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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English fōdor

[ Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɒdə(r)

[ Noun

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fodder (uncountable)

1. Food for animals.
2. A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt (993 to 1222 kg).; a fother.

   Quotations

   • 1866, Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to thee fodder, or fother, of modern times. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.

3. (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.

[ Derived terms

• cannon fodder

[ Translations

food for animals

Bulgarian: фураж Chinese: 飼料, 饲料 Czech: krmivo n. Danish: føde Dutch: veevoeder n., veevoer, kanonnenvoer (cannon fodder) Finnish: rehu French: fourrage m. German: Futter n. Greek: χορτονομή f.

Italian: foraggio m. Japanese: 飼葉 Kannada: Pranigala Ahara Korean: 꼴 (kkor, -l) (grass), 먹이 (meogI), 사료 (飼料, saryo) Latin: cibo Russian: корм m. (korm) Serbian: krma, krmivo, splačina, pomija Spanish: forraje m. Swedish: foder n.