• Danish: stavbakterie
• Hebrew: יצור זעיר בצורת מוט
• Japanese: 杆菌, 桿菌
• Russian: палочка

• Dutch: roede
• Hebrew: מידת אורך י כ-5 מטר

• See pistol
• See penis
• See hot rod

• ttbc Chinese: 標尺, 标尺
• ttbc Dutch: roede, staaf , stok
• ttbc Dutch: staaf
• ttbc French: tige
• ttbc Ido: spiso
• ttbc Italian: asta
• ttbc Korean: 막대
• ttbc Polish: pręt
• ttbc Portuguese: haste, cajado
• ttbc Spanish: barra
• ttbc Telugu: కడ్డీ
• ttbc Tibetan: khar-gyu

See also

• divining rod
• rodman
• spare the rod, spoil the child

Bosnian

Noun

rod s

1. gender
2. genus
3. relative, relation
4. fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
5. family, stock, lineage

Breton

Noun

rod

1. wheel

Croatian

Noun

rod s

1. gender
2. genus
3. relative, relation
4. fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
5. family, stock, lineage

Czech

Noun

1. family, stock, lineage
2. genus
3. gender
4. voice

Derived terms

• ženský rod
• mužský rod
• činný rod
• trpný rod

Danish

Etymology 1

From the verb rode

Noun

rod

1. disorder, mess, muddle

Etymology 2

From old Norse rót

Noun

rod

1. root
2. yob

Related terms

• gulerod
• rodbehandling
• rodfrugt
• tandrod

Old English

Etymology

From Germanic *roda-. Cognate with Old Frisian rōd, Old Saxon rōda (Dutch roede ‘rod’), Old High German ruota (German Rute), Old Norse róða ‘rod, cross’ (Danish rode ‘gauge, rod’).

Pronunciation

IPA: /ro:d/

Noun

rōd (p rōda or rōde)

1. a cross used as a method of execution
2. the Cross on which Jesus suffered
3. a crucifix
4. a measure of land length, equal to a perch
5. a measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre

Related terms

• rōdfæstnian

Romanian

Etymology

From a language.

Noun

rod f and m

1. fruit

Serbian

Noun

rod s

1. gender
2. genus
3. relative, relation
4. fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
5. family, stock, lineage

Cyrillic spelling

• род

Rod may mean:

• Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar
• Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
• Rod (length), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
• Rod (cryptozoology), observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals
• Rod (god), a Slavic god
• Rods (Tarot Suit)
• Railway Operating Division
• Fishing rod
• Lightning rod
• Connecting rod, in an internal combustion engine
• Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
• Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
• Switch (rod), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
• Ring of Death, a common malfunction of the Xbox 360

Rod may also be:

• Eubacterium with the shape of a rod; a bacillus in the loose sense
• Penis (slang)
• Gun (slang)

People with the given name Rod

Often as an abbreviation of such names as Roderick and Rodney:

• Rod Stewart, rock musician
• Rod Laver (born 1938), Australian former tennis player
• Rod Steiger (1925–2002), American actor
• Rod Flanders, a fictional character on The Simpsons
• Rod From Avenue Q, a character in the stage musical Avenue Q
• Rod Serling, Creator of the 1960's show The Twilight Zone
• Rod Quantock, Australian stand-up comedian
• Rod Roddy, Game show annoouncer, best known for The Price is Right

People with the surname Rod

• Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910
• Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player

See also

• Hrod
• Dowel
• Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'
• Pole
• Rebar
• Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
• Stick, any long object
• Structural steel
• R.O.D., an acronym for the Read or Die anime

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