onde

See also: ónde and ondé

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda (“zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadō, from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”).

Cognate with Scots aynd, eind, end (“breath”), German Ahnd, And (“pain, anguish”), Danish ånd, ånde (“breath, spirit”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Latin anima (“breath, spirit”). More at animal.

Alternative forms

• aand, aind, and, ande, aynd

Noun

onde (usually uncountable, plural ondes)

1. (obsolete) envy; hatred; malice

   Wrathe, yre, and onde — The Romaunt of the Rose.

   Synonyms: envy, hatred

2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) breath

   Synonym: breath

Derived terms

• in ande
• out of ande

 

Etymology 2

From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”).

Alternative forms

• ande, aind, eand

Verb

onde (third-person singular simple present ondes, present participle onding, simple past and past participle onded)

1. (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To breathe; breathe on.

Derived terms

• onding

Anagrams

• Deno, Deon, Done, Endo, NODE, done, endo, endo-, node, oden, oned

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin unde.

Adverb

onde

1. where

Synonyms

• (where): ú

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech onde, from Proto-Slavic *onъde. Its Czech cognates include pronouns onen, onam, onehdy, ondy, onak. Compare verb zaonačit and Serbo-Croatian онде (“over there”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈondɛ]
• Hyphenation: on‧de

Adverb

onde

1. (dated) elsewhere

   Synonym: jinde

Further reading

• “onde”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “onde”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• done, node

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔnə]
• Homophone: unde

Etymology 1

From ond +‎ -e.

Noun

onde n (singular definite ondet, plural indefinite onder)

1. evil
2. nuisance

Inflection

Declension of onde

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	onde	ondet	onder	onderne
genitive	ondes	ondets	onders	ondernes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

onde

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch onde, from Old Dutch *unthia, from Proto-West Germanic *unþi, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *unþī. Cognate to German Unde.

Noun

onde f (plural onden, diminutive ondje n)

1. (archaic, dialectal) wave

   Synonym: golf

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French unde, onde, from Latin unda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃d/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

onde f (plural ondes)

1. (technical) wave
2. (literary, dated) water, especially calm water

Derived terms

• longueur d’onde
• micro-onde
• onde de choc
• onde électromagnétique
• onde gravitationnelle
• onde stationnaire

 

Related terms

• onduler

See also

• vague

Further reading

• “onde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin unda.

Noun

onde f (plural ondis)

1. wave

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese onde, from Latin unde (“whence”). Cognate with Portuguese onde and Asturian onde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonde̝/

Adverb

onde

1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
2. (interrogative) where (to what place)

   Synonym: a onde

Conjunction

onde

1. where (at or in which place or situation)

Pronoun

onde

1. where (the place in which)

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.de/
• Rhymes: -onde
• Hyphenation: ón‧de

Etymology 1

From Latin unde.

Adverb

onde

1. (archaic) whence; from where or which

Conjunction

onde

1. (archaic) whence; from where or which

   Synonym: donde

2. (literary) so that, in order to

   Synonyms: acciò, (obsolete) acciocché, affinché, talché

3. (archaic) with which; that... with

   Synonym: con cui

   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–2; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono ¶ di quei sospiri ond’io nudriva ’l core […]

     Ye who in scattered rhymes hear the sound of those sighs that I fed my heart with […]

Related terms

• donde
• ondeché

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

onde f

1. plural of onda

Anagrams

• -endo, endo-

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

onde

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

Etymology 2

Probably from the adjective ond

Noun

onde n (definite singular ondet, indefinite plural onder, definite plural onda or ondene)

1. (an) evil
2. (medical) a disease, malady, complaint, condition

Derived terms

• hjerteonde

See also

• vonde (Nynorsk)

References

• “onde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “onde” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• doen, done, node, oden, endo-

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese onde, from Latin unde (“whence”). Compare Spanish donde.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.dɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.di/
• (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /õd͡ʒ/

• Audio:

  (file)

  (Brazil)

Adverb

onde (not comparable)

2. (interrogative) where (at what place)

   Synonym: (colloquial) aonde

   Onde estão as chaves? ― Where are the keys?

4. (interrogative) where (to what place); whither

   Synonym: aonde

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:onde.

Conjunction

onde

2. where (at or in which place or situation)

   Synonym: aonde

   Procuro uma cidade onde possa viver tranquilamente. ― I look for a city where I can live tranquilly.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:onde.

Derived terms

• de onde em onde
• donde
• onde quer que

 

Descendants

• Macanese: úndi

Pronoun

onde

2. where (the place in which)

   Onde ele nasceu é frio. ― Where he was born is cold.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:onde.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• óndje (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒːnde/
• Hyphenation: o‧nde

Adverb

ónde (Cyrillic spelling о́нде)

1. over there

Shona

Noun

ondé class 5 (plural maondé class 6)

1. fig

   Synonym: guyu

Related terms

• muonde

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin unde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonde/ [ˈõn̪.d̪e]
• Rhymes: -onde
• Syllabification: on‧de

Adverb

onde

1. Obsolete form of donde.

Usage notes

• Still in use in some places of Spain.

Further reading

• “onde”, 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

onde

1. definite natural masculine singular of ond

Anagrams

• Oden