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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "rod"}}

==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|rodde}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*rodd}} or {{m|ang|*rodde}} (attested in dative plural {{m|ang|roddum|t=rod, pole}}), of {{unc|en|nocap=1}} origin, but probably from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*rudd-|t=stick, club}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*rewdʰ-|t=to clear land}}. Compare {{cog|non|rudda|t=club}}. For the root, compare {{cog|en|rid}}. Presumably unrelated to {{noncog|gem-pro|*rōdō||rod, pole}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɹɒd/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɹɑd/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-rod.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒd|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A straight, round [[stick]], [[shaft]], [[bar]], [[cane]], or [[staff]].
#: {{ux|en|The circus strong man proved his [[strength]] by bending an iron '''rod''', and then straightening it.}}
# A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
# {{lb|en|fishing}} A long slender usually tapering [[pole]] used for [[angling]]; [[fishing rod]].
#: {{ux|en|When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my '''rod''' in the water.}}
# A stick, pole, or [[bundle]] of switches or [[twig]]s (such as a [[birch]]), used for personal defense or to administer [[corporal punishment]] by whipping.
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=8|book=II|passage=So was I brought up: they tell mee, that in all my youth, I never felt '''rod''' {{transterm|frm|verges}} but twice, and that very lightly.}}
# An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a [[cane]]) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called '''the rod''', regardless of its actual shape and composition.
#: {{ux|en|The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with '''the rod'''.}}
# A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
#: {{ux|en|I notched a '''rod''' and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.}}
# {{senseid|en|sixteen and a half feet}} {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[unit]] of length equal to 1&nbsp;[[pole]], a [[perch]], {{frac|4}}&nbsp;[[chain]], {{frac|5|1|2}} [[yard]]s, {{frac|16|1|2}} [[foot|feet]], or exactly 5.0292 [[meter]]s (these being all equivalent).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1842|author=w:Edgar Allan Poe|title=The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
|passage=‘And this thicket, so full of a natural art, was in the immediate vicinity, ''within a few '''rods''''', of the dwelling of Madame Deluc, whose boys were in the habit of closely examining the shrubberies about them in search of the bark of the sassafras.’}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1865|author=[[s:Author:Henry David Thoreau|Henry David Thoreau]]|title=Cape Cod|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009081751/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w
|passage=In one of the villages I saw the next summer a cow tethered by a rope six '''rods''' long{{nb...}}.}}
#* {{RQ:Chesnutt House Behind the Cedars|I|passage=A few '''rods''' farther led him past the old black Presbyterian church, with its square tower, embowered in a stately grove; past the Catholic church, with its many crosses, and a painted wooden figure of St. James in a recess beneath the gable; and past the old Jefferson House, once the leading hotel of the town, in front of which political meetings had been held, and political speeches made, and political hard cider drunk, in the days of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Edward Alsworth Ross|Edward A. Ross]]|coauthors=|editor=|editors=|chapter=Pocketed Americans|title=World Drift|series=|seriesvolume=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|edition=|location=New York; London|publisher=The Century Co.|year=1924|year_published=1928|isbn=|oclc=|volume=|page=68|pages=|pageurl=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b266403;view=1up;seq=84|section=|sectionurl=|passage=the valley is forty to sixty '''rods''' wide}}
