# stud
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: stŭd, IPA: /stʌd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌd

#### Noun

stud (plural studs)
* A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
    Synonym: sire
* A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
* (by extension, collective) A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
** 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.
** 1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:In freight working a considerable stud of ex-N.E.R. 3-cylinder 4-6-0s of Class "B16" is used, some of which include the Thompson modifications to the front end.
** 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:At that time, therefore, L.M.S. motive power for the increased loads of the Birmingham trains was less than adequate, whereas the G.W.R. route had an ample stud of Churchward and Collett 4-6-0s, and timekeeping was good.
* An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
* A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
** 1673, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, An Essay upon the Advancement of Trade in Ireland:In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care is taken, […] we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size.
* (colloquial) A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
    Synonyms: he-man, hunk, stallion
** 1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Joe Buck (Jon Voight):Well, I'll tell you the truth now. I ain't a for-real cowboy, but I am one hell of a stud!
** 1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Charlie (Kelly McGillis):Maverick, you big stud… Take me to bed or lose me forever.
** 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler):Wow, Julia! Sounds like to me like you got your pick of any man in this room to dance with so I want you to take your time and find amongst all these young studs here tonight the coolest, most un-losery guy in the bunch
** 1999 December 16, Mark Wolf, “The V-chip has arrived with little fanfare”, in The Coshocton Tribune‎:Those soap-opera studs and studettes sliding between satin sheets in the afternoon?
* (LGBTQ, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
** 1983 August 13, Lisa Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 22:Down and lonely stud, 23 years old, wants comfort from sweet-hearted fem.

##### Derived terms

* stud book
* studding
* stud farm
* studly
* stud mare
* stud muffin
* stud puppy

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2

From Old English studu.

#### Noun

stud (plural studs)
* A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
    a collar with studs
** c. 1587, Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love:A belt of straw and ivy buds, / With coral clasps and amber studs.
** 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems / And studs of pearl.
* (jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
    She's wearing studs in her ears.
* (construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
* (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
** 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “March. Aegloga Tertia.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:Seest not this same hawthorn stud?
* (poker) A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
    Synonym: stud poker
** 1969, Shel Silverstein (lyrics and music), “A Boy Named Sue”, performed by Johnny Cash:At an old saloon on a street of mud / There at a table, dealing stud / Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue"
* (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
* (engineering) A stud bolt.
* An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

##### Derived terms

* collar stud
* five-card stud
* mud and stud
* nose stud
* press stud
* seven-card stud
* shirt-stud abscess
* spring stud
* studded
* stud finder

##### Translations
#### Verb

stud (third-person singular simple present studs, present participle studding, simple past and past participle studded)
* To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
* To decorate as a stud does.
** 1910, E. B. Stebbing, “The Loranthus Parasite of the Moru and Ban Oaks”, in Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 192:The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs.
* To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
** 2012, Antony Cooke, Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Belts, page 82:[S]eemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region[.]
* To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
** 2010, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Rose's Heavenly Cakes:Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in.
** 2016, Mary Price, Vincent Price, Mary and Vincent Price's Come Into the Kitchen Cook Book, page 70:Stud the onion with cloves and add to the pan.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

stud (plural studs)
* Clipping of student.

### References

* Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

### Further reading

* “stud”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* “stud”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “stud”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “stud”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

### Anagrams

* Dust, UDTs, dust, duts

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech stud, from Proto-Slavic *studъ (“cold, shame”) .

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈstut]
* Hyphenation: stud
* Rhymes: -ut

### Noun

stud m inan
* shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling)

#### Related terms

* nestoudný
* nestydatý
* ostuda f
* ostudný
* stydět
* stydký

### Further reading

* “stud”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “stud”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “stud”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse stútr, from or related to Proto-Germanic *stautōną (“to push”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsd̥uˀð], [ˈsd̥uðˀ]
* Rhymes: -uːˀð

### Noun

stud c (singular definite studen, plural indefinite stude)
* bullock, steer
* boor, oaf

#### Declension
### References

* “stud” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

stud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n)
* colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student

### References

* M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

## French
### Etymology

From English.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /styd/

### Noun

stud m (plural studs)
* stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
* assembly of horses for sale or racing

### References

* Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

stud
* (West Midlands) Alternative form of stede (“place”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

stud
* Alternative form of stod (“stud”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *studъ.

### Noun

stȗd f (Cyrillic spelling сту̑д)
* (expressively) cold