almud

词形变化

almuds 复数 almuds

别名

almude

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin).

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  2. 2.

    A traditional unit of land area, nominally the amount of land that could be sown with one almud of seed.

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  3. 3.

    A low, wide box used as a physical measure for this unit.

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  4. 4.

    Alternative form of almude (“a Portuguese unit of measure”).

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词源

From Spanish almud and Portuguese almude, both from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/maddattu, middattu/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Doublet of almude. Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios), Latin modius, French muid, and Dutch mud.

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