# An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a [[transit]], used to measure distance in land surveying and construction [[layout]]; an [[engineer's rod]], [[surveyor's rod]], [[surveying rod]], [[leveling rod]], [[ranging rod]]. The modern {{lb|en|US}} engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, {{frac|5|1|2}} [[yard]]s.<!-- This intended definition may be consigned more properly to Wikipedia, which on the date does not include a specific entry.-->
# {{lb|en|archaic}} A unit of [[area]] equal to a [[square rod]], {{frac|30|1|4}} [[square yard]]s or {{frac|160}} [[acre]].
#: {{ux|en|The house had a small yard of about six '''rods''' in size.}}
# A straight [[bar]] that unites [[moving part]]s of a [[machine]], for holding parts together as a [[connecting rod]] or for transferring power as a [[driveshaft]].
#: {{ux|en|The engine threw a '''rod''', and then went to pieces before our eyes, springs and coils shooting in all directions.}}
# {{lb|en|anatomy}} A [[rod cell]]: a rod-shaped [[cell]] in the [[eye]] that is sensitive to [[light]].
#: {{ux|en|The '''rods''' are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color.}}
# {{lb|en|biology}} Any of a number of long, slender [[microorganism]]s.
#: {{ux|en|He applied a gram positive stain, looking for '''rods''' indicative of ''Listeria''.}}
# {{lb|en|chemistry}} A [[stir]]ring rod: a [[glass]] rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and {{frac|8}} to {{frac|4}} inch in diameter that can be used to [[stir]] [[liquid]]s in [[flask]]s or [[beaker]]s.
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[pistol]]; a [[gun]].
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|date=Aug 1916|journal=w:The Electrical Experimenter|location=New York|page=249|column=1 |passage=One of them strode to his side and ran experienced fingers through his clothes. "No '''rod'''," he reported, "where's the jewelry?"}}
# {{lb|en|slang|vulgar}} The [[penis]].
#* {{quote-book|en|2004|Bruce Jackson|Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me|passage=[I'm gonna]{{...}}throw some vaseline right in the crack a your ass, then I'm gonna shove my '''rod''' in your open hole and try to pacify your ornery soul.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[hot rod]], an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
# {{lb|en|ufology}} A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
#: {{syn|en|skyfish}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=Jack Barranger; Paul Tice|title=Mysteries Explored: The Search for Human Origins, Ufos, and Religious Beginnings|section=Book Three, p.37
|passage=These cylindrical '''rods''' fly through the air at incredible speeds and can only be picked up by high-speed cameras.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Barry Conrad|title=An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting|publisher=Dorrance Publishing|pages=129–130
|passage=During one such broadcast in 1997, the esteemed radio host bellowed, “I got a fax earlier today from MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in Arizona and they said what you think are '''rods''' are actually insects!”}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Deena West Budd|title=The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology: Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish, Lizard Men, and Other Fascinating Creatures Real and Mysterious|publisher=Weiser Books|page=15
|passage=He tells of a home video showing a '''rod''' flying into the open mouth of a girl singing at a wedding.}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} A {{w|Cuisenaire rods|Cuisenaire rod}}.
# {{lb|en|rail transport}} A {{w|coupling rod}} or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a [[steam locomotive]], and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1960|month=December|author=Cecil J. Allen|title=Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=743|text=In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the '''rod''' drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance.}}

