sud

See also: Sud, SUD, súd, süd, Süd, suð, sud-, súð, and suď

English

Etymology

From a variation of sod, itself a shortening of sodden. Related to seethe.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

sud (plural suds)

1. (informal) A bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).
   • 2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 114:

     There is a beer sud parked on her upper lip.

Derived terms

• soapsud

Anagrams

• 'uds, DSU, DUs, UDS, USD, us'd

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• Sud

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud. Compare Romanian sud.

Noun

sud

1. south

See also

• datã / Datã
• vestu / Vestu, ascãpitatã
• nordu / Nordu, njadzã-noapti
• not / Not

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈsut]

• Audio

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Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

   Synonyms: migdia, migjorn

   Antonym: nord

   al sud de Londres

   south of London

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

nord-oest (n-occ)	nord (sept)	nord-est (n-or)
oest (occ)		est (or)
sud-oest (s-occ)	sud (mer)	sud-est (s-or)

Further reading

• “sud” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sud”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sud” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sud” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

U sud.

Alternative forms

• sudu

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud. Cognates include Italian sud and Spanish sur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsud/
• Hyphenation: sud

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

References

• “sud, sudu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sud, from Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsut]

Noun

sud m inan

1. barrel
2. keg party

Declension

Declension of sud (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	sud	sudy
genitive	sudu	sudů
dative	sudu	sudům
accusative	sud	sudy
vocative	sude	sudy
locative	sudě, sudu	sudech
instrumental	sudem	sudy

Derived terms

• soudek

 

Related terms

• soud
• soudit
• sudý

 

Further reading

• sud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sud in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sud, from Old French su(d), borrowed from Old English sūþ (“south”), which see. The English (rather than Dutch or Norse) origin of the French compass points is evidenced by the vowel in est.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syd/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

sud m (plural sud)

1. south

   Synonym: midi

   Antonym: nord

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) point cardinal;

nord-ouest	nord septentrion	nord-est
ouest couchant ponant occident		est levant orient
sud-ouest	sud midi méridien	sud-est

Further reading

• “sud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dus

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsud/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ud
• Hyphenation: sùd

Noun

sud m (invariable)

1. south

   Synonyms: meridione, mezzogiorno

   Antonym: nord

Derived terms

• sud-
• sudest, sud-est
• sudista
• sud-sud-est
• sud-sud-ovest
• sudovest, sud-ovest

See also

• (compass points) punto cardinale;

From Latin
settentrione occidente ponente oriente levante meridione mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest ovest est sudovest sud sudest

Norman

Alternative forms

• su (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French sud, su (“south”), from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

Noun

sud m (invariable)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) south

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyt/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

   Antonym: nòrd

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 935.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ.

Noun

sud n (uncountable)

1. south

   Synonym: (archaic, poetic) miazăzi

   Antonym: nord

Declension

declension of sud (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sud	sudul
genitive/dative	(unui) sud	sudului
vocative	sudule

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punct cardinal;

Native Romanian
miazănoapte apus răsărit miazăzi
Borrowed from French/German
nord-vest nord nord-est vest est sud-vest sud sud-est

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sûːd/

Noun

sȗd m (Cyrillic spelling су̑д)

1. court
2. courthouse
3. tribunal
4. judgment

Declension

Declension of sud

	singular	plural
nominative	sȗd	sȕdovi
genitive	súda	sudova
dative	sudu	sudovima
accusative	sud	sudove
vocative	sude	sudovi
locative	sudu	sudovima
instrumental	sudom	sudovima

Related terms

• sudac

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sûːd/

Noun

sȗd m (Cyrillic spelling су̑д)

1. (regional) vessel
2. (Serbia) dish

Declension

Declension of sud

	singular	plural
nominative	sȗd	sȕdovi/sudi
genitive	suda	sudova/suda
dative	sudu	sudovima/sudima
accusative	sud	sudove/sude
vocative	sude	sudovi/sudi
locative	sudu	sudovima/sudima
instrumental	sudom	sudovima/sudima

References

• “sud” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “sud” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsud/ [ˈsuð̞]
• Rhymes: -ud
• Syllabification: sud

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. (Latin America) south

   Synonym: (more common) sur

Further reading

• “sud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

sud

1. Romanization of 𒋤 (sud)

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian суд (sud).

Noun

sud (plural sudlar)

1. court