English Explanatory Dictionary

pood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).
  2. A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds).

Pronunciation

/puːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pood.wav

Word forms

pood poods poud

Etymology

From Russian пуд (pud). Doublet of funt, pfund, pound, and punt.

Translations

Armenian: փութ Azerbaijani: pud Bashkir: бот Belarusian: пуд Chinese Mandarin: 普特 Crimean Tatar: pud Dutch: poed Erzya: пондо Estonian: puud Finnish: puuta French: poud German: Pud Hungarian: pud Ingrian: puuda Japanese: プード Kazakh: пұт Korean: 푸드 Latvian: puds Lithuanian: pū́das Macedonian: пуд Polish: pud Portuguese: pud Russian: пуд Ukrainian: пуд Uzbek: pud Vietnamese: pút Yiddish: פּוד
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