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shad¹
- /ʃæd/
Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
From Middle English shadde, from Old English sċeadd, of uncertain origin. Compare Low German Schade (“shad, herring”), Scottish Gaelic sgadan (“herring”), Welsh ysgadan. Possibly from Scandinavian/North Germanic (compare dialectal Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish”), Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”)), but the order of borrowing is unclear and the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.
noun shad · shads
- Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring. Each river had its village and its iron bridge that the train crossed with a blast of its whistle, and the girls bathing in the icy water leaped like shad as it passed, unsettling travelers with their fleeting breasts.
- Any bluefish of the species Pomatomus saltatrix.
Shad²
Where it comes from
* As an Urdu and Persian surname, from شاد (šâd, “glad, cheerful”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
* As an English surname, from the noun shad.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Schade, itself related to Schaden (“damage”).
proper noun Shads
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "shad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shad. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shad "shad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shad.Cite this
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title = {shad},
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year = {2026},
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