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Meaning of "veld" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VELD

From Afrikaans, from earlier Dutch veldtfield.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VELD

veld  [fɛlt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VELD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Veld is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VELD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

veld

Veld

The term veld, sometimes anachronistically spelled veldt in English, is a generic term used to define certain wide open rural spaces of Southern Africa. It is used in particular to refer to flatter areas or districts covered in grass or low scrub, especially in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. A certain sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa has been officially defined as the Bushveld by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Wildfires are common in the veld and are referred to as "veld fires".

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VELD


belt
bɛlt
celt
sɛlt
dealt
dɛlt
delt
dɛlt
felt
fɛlt
heartfelt
ˈhɑːtˌfɛlt
kelt
kɛlt
knelt
nɛlt
Lagerfeld
ˈlɑːɡəˌfɛlt
melt
mɛlt
pelt
pɛlt
Roosevelt
ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt
Rumsfeld
ˈrʌmsˌfɛlt
smelt
smɛlt
snowmelt
ˈsnəʊˌmɛlt
spelt
spɛlt
Sunbelt
ˈsʌnˌbɛlt
svelte
svɛlt
umwelt
ˈʊmvɛlt
welt
wɛlt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VELD

velarise
velarium
velarization
velarize
velate
velatura
Velcro
Velcro fastener
Velcro fastening
Velcro strip
Velde
veldschoen
veldskoen
veldt
veleta
veliger
velitation
velites
vell
velleities

WORDS THAT END LIKE VELD

battlefield
Bielefeld
chesterfield
field
Garfield
geld
held
hold the field
Huddersfield
in the field
leave the field
Mansfield
meld
Sheffield
shield
Springfield
Wakefield
weld
windshield
yield

Synonyms and antonyms of veld in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «veld» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VELD

Find out the translation of veld to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of veld from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «veld» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

草原
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

veld
570 millions of speakers

English

veld
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेल्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

واحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вельд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Veld
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Veld
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

veld
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Veld
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Veld
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

草原
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

VELD
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Veld
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng cỏ lớn nhưng không có rừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கரம்பு நிலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेल्डेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozkır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

veld
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

veld
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Вельд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Veld
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

veld
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

veld
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

veld
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of veld

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VELD»

The term «veld» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.571 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VELD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «veld» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «veld» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about veld

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VELD»

Discover the use of veld in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to veld and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Volunteers on the Veld: Britain's Citizen-soldiers and the ...
This book spotlights Britain's “citizen army” to show who these volunteers were, why they enlisted, how they were trained—and how they quickly became disillusioned when they found themselves committed not to the supposed glories of ...
Stephen M. Miller, 2007
2
Vegetation of Southern Africa
After the publication of his classic work The Veld Types of South Africa (Acocks 1953), he spent the next 26 years refining his data set for a smaller part of South Africa. The region he chose encompasses the more arid and semi-arid vegetation ...
R. M. Cowling, D. M. Richardson, S. M. Pierce, 2004
3
Southern African Wild Flowers: Jewels of the Veld
Beautiful gift and resource to the wildflowers in the varied regions of South Africa
‎2004
4
The Cambridge History of the British Empire
A little care on the part of man will help the trees over the first difficult years, and is often sufficient to establish large woods in the moister parts of the grass veld. In most cases these consist of European firs or Australian eucalypt and wattle trees  ...
Eric Anderson Walker, 1963
5
Veld sketchbook: wildlife portraits and essays
Thoughtfully compiled and exquisitely presented, this collection brings together not only some of his best wildlife portraits over the years, but also the text from his regular column of the same name -- sometimes witty, sometimes poignant, ...
Jeff Huntly, 2008
6
Schonland: Scientist and Soldier: From lightning on the veld ...
This is not just a scientific biography, but a biography that tells much of a highly placed scientist and administrator, of the increasing engagement between science and the military, and of changing military-diplomatic relationships ...
Brian Austin, 2001
7
From the Heart of the Veld
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series.
Madeline Alston, 2010
8
FCS Animal Production L3
Farmers often burn the veld in the spring to get rid of the old dry grass so that their animals can reach the nutritious new young shoots near the ground. Burning also helps to stop woody species from spreading over the grasslands.
9
Ballads of the Veld-Land
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Lynn Lyster, 2011
10
Lexicon Hieroglyphicum Sacro-Profanum Of Woordboek Van ...
VELD. V E L D..H О E N. de gep*ß , genoegzAam middei zy. Die de verdcre uitwerkinge van dit fiuk^ gelieft te lezen, die zie 'cr over na Jef. XL. 6. 8. door Vitringa, en Joh. d'Outrein in Parab. p. 647, 653, opgeheldert. Pfcm. Pf. CHI. i J. 16. Jef.
Martinus Koning, 1717

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VELD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term veld is used in the context of the following news items.
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Heavy storms slam southern Ontario, Veld Music Festival cancelled
TORONTO – Heavy storms slammed the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario Sunday putting a damper on long weekend events, including an ... «Globalnews.ca, Aug 15»
2
Steve Aoki brings cake show to Veld Festival
Bring a fork. This weekend at the Veld Music Festival in Toronto it'll be cakes and rafts. Or maybe just baked desserts. Cake-throwing EDM superstar Steve Aoki ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
3
Travel writer, South Africa: Swimming with hippos and other …
Safari myths when told at home are easily scotched; when told in the veld it quite another matter. I gulped my fear, remounted and we carried on. When we ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Deaths trigger drug-prevention measures at this year's Toronto Veld
A year after two died and 13 others were hospitalized in drug-related incidents at Toronto's Veld Music Festival, organizers are vowing to crack down on illicit ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
5
12 people died in veld fires countrywide last year
TWELVE people died countrywide due to veld fires in 2014 compared to four the previous year, a Zanu PF official has said. Three of the 12 were from the ... «New Zimbabwe.com, Jul 15»
6
Parts of Overberg without power after veld fire
JOHANNESBURG – Parts of the Overberg district in the Western Cape are without power this afternoon after a runaway veld fire damaged power lines in the ... «Eyewitness News, Mar 15»
7
Deadmau5 to Headline 2015 VELD Music Festival
VELD Music Festival will be returning to Toronto this summer, and organizers have revealed that everyone's favourite mouse-headed button-pusher will be ... «Exclaim!, Feb 15»
8
Cape veld fires on the increase
CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town says it suspects woodcutters or bush dwellers may have inadvertently contributed to an increase in veld fires. Firefighters ... «Eyewitness News, Nov 14»
9
Harrismith veld fire claims four lives
Bloemfontein - Four people have been killed in a veld fire near Harrismith in the Free State, Working on Fire (WoF) said on Monday. WoF general manager ... «Independent Online, Sep 14»
10
3 killed in Harrismith veld fire
Initially five people were thought to have died in the veld fire on Thursday. On Friday it however emerged that a woman and her one-month-old baby, who had ... «Citizen, Sep 14»

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