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pude

Pronunciation: /puːdə/

“pude” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cushion
  2. pillow
  3. pad

Etymology

From Old Danish puthæ, from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”) (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated”)), from Proto-Germanic *bu- (“to swell”). See also Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), Swedish dial. puta (“to be puffed out”).

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