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Added 4 October 2026

fodder

/ˈfɒdə/ noun

In Latin: cibus, pābulum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fodder at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
Tracing paper.

verb

To feed animals (with fodder).

Origin

From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.

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