Reed

//ɹiːd//

Synonyms for "reed" (174 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Strong matches (52)

Related words (87)

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11 relation types

More general

6 entries

More specific

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

at location

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coordinate

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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form of

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has context

7 entries

is a

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related to

41 entries

Showing 16 of 41 words.

Translations

200 translations across 83 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐕒𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕣 noun (grass-like plant)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θρύον noun (grass-like plant)
  • κάλαμος noun (grass-like plant)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بوصة noun (grass-like plant)
  • بُوصَة noun (grass-like plant)
  • قصب noun (grass-like plant)
  • قصبة noun (grass-like plant)

Armenian

2 entries
  • եղեգ noun (grass-like plant)
  • լեզվակ noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • arugoz noun (grass-like plant)
  • shuvar noun (grass-like plant)
  • trescã noun (grass-like plant)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ইকৰ noun (grass-like plant)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cañavera noun (grass-like plant)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qamış noun (grass-like plant)
  • qarğı noun (grass-like plant)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • екән noun (grass-like plant)
  • ҡамыш noun (grass-like plant)

Basque

1 entries
  • ihi noun (grass-like plant)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • трыснёг noun (grass-like plant)
  • трысцё noun (grass-like plant)
  • чаро́т noun (grass-like plant)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бърдо noun (weaving)
  • платък noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • тръстика noun (grass-like plant)
  • тръстика noun (hollow stem)

Cahuilla

1 entries
  • paxal noun (grass-like plant)

Catalan

3 entries
  • canya noun (grass-like plant)
  • canya noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • llengüeta noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Central Tarahumara

1 entries
  • baká noun (grass-like plant)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 筘 noun (weaving)
  • 簧片 noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • 蘆葦 /芦苇 noun (grass-like plant)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ācatl noun (grass-like plant)

Czech

3 entries
  • paprsek noun (weaving)
  • rákosí noun (grass-like plant)
  • sítí noun (grass-like plant)

Danish

2 entries
  • rør noun (grass-like plant)
  • siv noun (grass-like plant)

Dutch

3 entries
  • riet noun (grass-like plant)
  • riet noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • rietstengel noun (hollow stem)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • anĉo noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • kano noun (grass-like plant)

Faroese

1 entries
  • sev noun (grass-like plant)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kaisla noun (grass-like plant)
  • kaisla noun (material)
  • lehdykkä noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • lehdykkäsoitin noun (music: type of wind instrument)

French

4 entries
  • anche noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • canne noun (hollow stem)
  • instrument à anche noun (music: type of wind instrument)
  • jonc noun (hollow stem)

Galician

4 entries
  • cana noun (grass-like plant)
  • cana noun (hollow stem)
  • carrizo noun (grass-like plant)
  • palleta noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ლერწამი noun (grass-like plant)

German

4 entries
  • Blatt noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • Blättchen noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • Ried noun (grass-like plant)
  • Rohr noun (grass-like plant)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 noun (grass-like plant)

Greek

4 entries
  • γλωττίδα noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • καλάμι noun (grass-like plant)
  • καλάμι noun (hollow stem)
  • καλάμι noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קָנֶה noun (grass-like plant)

Huichol

1 entries
  • háca noun (grass-like plant)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nád noun (grass-like plant)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • blað noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • hræll noun (weaving)
  • reyr noun (grass-like plant)
  • sef noun (grass-like plant)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • alang noun (grass-like plant)
  • alang-alang noun (grass-like plant)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • glaisa noun (grass-like plant)

Irish

4 entries
  • biorrach noun (grass-like plant)
  • feag noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • geocán noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • giolcach noun (grass-like plant)

Italian

4 entries
  • ancia noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • canna noun (grass-like plant)
  • canna noun (hollow stem)
  • canniccio noun (grass-like plant)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 筬 noun (weaving)
  • 葦 noun (grass-like plant)
  • 蘆 noun (grass-like plant)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қамыс noun (grass-like plant)

