palude

English

Etymology

From Middle English palude, from Anglo-Norman palude, palud, palu, from Old French palu, from Latin palūs, palūdem. Reinforced (and with pronunciation influenced) by French palude, palud and Italian palude.

Noun

palude (plural paludes)

1. (uncommon) A marsh or swamp.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:palude.

French

Noun

palude m (plural paludes)

1. alternative form of palud

Further reading

• “palude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Interlingua

Noun

palude (plural paludes)

1. marsh, morass, swamp

Italian

Alternative forms

• padule

Etymology

Inherited from Latin palūdem (“swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlu.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: pa‧lù‧de

• Audio:

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Noun

palude f (plural paludi)

1. marsh, fen, swamp, bog

Derived terms

• falco di palude
• giunco di palude

Further reading

• “palude”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• padule, pedula, plaude

Latin

Noun

palūde f

1. ablative singular of palūs (“swamp”)

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman palude, palud, palu, from Old French palu, from Latin palūs, palūdem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈluːd(ə)/

Noun

palude (plural paludes)

1. marsh

Descendants

• English: palude

References

• “palūde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin palūdem. Doublet of paul, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlu.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlu.dɨ/ [pɐˈlu.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlu.dɨ/ [pɐˈlu.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlu.dɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧lu‧de

Noun

palude m (plural paludes)

1. wetland, marsh, swamp

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Further reading

• “palude”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “palude”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “palude”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palūdem. Doublet of paúl, which was inherited via a metathesized form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlude/ [paˈlu.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ude
• Syllabification: pa‧lu‧de

Noun

palude f (plural paludes)

1. rare form of paúl

Further reading

• “palude”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025