fod

From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom".

• IPA^(key): /fɒd/

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• Rhymes: -ɒd

fod (plural fods)

1. (slang, dialectal, Northern England) forehead, particularly a large one

• forehead
• brow

• D. O. F., D. o. F., D.O.F., D.o.F., DOF, DoF, ODF, d. o. f., d.o.f., dof

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, cognate with English foot, German Fuß, Dutch voet. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), which is also the source of Latin pēs, Ancient Greek πούς (poús).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoˀð], [ˈfoðˀ]

fod c (singular definite foden, plural indefinite fødder or (as a measure) fod)

1. (anatomy) foot
2. (figuratively) the base or lower part of something, e.g. a page or a mountain
4. (historical or referring to foreign cultures) foot, unit of measure, in Denmark 31.4 cm until 1907, equal to 12 tommer (inches)
5. (prosody or phonology, rare) foot, a rhythmical unit

fod

1. Alternative form of fot

• IPA^(key): [fod]

fod (nominative plural fods)

1. scythe

• IPA^(key): /voːd/

fod

1. Soft mutation of bod.