Meaning

5 senses

  1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

    Spaten

    штыкова́я лопа́таštykovája lopáta, лопа́таlopáta, за́ступzástup

    лопа́таlopáta, за́ступzástup

  2. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

  3. A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.

  4. A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.

    I've got only one spade in my hand.

    Pik

    пи́каpíka, пи́киpíki

    пі́каpíka, вино́vynó, пі́киpíky

    a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it

  5. (ethnic, offensive, slur)A black person.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Tom flipped over the card and saw that it was the ace of spades.

    Том перевернув карту і побачив, що це був виновий туз. — deniko

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  2. Tom asked Mary if he could borrow one of her spades.

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  3. I have the ace of spades.

    ruУ меня пиковый туз. — odexed

    deIch habe das Pikass. — raggione

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  4. Tom held up the queen of spades.

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  5. The Ace of Spades is missing from this deck of cards.

    deDas Kreuzas fehlt bei diesen Karten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging:
one of the black suits in a deck of cards:
Русский
By meaning 2
garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging:
one of the black suits in a deck of cards:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging:
one of the black suits in a deck of cards:

Origin

From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germ

From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spadô. Doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée.

Probably from Italian spade, plural of spada (“the ace of spades”, literally “sword, spade”), from earlier *spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπᾰ́θη (spắthē). Cognate with Etymology 1. So called for the shape, though what the shape was exactly meant to represent has been debated.

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Forms

plural: spades
Singularspade
Pluralspades

regular

Word family

26 related words
Derivedpeat spaderespadespaddlespadeablespadebonespadefishspade footspadefootspade forkspadefulspade-handedspadelessspadelikespade manspade mashiespade moneyspadesmanspadetailspade-toothed whalespadewisespadeworkspadeworkerspadishturf spade

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spacewalkspacingspaciousC1spaghettiA2spam

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