====Synonyms====
* See also [[Thesaurus:stick]]
* See also [[Thesaurus:penis]]

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|Aaron's rod
|anglerod
|Auer rod
|axlerod
|boning rod
|carpet rod
|cleaning rod
|connecting rod
|con rod
|conrod
|control rod
|counting rod
|coupling rod
|Cuisenaire rod
|curtain rod
|dicker-rod
|divining rod
|dowsing rod
|drawrod
|ferrod
|fit rod
|flatrod
|flying rod
|fly-rod
|flyrod
|fly rod
|forty-rod
|fuckrod
|fuel rod
|goldenrod
|hot rod
|interrod
|kiss the rod
|Lenker rod
|[[lightning rod]]<ref>[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lightning_conductor Lightning conductor or rod in OSM]</ref>
|limerod
|measuring rod
|meat rod
|microrod
|Mosaical rod
|myorod
|nail rod
|nanorod
|picture rod
|piston rod
|plug rod
|polyrod
|pushrod
|put a rod in pickle
|radius rod
|ramrod
|range rod
|rat rod
|Rhineland rod
|riding-rod
|rodbuster
|rodder
|roddy
|rodfisher
|rodfishing
|rod for one's back
|rod for one's breech
|rod for one's own back
|rod for one's own breech
|rod-headed
|rod in pickle
|rodless
|rodlet
|rodlike
|rod line
|rod machine
|rodman
|rodmeter
|rod numeral
|rod of Asclepius
|rod-on
|rod pod
|rod ring
|rodshaped
|rod-shaped
|rodsman
|rodster
|rodwork
|rule with a rod of iron
|shepherd's rod
|siderod
|skirod
|sounding rod
|spare the rod and spoil the child
|spare the rod, spoil the child
|spinning rod
|stair rod
|tension rod
|thunder rod
|tie rod
|trolling-rod
|truss rod
|Wheatstone's rod
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|straight round stick, shaft, or bar}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عَصًا|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձող}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|veargã}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|haga}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прът|m}}, {{t+|bg|пръчка|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|棒|tr=bàng}}, {{t+|cmn|棍子|tr=gùnzi}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|tyč|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|stang}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|vergo}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|ati}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tanko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tige|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კვერთხი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stange|f}}, {{t+|de|Stock|m}}, {{t+|de|Stab|m}}, {{t+|de|Latte|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ραβδί|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ῥάβδος|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מוֹט|m|tr=mot}}, {{t+|he|מַקֵּל|m|tr=maqél}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|songkod}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bot}},{{t+|hu|pálca}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|stöng|f}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|virga}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|liúr|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|palo|m}}, {{t+|it|pertica|f}}, {{t+|it|stecca|f}}, {{t+|it|bastone|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=[[ぼう]], bō}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|របុក|tr=rɔbok}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Latin: {{t|la|tālea|f}}, {{t|la|pertica|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|nūja|f}}, {{t|lv|stienis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|стап|m}}, {{t|mk|прат|m}}, {{t|mk|шипка|f}}, {{t|mk|прачка|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|കമ്പി}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tari}}, {{t|mi|pihi}}, {{t|mi|matira}}, {{t|mi|tia}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دگنك|tr=değenek}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pręt|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vara|f}}, {{t+|pt|bastão|m}}, {{t+|pt|haste|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|vargă}}, {{t+|ro|nuia}}, {{t+|ro|vergea}}, {{t+|ro|băț}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шта́нга|f}}, {{t+|ru|па́лка|f}}, {{t+|ru|сте́ржень|m}}, {{t+|ru|прут|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|па̏лица|f}}, {{t|sh|ши̏пка|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pȁlica|f}}, {{t+|sh|šȉpka|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|pšut|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|barra}}, {{t+|es|rodillo|m}}, {{t+|es|vara|f}}, {{t+|es|fierro|m}} {{qualifier|metal}}, {{t+|es|vírgula|f}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spö|n}}, {{t+|sv|stång|c}}, {{t+|sv|stav|c}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|değnek}}, {{t+|tr|sopa}}, {{t+|tr|asa}}, {{t+|tr|çomak}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|que}}, {{t+|vi|cần}}, {{t+|vi|gậy}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|A longitudinal pole forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|рейка|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stange|f}}, {{t+|de|Stab|m}}, {{t|de|Zeltstab|m}}, {{t+|de|Gestänge|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kauawhi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|fishing rod or pole}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|аҵәгәыр}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|въдица|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|canya de pescar|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|мӏара}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|桿|tr=gǎn}}, {{t+|cmn|竿|tr=gān}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|prut|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|stang}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|hengelroede}}, {{t|nl|visgarde}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vapa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|canne à pêche|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cana|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ანკესი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Angel|f}}, {{t+|de|Angelrute|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καλάμι|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חַכָּה|m|tr=ḥakká}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|зӏак}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|canna|f}}, {{t|it|canna da pesca|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|竿|tr=sao}}
* Latin: {{t|la|baculum}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|makšķerkāts|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|трска|f}}, {{t|mk|стап|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|manana}}, {{t|mi|matira}}, {{t|mi|tautara}}
