almude

English

Etymology

Portuguese almude or Spanish almud, a measure of grain or dry fruit, from an Arabic word for a dry measure.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ælˈmuːd(ə)/

Noun

almude (plural almudes)

An old liquid measure.

Usage notes

In Portugal the Lisbon almude was about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, US gallons. In Turkey the almud was about 1.4 gallons.

Translations

old liquid measure

Portuguese: almude (pt) m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for almude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

alumed, maudle, mauled

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmudi/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫˈmuðɨ/

Noun

almude m (plural almudes)

almude (old liquid measure)

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