Khmer

4 entries
  • កន្លើត noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • ធ្មេញឈើ noun (weaving)
  • ប៉ី noun (music: type of wind instrument)
  • ប្របុស noun (grass-like plant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 갈대 noun (grass-like plant)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • камыш noun (grass-like plant)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • nīdre noun (grass-like plant)

Latin

2 entries
  • harundō noun (grass-like plant)
  • iuncus noun (grass-like plant)

Latvian

1 entries
  • niedre noun (grass-like plant)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nendrė noun (grass-like plant)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Blietchen noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • трска noun (grass-like plant)

Malay

1 entries
  • lidah serunai noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Mayo

1 entries
  • baaca noun (grass-like plant)

Middle English

1 entries
  • red noun (grass-like plant)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хулс noun (grass-like plant)
  • ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠰᠤ noun (grass-like plant)

Māori

2 entries
  • tohe noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • tohetohe noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Navajo

1 entries
  • lókʼaaʼ noun (grass-like plant)

Northern Tepehuan

1 entries
  • vaapákai noun (grass-like plant)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • rør noun (grass-like plant)
  • rør noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • siv noun (grass-like plant)

Occitan

4 entries
  • cana noun (grass-like plant)
  • canavèra noun (grass-like plant)
  • canòta noun (grass-like plant)
  • rausa noun (grass-like plant)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • trstina noun (grass-like plant)

Old English

1 entries
  • hreod noun (grass-like plant)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • خامه noun (hollow stem)
  • صاز noun (grass-like plant)
  • قامش noun (grass-like plant)
  • قلم noun (hollow stem)

Persian

3 entries
  • غرو noun (grass-like plant)
  • نی noun (grass-like plant)
  • کلک noun (hollow stem)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schelp noun (grass-like plant)

Polish

4 entries
  • instrument drewniany noun (music: type of wind instrument)
  • stroik noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • trzcina noun (grass-like plant)
  • trzcina noun (hollow stem)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • cana noun (grass-like plant)
  • cana noun (hollow stem)
  • colmo noun (hollow stem)
  • junco noun (grass-like plant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • stuf noun (grass-like plant)
  • trestie noun (grass-like plant)

Russian

4 entries
  • камы́ш noun (grass-like plant)
  • тростни́к noun (grass-like plant)
  • тростни́к noun (hollow stem)
  • язычо́к noun (music: part of mouthpiece)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tȑska noun (grass-like plant)
  • тр̏ска noun (grass-like plant)

Slovak

3 entries
  • trstina noun (grass-like plant)
  • trsť noun (grass-like plant)
  • tŕstie noun (grass-like plant)

Slovene

1 entries
  • trsje noun (grass-like plant)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • камыш noun (grass-like plant)
  • јекен noun (grass-like plant)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carrizo noun (grass-like plant)
  • caña noun (grass-like plant)
  • caña noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • junco noun (grass-like plant)

Swedish

4 entries
  • rör noun (grass-like plant)
  • rör noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • säv noun (grass-like plant)
  • vass noun (grass-like plant)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tambo noun (grass-like plant)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • aɣanim noun (grass-like plant)

Tatar

2 entries
  • камыш noun (grass-like plant)
  • җикән noun (grass-like plant)

Tetelcingo-Nahuatl

1 entries
  • öcatl noun (grass-like plant)

Thai

1 entries
  • กก noun (grass-like plant)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kamış noun (music: part of mouthpiece)
  • saz noun (grass-like plant)

Uab Meto

1 entries
  • humusu noun (grass-like plant)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • коми́ш noun (grass-like plant)
  • очере́т noun (grass-like plant)
  • трости́на noun (grass-like plant)

Unami

1 entries
  • anakànàskw noun (grass-like plant)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sậy noun (grass-like plant)

Walloon

1 entries
  • rozea noun (grass-like plant)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Source: tatoeba (270255)

Man is a thinking reed.

Source: tatoeba (270283)

Heck, with oboe players there are those who, rather than search for a reed that suits them, find it faster to make their own.

Source: tatoeba (326892)

I do plainly and ingenuously confess that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defense. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.

Source: tatoeba (892740)

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