* Polabian: {{t|pox|prǫt|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wędka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vara|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|undiță|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|у́дочка|f}}, {{t+|ru|уди́лище|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|пе̏ца̄љка|f}}, {{t|sh|у̏дица|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pȅcāljka|f}}, {{t+|sh|ȕdica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|caña|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|metspö|n}}, {{t+|sv|spö|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|olta}}, {{t|tr|balık oltası}}, {{t|tr|balık çomağı}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cần}}, {{t+|vi|cần câu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|stick or bundle used for punishment}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пръчка|f}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|metla|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|stav}}, {{t|da|spanskrør}}, {{t+|da|ris}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|roede}}, {{t+|nl|roe}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|vergo}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|ati}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vitsa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|verges|p}}
* German: {{t+|de|Rute|f}}, {{t|de|Zuchtrute|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|verga|f}}, {{t+|it|bacchetta|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|鞭|tr=muchi}}
* Latin: {{t|la|virga}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|rīkste|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|прачка|f}}, {{t|mk|стап|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kij|m}}, {{t+|pl|rózga|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vara|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прут|m}}, {{t+|ru|ро́зга|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|пру̑т|m}}, {{t|sh|шта̑п|m}}, {{t|sh|ро̀зга|f}}, {{t|sh|ши̏ба|f}}, {{t|sh|ба̀тина|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|prȗt|m}}, {{t+|sh|štȃp|m}}, {{t+|sh|ròzga|f}}, {{t+|sh|šȉba|f}}, {{t+|sh|bàtina|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|pšut|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vara|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spö|n}}, {{t+|sv|ris|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sopa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|stick to measure length}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|roede}}, {{t+|nl|el}}, {{t|nl|meetstok}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|mittakeppi}}
* German: {{t+|de|Zollstock|m}}, {{t+|de|Metermaß|n}}, {{t|de|Meßstab|m}}, {{t|de|Messstab|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|קנה מידה|alt=קְנֵה מִדָּה|m|tr=qne midá}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pertica|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|стап|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pręt|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|шта̑п|m}}, {{t|sh|мо̏тка|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|štȃp|m}}, {{t+|sh|mȍtka|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|pšut|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|måttstock|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|unit of length}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|tyč|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|roede}}
* German: {{t+|de|Rute|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pertica|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pręt|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|pšut}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|archaic: unit of area}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|roede}}
* French: {{t+|fr|verge}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|connector, part of a machine}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|рейка|f}}, {{t|bg|стержен|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|stang}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tanko}}
* German: {{t+|de|Bolzen|m}}, {{t+|de|Achse|f}}, {{t+|de|Welle|f}}, {{t|de|Ankerbolzen|m}}, {{t+|de|Spindel|f}}, {{t+|de|Träger|m}}, {{t+|de|Halter|m}}, {{t|de|Haltearm|m}}, {{t|de|Halterarm|m}}, {{t+|de|Lenker|m}}, {{t+|de|Anker|m}}, {{t+|de|Holm|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ράβδος|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|barra|f}}, {{t+|it|biella|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=bō}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|шипка|f}}, {{t|mk|осови́на|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|barra|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шта́нга|f}}, {{t+|ru|сте́ржень|m}}, {{t+|ru|шток|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ши̏пка|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|šȉpka|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stång|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|part of the retina of the eye}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|пръчица|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|tyčinka|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sauvasolu}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stäbchen|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ραβδίο|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קָנֶה|m|tr=qané}}, {{t|he|תא קנה|m|tr=ta-qané}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bastoncello|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|杆体|tr=kantai}}, {{t|ja|桿体|tr=kantai}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pręcik|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|па́лочка|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bastón|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stav|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|microbiology: rod shaped microorganism}}
* Danish: {{t|da|stavbakterie}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sauvabakteeri}}
* German: {{t|de|Stäbchenbakterien|f}}, {{t|de|Stäbchenbakterium|n}}, {{t|de|Stäbchenbakterie|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|杆菌|tr=kankin}}, {{t+|ja|桿菌|tr=kankin}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|стапче|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pałeczka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bacilo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|па́лочка|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|stirring rod}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|бъркалка|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|sekoitussauva}}
* German: {{t|de|Rührstab|m}}, {{t|de|Rührstäbchen|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bacchetta|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pałeczka|f}}, {{t+|pl|pręcik|f}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çubuk}}, {{t|tr|karıştırma çubuğu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|slang: pistol|pistol}}

