English

Etymology 1

Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode

Verb

1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.
2. (v. i.) To foreshow something; to augur.

Noun

1. An omen; a foreshadowing.
2. A bid; an offer. (v. t.) A messenger; a herald.
3. A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 2

1. inflected form of bide

Verb

1. simple past of bide

Derived terms

• bodement

References

• http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bode&searchmode=none

Dutch

Noun

1. messenger
2. servant

Derived terms

• bodes, bodin ( messenger)
• bodenkamer or
• bodenloon
• dienstbode ( servant only)
• geluksbode or
• gerechtsbode
• ijlbode, renbode, snelbode or
• jobsbode, onheilsbode or
• postbode or

References

Portuguese

Noun

1. goat (animal)

Spanish

Noun

1. buck

• Bode Miller (born 1977), American skier.
• Bode, Iowa
• the Bode, a river in Germany.
• Hendrik Wade Bode (1905-1982), electrical engineer and academic who gave his name to:
  • the Bode plot, a graph used in signal processing.
  • the Bode plotter, an instrument which can produce such a graph.
• Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), astronomer who gave his name to:
  • Titius-Bode law (also known as Bode's law), an observation discovered by Johann Daniel Titius published by and Bode (without attribution).
  • Bode (crater), a lunar crater
• John Ernest Bode (1816-1874), English Anglican priest.
• Vaughn Bodé (1941-1975), artist famous for his comics with Cheech Wizard.
• Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), art historian.