# onda
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin unda (“wave”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonda/
* Rhymes: -onda
* Syllabification: on‧da

### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* wave

### References

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

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin unda (“wave”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonda/ [ˈõn̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -onda
* Hyphenation: on‧da

### Noun

onda f (plural ondes)
* wave

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

onda
* locative of o
* (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!

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

onda f (plural ondes)
* wave, undulation

#### Derived terms

* ondar
* ondàmetre
* ondejar

### Further reading

* “onda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From ondo +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonda/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: on‧da
* Rhymes: -onda

### Adjective

onda (accusative singular ondan, plural ondaj, accusative plural ondajn)
* wavy, waved
* of, from or pertaining to waves or wave phenomena

## Fala
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonda/
* Rhymes: -onda
* Syllabification: on‧da

### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* wave

### References

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

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin unda.

### Noun

onda f (plural ondes) (ORB, broad)
* wave

#### Derived terms

* ondeyér

### References

* onda in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese onda, from Latin unda.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈondɐ]

#### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* 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 ventresso wild were the sea waves that, to the ones who see it boiling like that, their hearts trembled inside their chests
* (physics) wave

##### Derived terms

* lonxitude de onda

### Etymology 2

From onde (“where”) + a (“ad”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈondɐ]

#### Preposition

onda
* by, next to, beside
    Synonym: a carón de

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “onda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “onda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈon.da/
* Rhymes: -onda
* Hyphenation: ón‧da
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

onda f (plural onde)
* wave

#### Derived terms

* onda d'urto
* in onda

#### Related terms

* ondoso

### Anagrams

* -ando, Donà, andò, dona

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* ondene

### Noun

onda n
* definite plural of onde

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈon.dɑ/

### Noun

onda m
* Alternative form of anda

#### Declension

Weak:

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin unda (“wave”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈon.da/

### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* 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.

#### Descendants

* Fala: onda
* Galician: onda
* Portuguese: onda

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈõ.dɐ/
* Hyphenation: on‧da

### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* wave (moving disturbance in a liquid)
* (physics) wave (moving disturbance in the energy level of a field)
* undulation (a wavy appearance or outline)
    Synonym: ondulação
* (figurative) wave (sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced)
* (figurative, slang) fashion; a temporary trend or manner

#### Meronyms

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

#### Derived terms

* ir na onda
* onda caminhante
* onda cavada
* onda cerebral
* onda cheia
* onda curta
* onda de arrebentação
* onda de pressão
* onda estacionária
* onda gravitacional
* onda hertziana
* onda-maré
* onda quadrada
* onda sísmica
* onda sonora
* onda ultracurta
* pegar onda
* tirar onda

#### Related terms

* ondeado
* ondear
* ondina
* ondulação
* onduladamente
* ondulado
* ondulador
* ondulância
* ondulante
* ondular
* ondulatório
* ondulosamente
* onduloso
* quebrar

## Romansch
### Etymology 1

From Latin amita.

#### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) aunt

##### Alternative forms

* anda (Vallader)

##### Synonyms

* (Puter, Vallader) tanta

##### Coordinate terms

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

### Etymology 2

From Latin unda.

#### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* (Surmiran) wave

##### Alternative forms

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ôndaː/
* Hyphenation: on‧da

### Adverb

ȍndā (Cyrillic spelling о̏нда̄)
* then (at that time)
    Što ćemo onda? ― What will we do then?
    čak i onda ― (and) even then
* when (in stated circumstances)
    onda kada nas više ne bude ― when we are no longer here
* then, afterwards
    Sjeo sam i onda napisao pismo ― I sat down and then wrote a letter

### Conjunction

ȍndā (Cyrillic spelling о̏нда̄)
* then

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonda/ [ˈõn̪.d̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -onda
* Syllabification: on‧da
* Homophone: honda

### Noun

onda f (plural ondas)
* wave (on the surface of a liquid)
    Synonym: ola
* any other wave (including technological use)
* (Chile) style, fashion
* vibe or mood
    Synonym: vibra

#### Derived terms

* buena onda
* cortar las ondas
* de onda
* estar en la onda
* estar fuera de onda
* frente de onda
* fuera de onda
* función de onda
* guía de ondas
* írsele la onda
* longitud de onda
* mala onda
* microonda
* onda acústica
* onda alfa
* onda corta
* onda de calor
* onda de choque
* onda de radio
* onda electromagnética
* onda gravitacional
* onda senoidal
* onda sonora
* onda verde
* ondeado
* ondeante
* ondear
* ondeo
* ondisonante
* ondoso
* ondulación
* ondulado
* ondulante
* ondular
* ondulatorio
* ondulín
* ponerse en onda
* qué ondas
* superficie de onda
* tren de ondas

#### Related terms

* ondeado
* ondeante
* undante
* undísono
* undoso
* undulación
* undular
* undulatorio

### Further reading

* “onda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

onda
* inflection of ond:
** definite singular
** plural

### Anagrams

* anod, dona

## Turkish
### Pronoun

onda
* locative of o

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jónda.

### Verb

-ônda
* (intransitive) to become thin, emaciated
* (intransitive) to become embarrassed, depressed

#### Derived terms

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

### References

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