{{trans-top|slang: penis}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|verga|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zwik}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kaco}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|parru}}
* French: {{t+|fr|bite|f}}; {{t+|fr|paf|m}}; {{t+|fr|pine|f}}; {{t+|fr|queue|f}}; {{t+|fr|vit|m}}; {{t+|fr|zob|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Penis|m}}, {{t+|de|Pimmel|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rudi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|verga|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|стап|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|drążek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pica|f}}, {{t+|pt|benga|f}}, {{t+|pt|piça}}, {{t+|pt|rola|f}}, {{t+|pt|verga|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|verga|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stake|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|hot rod}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|roede}}, {{t+check|nl|staaf|f}}, {{t+check|nl|stok}}, {{t+check|nl|staaf|f}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|spiso}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|asta}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|막대}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|標尺}}, {{t+check|cmn|标尺}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|barra|f}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|కడ్డీ}}
* Tibetan: {{t-check|bo|tr=khar-gyu}}
* Woiwurrung: {{t-check|wyi|parrim}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|crook}}

====References====
<references/>

====Further reading====
* {{pedia|Rod}}
* {{R:Britannica 1911|Rod}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|construction}} To [[reinforce]] [[concrete]] with [[metal]] rods.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish with rods, especially [[lightning rod]]s.
# {{lb|en|slang|vulgar|transitive}} To [[penetrate]] [[sexual]]ly.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1968|author=David Lynn|title=Bull nuts|passage=On impulse he moved around to the opposite side of the couple, in the direction which Grace's broad buttocks were pointed, for a full view of the big boned woman's back side. Now Grace wouldn't mind one iota if he '''rodded''' her from the rear.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} To [[hot rod]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|title=A Deeper Sleep |author=Dana Stabenow |page=45 |ISBN=0312937547 |passage=There were three clear sets, more than what you might expect at Heartbreak Point, given all the juvies '''rodding''' in and out of there with their girlfriends. }}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dor|dor|ODR|d'or|Ord|DOR|D. Or.|ord|Dor.|DRO|Dor|ORD|dro|RDO}}

{{cln|en|3-letter words}}
{{C|en|Genitalia|Measuring instruments|Units of measure}}

==Breton==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|br|cel-bry-pro|*rrod}}, from {{inh|br|cel-pro|*rotos}}, from {{inh|br|ine-pro|*Hróth₂os}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|br|/ˈroːt/}}

===Noun===
{{br-noun|f|p=r}}

# {{l|en|wheel}}

==Czech==
{{wp|lang=cs}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|cs|zlw-ocs|rod}}, from {{inh|cs|sla-pro|*rȏdъ}}. {{surf|+deverbal|cs|rodit}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# [[family]], [[stock]], [[lineage]]
# {{lb|cs|botany}} [[genus]]
# {{lb|cs|grammar}} [[gender]]
# {{lb|cs|grammar}} [[voice]]

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|m.locu:ě}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|cs|mužský rod|ženský rod|střední rod|činný rod|trpný rod}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

{{C|cs|Taxonomy}}

==Danish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|[ˈʁoˀð]|[ˈʁoðˀ]}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|da|non|rót}}, from {{inh|da|gem-pro|*wrōts}}, from {{inh|da|ine-pro|*wréh₂ds}}. {{cog|en|root}} is borrowed from Old Norse.

====Noun====
{{da-noun|en|rødder}}

# [[root]]
# [[yob]]
# {{lb|da|math}} [[root]], [[zero]] (element <math>x</math> in the domain of a function such that <math>f(x)=0</math>)

=====Inflection=====
{{da-noun-infl|en|rødder|rødderne|||rødders|røddernes}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|mathematics}} {{l|da|nulpunkt}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|da|gulerod}}
* {{l|da|rodbehandling}}
* {{l|da|rodfrugt}}
* {{l|da|tandrod}}

===Etymology 2===
From the verb {{m|da|rode}}.

