puddle

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puddle

/ˈpʌdəl/ US, UK
/ˈpʊdəl/ Midlands, Northern England
/ˈpədəl/ Wales
/ˈpɐdəl/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -ʌdəl

Where it comes from

From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Low German Pudel (“puddle”), Middle High German podel (“quagmire, mudhole”), Hunsrik Puttel, dialectal German Pfudel (“puddle”), German pudeln (“to splash about”)), ultimately imitative.

noun puddles

A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road. Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]
dialectal Stagnant or polluted water. And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […].
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water. I had only to see the 'puddle' to know that your paddle made it.

verb puddles · puddling · puddled

To form a puddle.
To play or splash in a puddle.
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water. Soon the Latino warrior had bared his beefy body. His bullet packed bandolier still draped over one shoulder served to emphasize the nakedness of the torso, as did the boots and the pants that were puddled about his ankles.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). Some unhatched practice […] / Hath puddled his clear spirit.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pool, pass water, urinate, make water, micturate, piddle, piss, pee, pee-pee, wee-wee, make, muddle, addle, wee, relieve oneself, pond

Translations

Every language

noun a small pool of water

Español	charco, poza, cocha, encharcada
한국어	웅덩이 ungdeong'i
日本語	水たまり, 水溜まり mizutamari
中文	水坑 shuǐkēng, 水窪 /水洼 shuǐwā
हिन्दी	पोखर pokhar, डबरा ḍabrā, डाबर ḍābar
Português	poça
Français	flaque, flaque d'eau, gouille
Deutsch	Pfütze, Lache, Lacke, Pfuhl
Italiano	pozzanghera
Ελληνικά	λακκούβα με νερό lakkoúva me neró
Română	baltă
Русский	лу́жа lúža
Tiếng Việt	vũng, hũm
العربية	غَدِير ḡadīr, بِرْكَة birka
עברית	שְׁלוּלִית shlulít

noun a homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit

Русский	обма́зка obmázka

verb to process iron by means of puddling

Español	pudelar
Français	puddler

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BibTeX

@misc{puddle_2026,
  title = {puddle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puddle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}