English

Etymology

From spadu, spada, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Frisian spada, Old Saxon spado, German Spaten. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spə-dh-, whence also Greek σπάθη (spáthē) ‘blade’, Hittite išpatar ‘spear’.

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-spade.ogg
• : Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd|-eɪd

Noun

1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
2. One of the black suits in a deck of cards, represented by a symbol similar to the garden tool, or ♠.
3. A black person.

Related terms

• in spades

Translations

• Afrikaans: graaf
• Albanian: {{t-|sq|lopatë|f|xs=Albanian}}, {{t+|sq|bel|m|xs=Albanian}}
• Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лопата|f|sc=Cyrl}}
• Chinese: 鏟, 铲 (chǎn)
• Czech: {{t-|cs|rýč|m}}
• Dutch: schop , #Dutch|spade , schup (Flemish)
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|bêche|f}}, {{t+|fr|pelle|f}}
• German:
• Greek: {{t+|el|φτυάρι|n|sc=Grek}}
• Interlingua: pala
• Italian: , {{t-|it|vanga|f}}

• Japanese: {{t+|ja|鋤|tr=suki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|踏鋤|tr=fumisuki|sc=Jpan}}
• Latin: {{t-|la|rutrum|n|alt=rūtrum}}
• Kurdish: {{t+|ku|merr|f}}, {{t+|ku|mer|f}}
• Maltese: mgħażqa
• Norwegian: {{t-|no|spade|m}}
• Portuguese: {{t-|pt|pá|f}}
• Romanian: lopată
• Russian: лопата (lopáta) , заступ (zástup)
• Scottish Gaelic: spaid
• Spanish: espada spada
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|spade|c}}

• Albanian: maç
• Arabic: (al-bastūni)
• Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пика|f|sc=Cyrl}}
• Chinese: (Hong Kong) 揆扇 (kuí shàn)
• Dutch: schoppen , schuppen (Flemish)
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|pique|f}}
• German: Pik :de:Pik|de
• Greek: {{t+|el|μπαστούνι|n|tr=bastouni|sc=Grek}}
• Icelandic: spaði
• Interlingua: spada
• Italian:

• Japanese: {{t-|ja|スペード|tr=supēdo|sc=Jpan}}
• Maltese: spadi
• Norwegian: {{t-|no|spar|m}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|espada|f}}
• Romanian: pică
• Russian: пика (píka)
• Spanish: {{t-|es|pica|f}}
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|spader|c}}
• Telugu: ఇస్పేటు (ispaeTu)

• Bulgarian: чернилка
• Interlingua: negro

• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|crioulo|m}}
• Romanian: cioroi

• : 鍬, 锹
• : 鍬, 锹 (qiāo)
• : 黑桃 (hēi táo)
• : picca
• : 삽 (sap)
• : pala

Category:1000 English basic words

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Italian

Noun

spade

1. Plural of spada.

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Norwegian

Noun

1. #English|spade (tool).

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Swedish

Noun

spade

1. #English|spade (tool).

Category:Gardening terms

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