====Noun====
{{da-noun|et|-}}

# [[disorder]], [[mess]], [[muddle]]

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|da|verb form}}

# {{infl of|da|rode||imp}}

==East Franconian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|vmf|ruad||Itzgründisch}}

===Adjective===
{{head|vmf|adjective}}

# [[red]]

==German Low German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{qualifier|Low Prussian}} [[root]] ([[rot]])

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nds-de|osx|rōd}}, from {{inh|nds-de|gmw-pro|*raud}}, from {{inh|nds-de|gem-pro|*raudaz}}, from {{inh|nds-de|ine-pro|*h₁rowdʰós}} < {{m|ine-pro|*h₁rewdʰ-}}. Compare {{cog|nl|rood}}, {{cog|de|rot}}, {{cog|fy|read}}, {{cog|en|red}}, {{cog|da|rød}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nds-de|/ˈɾɔu̯t/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|nds-de|adjective}}

# {{lb|nds-de|in several dialects}} [[red]]

{{C|nds-de|Colors}}

==Hunsrik==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|hrx|root||Wiesemann spelling system}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|hrx|gmh|rōt||red, red-haired}}, from {{inh|hrx|goh|rōt||red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red}}, from {{inh|hrx|gmw-pro|*raud}}, from  {{inh|hrx|gem-pro|*raudaz}}, from {{inh|hrx|ine-pro|*h₁rowdʰós}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*h₁rewdʰ-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|hrx|/roːt/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|hrx|adjective|comparative|roder|superlative|rodest}}

# [[red]]
#: {{ux|hrx|Die Blumme sin '''rod'''.|The flowers are '''red'''.}}
#: {{ux|hrx|Die Tomatte sin aarich '''rod'''.|The tomatoes are very '''red'''.}}
#: {{ux|hrx|Sie hod en '''rode''' Naas.|She has a '''red''' nose.}}

====Declension====
{{hrx-decl-adj|rod}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|hrx|weinrod}}

===See also===
{{table:colors/hrx}}

===Further reading===
* [https://hunsriqueanoriograndense.wordpress.com/dicionario-werterbuch/ Online Hunsrik Dictionary]

{{C|hrx|Colors}}

==Latvian==

===Verb===
{{head|lv|verb form}}

# {{infl of|lv|rast||3|s//p|pres|ind}}
# {{qualifier|with the particle {{m|lv|lai}}}} {{infl of|lv|rast||3|s|imp}}
# {{qualifier|with the particle {{m|lv|lai}}}} {{infl of|lv|rast||3|p|imp}}

==Lower Sorbian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dsb|sla-pro|*rodъ|t=root}}, from {{inh|dsb|ine-bsl-pro|*radas}}, from {{inh|dsb|ine-pro|*wréh₂ds|t=root}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dsb|/rɔt/}}

===Noun===
{{dsb-noun|m-in}}

# [[sex]] {{gloss|gender (male or female)}}
# [[lineage]], [[family]]
# {{lb|dsb|grammar}} [[gender]]

====Declension====
{{dsb-decl-noun-18|ro|d}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:dsb:Muka}}
* {{R:dsb:Starosta}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nn|non|roð}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nn|/roː/}}
* {{hyphenation|nn|ròd}}

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# [[fish]] [[skin]]
#: {{syn|nn|fiskeskinn}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|nn|non|hróðr}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*hrōþiz}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nn|/ruː/}}
* {{hyphenation|nn|ród}}

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# [[praise]], [[fame]], [[honour]] {{q|only used in given names}}

=====Related terms=====
Male given names:
{{col3|nn
|Roald
|Roar
|Rod
|Rodalv
|Rodar
|Rodbjørn
|Rode
|Rodfinn
|Rodfus
|Rodgaut
|Rodgeir
|Rodgils
|Rodkjell
|Rodleik
|Rodleiv
|Rodlikn
|Rodmar,Rodmær
|Rodmund
|Rodolv,Rodulv,Rolv
|Rodolm
|Rodrod,Rodrik
|Rodstein
|Rodve
|Rodvid
}}
Female given names:
{{col3|nn
|Roda
|Rodelv
|Rodgjerd
|Rodheid
|Rodlaug
|Rodlov
|Rodny
|Rodtjod
}}

===References===
{{R:nn:NF|page=291}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*rōdō}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|rōd}}, {{cog|osx|rōda}}, {{cog|nl|roede||rod}}, {{cog|goh|ruota}} ({{cog|de|Rute}}), {{cog|non|róða||rod, cross}} ({{cog|da|rode||gauge, rod}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|rōd}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|head=rōd|f}}

# [[cross]] (method of execution)
# a measure of land length, equal to a [[perch]]
# a measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an [[acre]]

====Usage notes====
* An archaic locative singular form, {{lang|und|sc=Runr|ᚱᚩᛞᛁ}}, appears on the {{w|Ruthwell Cross}} inscription.

