spoed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spoet, from Old Dutch *spuot, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi.

The "emergency department" sense is a clipping of spoedafdeling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sput/

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• Hyphenation: spoed
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

spoed m (uncountable)

1. speed

   Synonym: snelheid

2. hurry, haste

   Synonym: haast

3. (chiefly Belgium) emergency department of a hospital
4. thread pitch

Derived terms

• spoedbehandeling
• spoedcursus
• spoedeisend
• spoedgeval
• spoedoperatie
• spoedopname
• spoedstuk
• spoedzitting
• spoedig
• tegenspoed
• voorspoed

Descendants

• Afrikaans: spoed
• → Indonesian: seput, spoed

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch spoed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspʊt]

Noun

spoed

1. (medicine) emergency, in sense of hurry

   Synonym: cito