spoed

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Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sput/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: spoed
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: spoed
  • Indonesian: seput, spoed

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch spoed.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

spoed

  1. (medicine) emergency, in sense of hurry
    Synonym: cito