Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
amphibian similar to a frog:
Русский
By meaning 2
amphibian similar to a frog:
very unpleasant man:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
amphibian similar to a frog:

Examples

38 sentences

  1. I can't distinguish a frog from a toad.

    Я не можу відрізнити жабу від ропухи. — deniko

    ruЯ не могу отличить лягушку от жабы. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch kann einen Frosch nicht von einer Kröte unterscheiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Is that a toad or a frog?

    ruЭто жаба или лягушка? — Balamax

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  3. Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians.

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. An amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

    Kröte

    жа́баžába

    ропу́хаropúxa, жа́баžába

  2. (derogatory)A contemptible or unpleasant person.

    па́костникpákostnik

  3. (derogatory)An ugly person.

More definitions
  • any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

Origin

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).

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Forms

plural: toads

Synonyms

6 synonyms
An amphibian, a kind of frog with shorter hindlegs and a…:padB2paddock
Close in meaning

Word family

30 related words
RelatedfrogA1amphibianfroshfroskpaddocktadpole
Derivedhoptoadpodeswelltoadtoadbacktoadeatingtoaderytoadesstoadfishtoadflaxtoadishtoadlesstoadlettoadliketoadlingtoadlytoadpoletoadroottoadshiptoadskintoadstickertoadstonetoadstooltoadwisetoady

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
toA1toadstooltoady

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