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pad

Pronunciation: /pɑt/

“pad” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. path (narrow road, usually unpaved)
  2. toad (an amphibian of the order Anura similar to a frog with shorter legs and more ragged skin)
  3. the slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pat, from Old Dutch path, from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). Cognate with English path, West Frisian paad and German Pfad.

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