almud

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of dry measure or volume, highly variable by region and substance but often equivalent to about 4.6 liters (one celemin). historical
    — An almud is a measure of volume rather than weight; an almud of wheat equals about 22 pounds and an almud of potatoes 20 pounds.
  2. A traditional unit of land area, nominally the amount of land that could be sown with one almud of seed. historical
  3. A low, wide box used as a physical measure for this unit. historical
  4. Alternative form of almude (“a Portuguese unit of measure”). alt-of,alternative,historical

词形变化

almuds plural almude alternative

词源

From Spanish almud and Portuguese almude, both from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/⁠maddattu, middattu⁠/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Doublet of almude. Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios), Latin modius, French muid, and Dutch mud.
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