Spade

//speɪ̯d//

Synonyms for "spade" (141 found)

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25 entries

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1 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

4 entries

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1 entries

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23 entries

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similar

1 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

250 translations across 110 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • graaf noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Albanian

3 entries
  • kaci noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • lopatë noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • maç verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • σκαπάνη noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • σκαφεῖον noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ἄμη noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Arabic

4 entries
  • مِجْرَف noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • مِجْرَفَة noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • مِسْحَاة noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • الْبَسْتُونِيّ verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բահ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ագռավ verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • ղառ verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কোদাল noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Asturian

1 entries
  • pala noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kürək noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • көрәк noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • лапа́та noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • рыдлёўка noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • пі́ка verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • пі́кі verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কোদাল noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Budukh

1 entries
  • бар noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бел noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • пра́ва лопа́та noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • пи́ка verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • черни́лка verb (black person)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဂေါ် noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ဖူး verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • аршув noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pala noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pica verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Chechen

2 entries
  • баьхьа noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • бел noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᎪᏕᏍᏗ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 葵扇 verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 鍤 /锸 noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • 鍬 /锹 noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • 鏟 /铲 noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • 鏟子 /铲子 noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • кӗреҫе noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • kürek noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • lesker noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Czech

3 entries
  • rýč noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pik verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • piky verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Danish

3 entries
  • spade noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • neger verb (black person)
  • spar verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Dolgan

1 entries
  • күрдьэк noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Dutch

4 entries
  • schep noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • schop noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • schup noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spade noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ŝpato noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Estonian

3 entries
  • labidas noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pada verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • poti verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Faroese

4 entries
  • spaki noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spaði noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spaðar verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • spaðari verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Finnish

3 entries
  • lapio noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • laku verb (black person)
  • pata verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

French

3 entries
  • bêche noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pelle noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pique verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Galician

2 entries
  • pa noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pica verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბარი noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ყვავი verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

German

2 entries
  • Spaten noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • Pik verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Greek

2 entries
  • φτυάρι noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • μπαστούνι verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻōʻō noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אֵת noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • עָלֶה verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Hindi

3 entries
  • फ़ावड़ा noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • फावड़ा noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • हुक्म verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ásó noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • feka verb (black person)
  • negró verb (black person)
  • pikk verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • skófla noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • blámaður verb (black person)
  • negri verb (black person)
  • niggari verb (black person)

Ido

1 entries
  • spado noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • sekop noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • sodok noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • sekop verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Interlingua

3 entries
  • pala noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • negro verb (black person)
  • spada verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Irish

2 entries
  • spád noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spéireata verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Italian

4 entries
  • badile noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • vanga noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • negro verb (black person)
  • picche verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Japanese

3 entries
  • スペード noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • 鋤 noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • スペード verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • кюрек noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • күрек noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • қарға verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Khakas

1 entries
  • кӱрӌек noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ចប noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ត្រសេះ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ប៉ែល noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ប៊ិក verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Korean

2 entries
  • 가래 noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • 스페이드 verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • кюрек noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • күрөк noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • карга verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Lao

4 entries
  • ກະຈອມປ້ອງ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ຊ້ວນ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ສຽມ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ຫລົ້ວ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Latin

2 entries
  • pāla noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • rutrum noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Latvian

2 entries
  • lāpsta noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pīķi verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • ппер noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • sjöp noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spaad noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • kastuvas noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pikai verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Luxembourgish

3 entries
  • Schëpp noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • Spuet noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • Schëppen verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ашов noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • лист verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • пик verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Malagasy

3 entries
  • angady noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • fangady noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • fitetika noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Malay

1 entries
  • sodok noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Maltese

2 entries
  • mgħażqa noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spadi verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Mazanderani

1 entries
  • گرواز noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • хүрз noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ᠬᠦᠷᠵᠡ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • гил verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Māori

1 entries
  • kāheru noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Navajo

1 entries
  • asbáala verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Norman

2 entries
  • bêque noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • picl'ye verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • mer noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • merr noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • spade noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spar verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • svarting verb (black person)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • spade noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Occitan

1 entries
  • palavèrs noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • biig verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • gichi-biig verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بیل noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • كورك noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Persian

2 entries
  • بیل noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • پیک verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • vanga noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Spodem noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Polish

4 entries
  • rydel noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • szpadel noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pik verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • wino verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • pá noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • crioulo verb (black person)
  • espada verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Romanian

4 entries
  • cazma noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • lopată noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • cioroi verb (black person)
  • pică verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Russian

4 entries
  • за́ступ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • лопа́та noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • штыкова́я лопа́та noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • пи́ка verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • spaid noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • spaid verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lòpata noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ášov noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • а́шов noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • ло̀пата noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Shor

2 entries
  • кӱрек noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • кӱрчек noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ඉස්කෝප්පය noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Slovak

2 entries
  • rýľ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pika verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Slovene

2 entries
  • lopata noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pik verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Slovincian

1 entries
  • lôpata noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӱрек noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Spanish

4 entries
  • azada noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • pala noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • mulato verb (black person)
  • negro verb (black person)

Sudovian

1 entries
  • lopta noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Swahili

1 entries
  • shupaza verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Swedish

4 entries
  • spade noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • neger verb (black person)
  • spader verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • svartskalle verb (black person)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • ʻō noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Tajik

1 entries
  • бел noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Talysh

1 entries
  • خلیک noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • ariyzim noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • tqabut noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Tatar

1 entries
  • көрәк noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఇస్పేటు verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Thai

3 entries
  • พลั่ว noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • เสียม noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • โพดำ verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Turkish

3 entries
  • bel noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • kürek noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • maça verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • bel noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • за́ступ noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • лопа́та noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • вино́ verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
  • пі́ка verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Urdu

1 entries
  • فَاوَڑَا noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • كۈرەك noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • گۈرجەك noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • bel noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • belkurak noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • kurak noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • qargʻa verb (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • xuồng noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • xẻng noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Welsh

2 entries
  • pâl noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
  • rhaw noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Yakut

1 entries
  • күрдьэх noun (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Sample sentences

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Jane calls a spade a spade.

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He is the type of a person who calls a spade a spade.

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Why don't you just call a spade a spade and admit that she dumped you for that American guy she met at the English school?

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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

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