sudor

See also: sudôr

English

Etymology

From Latin, see below.

Noun

sudor (uncountable)

1. (physiology) Sweat; the salty fluid excreted by the sweat glands.

   Synonyms: perspiration, sweat

Derived terms

• sudoral
• sudor anglicus
• sudoresis
• sudoriferous
• sudorific

 

Anagrams

• Durso, dorus, Duros, sourd, surdo

Asturian

Alternative forms

• sudu

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sūdōrem due to retention of d.

Noun

sudor m (uncountable)

1. sweat (fluid that exits the body through pores)

Related terms

• sudar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), Sanskrit स्वेदते (svedate) and Old English swāt (English sweat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.dor/, [ˈs̠uːd̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.dor/, [ˈsuːd̪or]

Noun

sūdor m (genitive sūdōris); third declension

1. sweat
   • a. 420, Jerome, Epistulae; letter 14, 10

     Nemo athleta sine sudore coronatur

     No athlete is crowned without sweat

2. moisture

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sūdor	sūdōrēs
genitive	sūdōris	sūdōrum
dative	sūdōrī	sūdōribus
accusative	sūdōrem	sūdōrēs
ablative	sūdōre	sūdōribus
vocative	sūdor	sūdōrēs

Related terms

• sūdō
• sūdōrifer

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: asudoari, sudoari
  • Romanian: sudoare
• Dalmatian:
  • sudaur
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: sudore, sudori (Ultramontan)
  • Italian: sudore
  • Sicilian: sudura, suduri
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: sori, sudore, sudori, suore, suori
• North Italian: (forms with /d/ possibly Italianisms)
  • Friulian: sudôr
  • Istriot: sudur
  • Piedmontese: sudor
  • Romagnol: sudôr
  • Romansch: süur
  • Venetan: suor
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: suor
  • Old French: suor, sudor (archaic), suur (Anglo-Norman), sueur
    • French: sueur
  • Gascon: sudor
  • Occitan: susor, suor
• Ibero-Romance:
  • → Asturian: sudor
  • Galician: suor
  • Portuguese: suor
  • → Spanish: sudor

References

• “sudor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sudor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sudor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the matter involves much labour and fatigue: res est multi laboris et sudoris
    

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syˈdur/

Noun

sudor m

1. sweat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soudeur.

Noun

sudor m (plural sudori)

1. welder

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sudor	sudorul		sudori	sudorii
genitive-dative	sudor	sudorului		sudori	sudorilor
vocative	sudorule			sudorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sūdōrem due to retention of d.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈdoɾ/ [suˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: su‧dor

Noun

sudor m (plural sudores)

1. sweat

Derived terms

• sudor frío

 

Related terms

• sudar
• sudoroso

 

Further reading

• “sudor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28