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10 Language-to-English DictionariesLoad
/loʊd/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A weight or mass that is carried or supported.
"The truck was filled with a heavy load of bricks."
- 1
To put a load on or into something.
"Please load the boxes onto the truck carefully."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Old English word 'lad', meaning a course, way, or carrying, stemming from the Proto-Germanic '*laido-' related to 'to lead'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from 'a journey or conveyance' to the physical weight or burden being conveyed, and eventually expanded to abstract, electrical, and computational contexts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Load" is said worldwide
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Charge
Transliteration: sharj
"Le camion était chargé d'une lourde charge."
Ladung
Transliteration: lah-doong
"Der Lastwagen war mit einer schweren Ladung gefüllt."
Carico
Transliteration: kah-ree-koh
"Il camion era carico di mattoni pesanti."
Carga
Transliteration: kar-gah
"El camión estaba lleno de una pesada carga de ladrillos."
Carga
Transliteration: kar-gah
"O caminhão estava cheio de uma carga pesada de tijolos."
भार
Transliteration: Bhaar
"ट्रक भारी भार से भरा हुआ था।"
负载
Transliteration: fùzài
"卡车装满了重负载。"
짐
Transliteration: jim
"트럭은 무거운 짐으로 가득 차 있었다."
荷物
Transliteration: nimotsu
"トラックは重い荷物でいっぱいだった。"
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