonda	singeyukonda
2nd plural	niyokonda	eniyokonda	niyokonda	aniyukonda	eningeyukonda	ningeyukonda
Class 1	uyokonda	oyokonda	eyokonda	akayukonda	ongeyukonda	engeyukonda
Class 2	bayokonda	abayokonda	beyokonda	abayukonda	abangeyukonda	bengeyukonda
Class 3	uyokonda	oyokonda	uyokonda	awuyukonda	ongeyukonda	ungeyukonda
Class 4	iyokonda	eyokonda	iyokonda	ayiyukonda	engeyukonda	ingeyukonda
Class 5	liyokonda	eliyokonda	liyokonda	aliyukonda	elingeyukonda	lingeyukonda
Class 6	ayokonda	ayokonda	eyokonda	awayukonda	angeyukonda	engeyukonda
Class 7	siyokonda	esiyokonda	siyokonda	asiyukonda	esingeyukonda	singeyukonda
Class 8	ziyokonda	eziyokonda	ziyokonda	aziyukonda	ezingeyukonda	zingeyukonda
Class 9	iyokonda	eyokonda	iyokonda	ayiyukonda	engeyukonda	ingeyukonda
Class 10	ziyokonda	eziyokonda	ziyokonda	aziyukonda	ezingeyukonda	zingeyukonda
Class 11	luyokonda	oluyokonda	luyokonda	aluyukonda	olungeyukonda	lungeyukonda
Class 14	buyokonda	obuyokonda	buyokonda	abuyukonda	obungeyukonda	bungeyukonda
Class 15	kuyokonda	okuyokonda	kuyokonda	akuyukonda	okungeyukonda	kungeyukonda
Class 17	kuyokonda	okuyokonda	kuyokonda	akuyukonda	okungeyukonda	kungeyukonda
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngonde	ngingondi
2nd singular	wonde	ungondi
1st plural	sonde	singondi
2nd plural	nonde	ningondi
Class 1	onde	angondi
Class 2	bonde	bangondi
Class 3	wonde	ungondi
Class 4	yonde	ingondi
Class 5	londe	lingondi
Class 6	onde	angondi
Class 7	sonde	singondi
Class 8	zonde	zingondi
Class 9	yonde	ingondi
Class 10	zonde	zingondi
Class 11	londe	lungondi
Class 14	bonde	bungondi
Class 15	konde	kungondi
Class 17	konde	kungondi
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngonda	ngangonda, angonda, angangonda
2nd singular	wonda	wangonda, awonda, awangonda
1st plural	sonda	sangonda, asonda, asangonda
2nd plural	nonda	nangonda, anonda, anangonda
Class 1	wonda	wangonda, akonda, akangonda
Class 2	bonda	bangonda, abonda, abangonda
Class 3	wonda	wangonda, awonda, awangonda
Class 4	yonda	yangonda, ayonda, ayangonda
Class 5	londa	langonda, alonda, alangonda
Class 6	onda	angonda, awonda, awangonda
Class 7	sonda	sangonda, asonda, asangonda
Class 8	zonda	zangonda, azonda, azangonda
Class 9	yonda	yangonda, ayonda, ayangonda
Class 10	zonda	zangonda, azonda, azangonda
Class 11	londa	lwangonda, alonda, alwangonda
Class 14	bonda	bangonda, abonda, abangonda
Class 15	konda	kwangonda, akonda, akwangonda
Class 17	konda	kwangonda, akonda, akwangonda

Derived terms

• -ondela (applicative)
• -ondisa (causative)
• -ondile (stative)

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “onda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “onda (6.3)”