cod

B1 Topic:Animals

US /kɑd/ UK /kɒd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like code /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/ Sounds like cud /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #10360

Meanings

1

noun
A large sea fish with white flesh, often eaten as food.

We had cod and chips for dinner.
2

verb
To fool or trick someone, usually as a joke.

I had to cod the guard in order to sneak in.

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Synonyms

2 verb · to fool or trick someone,... gull

Word family

Forms cods

Derived forms cod-bangercod-bankcod-chestcod-chowdercod-fishcod-fishercod-fishermancod-fisherycod-fishingcod-hookcod-linecod-man

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salt cod
cod preserved by salting

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddō, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Cognate with Scots cod, codd, coad, kod (“pillow, cushion”), German Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).

cod Old English *kuddō Proto-West Germanic *kuddô Proto-Germanic *gewt- Proto-Indo-European

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# cod

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /kɑd/
**IPA (UK):** /kɒd/
**Frequency rank:** 10360

## Meanings
1. A large sea fish with white flesh, often eaten as food.
2. To fool or trick someone, usually as a joke.

## Examples
- We had cod and chips for dinner.
- I had to cod the guard in order to sneak in.

## Derived Forms
- cod-banger
- cod-bank
- cod-chest
- cod-chowder
- cod-fish
- cod-fisher
- cod-fisherman
- cod-fishery
- cod-fishing
- cod-hook
- cod-line
- cod-man

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cod
- Root: *kuddō
- Root: *kuddô
- Root: *gewt-

## Etymology
From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddō, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Cognate with Scots cod, codd, coad, kod (“pillow, cushion”), German Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).

## AI Etymology
cod is a verb and noun. It is from Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddō, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Cognate with Scots cod, codd, coad, kod (“pillow, cushion”), German Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”). Historical forms in the chain include cod (Middle English), cod (Old English), *kuddō (Proto-West Germanic), *kuddô (Proto-Germanic), and *gewt- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include a large sea fish with white flesh, often eaten as food and to fool or trick someone, usually as a joke. Derived forms include cod-banger, cod-bank, cod-chest, cod-chowder, and cod-fish.

## Topics
- Animals

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