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-o-f|rōd}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ang|rōdfæstnian}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|rod|roode|rood}}
** {{desc|sco|rude|ruid}}
** {{desc|en|rood|rod}} (length)

==Old Saxon==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|osx|gmw-pro|*raud}}, from {{inh|osx|gem-pro|*raudaz}}, whence also {{cog|ang|rēad}}, {{cog|ofs|rād}}, {{cog|goh|rōt}}, {{cog|non|rauðr}}, {{cog|got|𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃}}. Ultimately from {{inh|osx|ine-pro|*h₁rowdʰós}} < {{m|ine-pro|*h₁rewdʰ-}}.

===Adjective===
{{osx-adj|head=rōd|rōdoro|rōdost}}

# [[red]]

====Declension====
{{osx-decl-adjtable|rōd|rōd|rōdor|rōdost}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|gml|rōt}}
** {{desc|nds|rod}}
*** {{desc|nds-de|root}}
***: Hamburgisch: {{l|nds-de|rod}}
***: Westphalian
***:: Sauerländisch: {{l|nds|räod}}, {{l|nds|raud}}, {{l|nds|reyet}}, {{l|nds|rout}}, {{l|nds|rōet}}
**:: Westmünsterländisch: {{l|nds|root}}
** {{desc|pdt|root}}

{{C|osx|Colors}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl|Rod_(pierwiastek)|Rod}}

===Etymology===
{{lbor|pl|la|rhodium}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-rod.wav|hh=rot}}

===Noun===
{{elements|pl|Rh|ruten|Ru|pallad|Pd}}
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# [[rhodium]] {{gl|chemical element, Rh, atomic number 45}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-sing|rod|rodu|rodowi|rod|rodem|rodzie|rodzie}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|ro|cu|родъ}}, from {{der|ro|sla-pro|*rodъ}}.

====Noun====
{{ro-noun|n|roade}}

# [[fruit]]
# {{lb|ro|figuratively}} [[fruit]] {{gloss|advantageous result}}

=====Declension=====
{{ro-noun-n|pl=roade}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|ro|fruct|g=n}}
* {{l|ro|poamă|g=f}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|ro|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|ro|roade||1|s|pres|ind//sub|;|3|p|pres|ind}}

==Serbo-Croatian==
{{wp|lang=sh}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*rodъ}}, from {{inh|sh|ine-bsl-pro|*radás}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/rôːd/}}

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=rȏd}}

# [[gender]]
# {{lb|sh|botany}} [[genus]]
# [[relative]], [[relation]]
# [[fruit]], [[crop]], [[extraction]] {{qualifier|rarely used in these senses}}
# [[family]], [[stock]], [[lineage]], kin, race
#* {{quote-song|sh|year=1872|passage=Bože spasi, Bože hrani srpskog kralja, srpski '''rod'''!|translation=God, our hope: Protect and cherish the Serbian king and Serbian '''race'''!|title=Bože pravde|composer=Davorin Jenko|lyricist=Jovan Đorđević}}

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun
|rȏd|ròdovi
|rȍda|rodova
|rodu|rodovima
|rod|rodove
|rode|rodovi
|rodu|rodovima
|rodom|rodovima
}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3
|sh|rȍdnī
|ròdovskī
|rȍđen
|národ
|pòrod
}}

===References===
* {{R:sh:HJP|dllvXhc%3D}}

==Veps==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|vep|urj-fin-pro|*roota|*rootu}}.

====Noun====
{{head|vep|noun}}

# [[fishbone]]

=====Declension=====
{{vep-decl-ilo|rodu}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|vep|ru|род}}.

====Noun====
{{head|vep|noun}}

# [[kind]], [[race]], [[breed]]

=====Declension=====
{{vep-decl-ilo|rodu}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/roːd/}}

===Noun===
{{head|cy|mutated noun}}

# {{soft mutation of|cy|rhod}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut|rhod}}