onda

Inherited from Latin unda (“wave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/
• Syllabification: on‧da
• Rhymes: -onda

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave

• “onda”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Inherited from Latin unda (“wave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/ [ˈõn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: on‧da

onda f (plural ondes)

1. wave

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “onda”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “onda”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

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onda

1. locative of o
2. (conjunctive) then, in that case.

   -Mən sabah sizə gələ bilməyəcəyəm. - Onda biz sənin yanına gələrik!

   - I will not be able to come to you tomorrow. - Then we will come to you!

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “onda”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 523

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin unda. Doublet of ona, a popular form.

onda f (plural ondes)

1. wave; undulation

• ondar
• ondàmetre
• ondejar

• “onda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

From ondo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/

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• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: on‧da

onda (accusative singular ondan, plural ondaj, accusative plural ondajn)

1. wavy; waved
2. of, from or pertaining to waves or wave phenomena

From Old Galician-Portuguese onda, from Latin unda (“wave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: on‧da

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Inherited from Latin unda.

onda f (plural ondes) (ORB, broad)

1. wave

• ondeyér

• onda in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/ [ˈon̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: on‧da

From Old Galician-Portuguese onda, from Latin unda.

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave (in a liquid)
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 337:

     tan brauas eram as ondas do mar que, aos que o asy vyã feruer, que os corações lles tremeam ẽnos ventres

     so wild were the sea waves that, to the ones who see it boiling like that, their hearts trembled inside their chests

2. (physics) wave

• lonxitude de onda

From onde (“where”) + a (“ad”).

onda

1. by; next to; beside

   Synonym: a carón de

• “onda”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “onda”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “onda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “onda”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “onda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “onda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “onda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• onduh

From English under.

• IPA^(key): /on.də/, /on.dɒ/

onda

1. under

   Synonym: onneet

2. underneath

• De Nyew Testament‎^[3], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025
• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)

From Latin unda, from nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.da/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: ón‧da

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onda f (plural onde)

1. wave

• onda d'urto
• in onda

• ondoso

• -ando, Donà, andò, dona

Inherited from Old Spanish onda, from Latin unda, from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *wed-.

onda f (Hebrew spelling אונדה)^[1]

1. wave (on a liquid’s surface)
   • 1553, “Yesahyahu, XLVIII”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎^[4], page 306:

     Oxala eſcuchàras à mis mandamientos, y fuera como rio tu paz, y tu juſtedad como ondas de la mar.

     Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! Then would thy peace be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea…

2. surge; rush; wave
   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[5], volumes 26–28, page 6:

     La onda de aborresimiento a los djudios se espandio muy presto i arrasto djuderias enteras del Sud al Norte de Espanya, destruyendo munchas komunidades i deshando las otras flakas i dezmamparadas.

     The wave of Jew-hatred has spread very rapidly and has ruined entire Jewish neighborhoods, destroying communities as well as leaving others weak and hopeless.

• ondene

onda n

1. definite plural of onde

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.dɑ/

onda m

1. alternative form of anda

Weak:

Inherited from Latin unda (“wave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.da/

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave
   • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

     Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.

     Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

• Fala: onda
• Galician: onda
• Portuguese: onda

Inherited from Latin unda, from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *wed-.

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave (on a liquid’s surface)
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 13v:

     DEl ſeteno grado del ſigno de tauro es la piedra que tira los hueſſos Et fallan la en la yſla de ſardenna aſſi q̃ quando faz grand tẽpeſtat en la mar, echan las ondas eſtas piedras ala oriella.

     Of the seventh degree of the sign of Taurus is the stone that pulls the bones. It is found on the island of Sardinia, so that when there is a great storm at sea, the waves cast these stones onto the shore.

• Ladino: onda, אונדה
• Spanish: onda

From Old Galician-Portuguese onda, from Latin unda (“wave”).

• Hyphenation: on‧da

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave (moving disturbance in a liquid)
2. (physics) wave (moving disturbance in the energy level of a field)
3. undulation (a wavy appearance or outline)

   Synonym: ondulação

4. (figurative) wave (sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced)
5. (figurative, slang) fashion; a temporary trend or manner

• (moving disturbance in a liquid): crista, tubo

• “onda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “onda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin amita.

onda f (plural ondas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) aunt

• anda (Vallader)

• (Puter, Vallader) tanta

• (with regard to gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) aug
  • (Sutsilvan) oc, ô
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) barba

From Latin unda.

onda f (plural ondas)

1. (Surmiran) wave

• unda (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• uonda (Puter, Vallader)

• onad, onadaj, onadar, ondar, ondak (dialectal, regional)

From the earlier form *onъgda by analogy with *tъgda (compare tàdā).

• IPA^(key): /ôndaː/
• Hyphenation: on‧da

ȍndā (Cyrillic spelling о̏нда̄)

1. then (at that time)

   Što ćemo onda? ― What will we do then?

   čak i onda ― (and) even then

2. when (in stated circumstances)

   onda kada nas više ne bude ― when we are no longer here

3. then; afterwards

   Sjeo sam i onda napisao pismo ― I sat down and then wrote a letter

ȍndā (Cyrillic spelling о̏нда̄)

1. then

Inherited from Old Spanish onda, from Latin unda, from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *wed-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈonda/ [ˈõn̪.d̪a]

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• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: on‧da
• Homophone: honda

onda f (plural ondas)

1. wave (on the surface of a liquid)

   Synonym: ola

2. any other wave (including technological use)
3. (Chile) style; fashion
4. vibe or mood

   Synonym: vibra

5. (slang) bag; cup of tea (one’s personal preference)

   No es mi onda. ― It’s not my bag.

• “onda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “onda”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

onda

1. inflection of ond:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

• anod, dona

onda

1. locative singular of o

onda

1. locative singular of on

From Proto-Bantu *-jónda.

-ônda

1. (intransitive) to become thin or emaciated
2. (intransitive) to become embarrassed or depressed

• -ondela (applicative)
• -ondisa (causative)
• -ondile (stative)

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “onda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “onda (6.3)”