English

Noun

hede ‎(plural hedes)

1. (obsolete) Rank; order; condition; quality.

Related terms

• hade
• -head, -hood
• hode

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heːðə/, [ˈheːðə]
• Rhymes: -ðə

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heiðr ‎(“heath, moor”).

Noun

hede c (singular definite heden, plural indefinite heder)

1. A heath.
2. A moor.

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hiti, hita.

Noun

hede c (singular definite heden, not used in plural form)

1. heat

Finnish

(index he)

Etymology

Variant of heide, from heitiä +‎ -e, the root loaned from a Baltic language. Compare hedelmä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhe̞de̞ˣ]
• Hyphenation: he‧de

Noun

hede

1. (botany) A stamen.

Declension

Derived terms

• nouns: hedelmä, hetiö

Compounds

• hedekukka
• hedelehti

See also

• emi
• palho
• ponsi
• siitepöly

Latin

Noun

hede

1. vocative singular of hedus

Middle English

Noun

hede

1. condition
   • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, ISBN 1163911380, page 63:

     Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

Sranan Tongo

Noun

hede

1. head