puddle
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or roadA small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
» He jumped across the puddle.
Er sprang über die Pfütze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Он перепрыгнул через лужу. — shanghainese
Він перестрибнув через калюжу. — deniko
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4 sensesA small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
Pfütze, Lache, Lacke
лу́жаlúža
калю́жаkaljúža
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
(dialectal)Stagnant or polluted water.
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
обма́зкаobmázka
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
Examples
56 sentencesHe jumped across the puddle.
Він перестрибнув через калюжу. — deniko
ruОн перепрыгнул через лужу. — shanghainese
deEr sprang über die Pfütze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom jumped across the mud puddle.
ruТом перепрыгнул через грязную лужу. — marafon
deTom sprang über die Schlammpfütze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom stepped in a puddle of water.
ruТом наступил в лужу. — marafon
Be careful not to step in the mud puddle.
ruОсторожно, не наступи в грязную лужу. — Selena777
After the rain, there were puddles on the road.
ruПосле дождя на дороге были лужи. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Low German Pudel (“puddle”), Middle High German podel (“quagmire, mudhole”), Hunsrik Puttel, dialectal German Pfudel (“puddle”), German pudeln (“to splash about”)), ultimately imitative.
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