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Added 7 October 2026

pod

/ˈpɒd/ symbol

In Latin: siliqua Wiktionary

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Former ISO 639-3 language code for Ponares.

noun

A self-contained unit, container, or enclosure that holds, protects, or transports something. A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
A very small room or space for one person to inhabit, as in a capsule hotel.

verb

To bear or produce pods
To remove peas from their case.
To put into a pod or to enter a pod.

Origin

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

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