made

See also: Made, ma·de, and måde

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɪd/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophone: maid
• Hyphenation: made

Etymology 1

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

Alternative forms

• mad
• mathe (Scotland)

Noun

made (plural mades)

1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) A grub or maggot.

Related terms

• maddock
• maggot
• mauk
• mawk

 

Etymology 2

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

Verb

made

1. simple past and past participle of make
2. (Geordie) simple past and past participle of myek
3. (Wearside) simple past and past participle of mak

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:made.

Derived terms

• a camel is a horse made by a committee
• a camel is a horse made by committee
• a promise made is a promise kept
• a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
• bitch-made
• custom made
• custom-made
• full-made
• hand-made
• hand made
• have it made
• home-made
• how the sausage gets made
• human-made
• judge-made
• judge-made law
• lie in the bed one has made
• machine-made
• made dish
• made for each other
• made for one another
• made-for-television
• made-for-TV
• made hand
• made in China
• made in Japan
• made in the shade
• made man
• made of fail
• made of money
• made of sterner stuff
• made of stone
• made of sugar
• made-to-measure
• made-to-order
• made-to-order story
• made up
• made-up
• made-upness
• made-wine
• made you look
• man-made
• man-made fiber
• match made in heaven
• match made in hell
• new-made
• person-made
• purpose-made
• ready-made
• revolutions are not made with rosewater
• rules are made to be broken
• scratch made
• scratch-made
• self-made
• self-made wealth
• show what one is made of
• tailor-made
• the real treasure is the friends we made along the way
• well-made
• well-made play
• what one is made of
• who died and made you boss
• who died and made you king
• who died and made you president
• woman-made

 

References

• made on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ADEM, ADME, Adem, Dame, Edam, MEDA, Mead, dame, mead

Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːdə

Verb

made (imperative [please provide], infinitive at made, present tense mader, past tense madede, perfect tense har madet)

1. feed [i.e. to feed someone directly by hand or similar]

Derived terms

• madding
• madning

 

References

• “made” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːdə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ma‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə
• Homophone: Made

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Cognate with Old English maþa, Old Saxon matho, Old High German mado (German Made), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (maþa).

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)

1. maggot; a fly larva that eats decomposing flesh.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch made, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *maþwō, *mēþwō.

Noun

made f (plural maden, diminutive maadje n)

1. (archaic) agricultural meadow used for hay, hayland

Hypernyms

• hooiland

Anagrams

• adem, dame

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *madëh. Possibly equivalent to mataa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdeˣ/, [ˈmɑ̝de̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑde
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧de

Noun

made

1. burbot (Lota lota)

Declension

Inflection of made (Kotus type 48*F/hame, t-d gradation)
nominative		made	mateet
genitive		mateen	mateiden mateitten
partitive		madetta	mateita
illative		mateeseen	mateisiin mateihin
		singular	plural
nominative		made	mateet
accusative	nom.	made	mateet
	gen.	mateen
genitive		mateen	mateiden mateitten
partitive		madetta	mateita
inessive		mateessa	mateissa
elative		mateesta	mateista
illative		mateeseen	mateisiin mateihin
adessive		mateella	mateilla
ablative		mateelta	mateilta
allative		mateelle	mateille
essive		mateena	mateina
translative		mateeksi	mateiksi
abessive		mateetta	mateitta
instructive		—	matein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of made (Kotus type 48*F/hame, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mateeni mateeni accusative nom. mateeni mateeni gen. mateeni genitive mateeni mateideni mateitteni partitive madettani mateitani inessive mateessani mateissani elative mateestani mateistani illative mateeseeni mateisiini mateihini adessive mateellani mateillani ablative mateeltani mateiltani allative mateelleni mateilleni essive mateenani mateinani translative mateekseni mateikseni abessive mateettani mateittani instructive — — comitative — mateineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mateesi mateesi accusative nom. mateesi mateesi gen. mateesi genitive mateesi mateidesi mateittesi partitive madettasi mateitasi inessive mateessasi mateissasi elative mateestasi mateistasi illative mateeseesi mateisiisi mateihisi adessive mateellasi mateillasi ablative mateeltasi mateiltasi allative mateellesi mateillesi essive mateenasi mateinasi translative mateeksesi mateiksesi abessive mateettasi mateittasi instructive — — comitative — mateinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mateemme mateemme accusative nom. mateemme mateemme gen. mateemme genitive mateemme mateidemme mateittemme partitive madettamme mateitamme inessive mateessamme mateissamme elative mateestamme mateistamme illative mateeseemme mateisiimme mateihimme adessive mateellamme mateillamme ablative mateeltamme mateiltamme allative mateellemme mateillemme essive mateenamme mateinamme translative mateeksemme mateiksemme abessive mateettamme mateittamme instructive — — comitative — mateinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mateenne mateenne accusative nom. mateenne mateenne gen. mateenne genitive mateenne mateidenne mateittenne partitive madettanne mateitanne inessive mateessanne mateissanne elative mateestanne mateistanne illative mateeseenne mateisiinne mateihinne adessive mateellanne mateillanne ablative mateeltanne mateiltanne allative mateellenne mateillenne essive mateenanne mateinanne translative mateeksenne mateiksenne abessive mateettanne mateittanne instructive — — comitative — mateinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mateensa mateensa accusative nom. mateensa mateensa gen. mateensa genitive mateensa mateidensa mateittensa partitive madettaan madettansa mateitaan mateitansa inessive mateessaan mateessansa mateissaan mateissansa elative mateestaan mateestansa mateistaan mateistansa illative mateeseensa mateisiinsa mateihinsa adessive mateellaan mateellansa mateillaan mateillansa ablative mateeltaan mateeltansa mateiltaan mateiltansa allative mateelleen mateellensa mateilleen mateillensa essive mateenaan mateenansa mateinaan mateinansa translative mateekseen mateeksensa mateikseen mateiksensa abessive mateettaan mateettansa mateittaan mateittansa instructive — — comitative — mateineen mateinensa

Synonyms

• matikka

Derived terms

• matikka

 

compounds

• Maalahti
• madekeitto
• mademuhennos
• Madetoja
• mateenmäti

 

Further reading

• “made”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• edam

Japanese

Romanization

made

1. Rōmaji transcription of まで

Latin

Verb

madē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of madeō

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *matho, from Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Noun

māde f

1. worm, maggot

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: made

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “made (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *māda, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō.

Noun

mâde f

1. meadow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: made

Further reading

• “made, meet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “made (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

made

1. Alternative form of madde

Etymology 2

Verb

made

1. Alternative form of madden

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Noun

made ?

1. material

   Synonyms: mak, make

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀤𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• मदे (Devanagari script)
• মদে (Bengali script)
• මදෙ (Sinhalese script)
• မဒေ or မၻေ (Burmese script)
• มเท or มะเท (Thai script)
• ᨾᨴᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ມເທ or ມະເທ (Lao script)
• មទេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄘𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

made

1. inflection of mada (“intoxication”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Scots

Verb

made

1. simple past tense and past participle of mak