kide

From Proto-Finnic *kidek. Originally referring to a snowflake or crystal of ice; related to dialectal kiteä, Estonian kidu (“light snow that wind blows around”), Karelian kitie (“cold (sub-zero) weather”), Veps kidegi (“very cold weather”). The modern meaning "crystal" was coined by Finnish clergyman and philologist Gustaf Renvall.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkideˣ/, [ˈk̟ide̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧de

kide

1. crystal (a grain or piece of a crystalline substance, an array of atoms)

• “kide”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• kidde, kid, kede

From Old Norse kið, from Proto-Germanic *kidją.

• IPA^(key): /kid/

kide (plural kides or kide)

1. kid, young goat
2. kid meat, the meat of a young goat

• English: kid
• Scots: kid

• “kide, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.