au

See also Appendix:Variations of "au"

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin avis

Noun

au f. (plural aus)

1. bird

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Arin

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaw (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

Pronoun

au

1. you (second-person singular subjective)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aw/, SAMPA: /aw/
• Rhymes: -aw

Etymology 1

Interjection

au

1. now (as an incitement to action or to a decision)

Etymology 2

From Latin avis.

Noun

au f. (plural aus)

1. bird

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Dutch

Interjection

au

1. ouch!

   Au, ja dat doet pijn! — Ouch, that hurts!

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Estonian

Noun

au (genitive au, partitive au)

1. honour/honor

Declension

This Estonian entry needs an inflection template

Derived terms

• auhind
• aupaklik
• ausõna
• autasu
• meheau
• mundriau

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian aku.

Pronoun

au

1. I; me

See also

Fijian personal pronouns

				singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person				au	keirau (exclusive) kedaru (inclusive)	keitou (exclusive) kedatou (inclusive)	keimami (exclusive) keda (inclusive)
2nd person				iko	kemudrau	kemudou	kemunii
3rd person				koya	rau	iratou	ira

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Finnish

Interjection

au

1. ouch

Synonyms

• ai
• auts

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/, X-SAMPA: /o/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -o
• Homophones: aux, eau, eaux, haut, hauts

Contraction

au (used with a singular masculine noun)

1. Contraction of à + le ("to the"; "for the"; "at the").

   Il étudie la musique au Conservatoire — He studies music at the Conservatory

See also

• à la
• aux

Anagrams

• ua

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian arus.

Noun

au

1. current

Pronoun

au

1. singular 1st person pronoun

See also

Hawaiian personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			au, wau	māua (exclusive) kāua (inclusive)	mākou (exclusive) kākou (inclusive)
2nd person			ʻoe	ʻolua	ʻoukou
3rd person			ia, ʻo ia	lāua	lākou

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Hiri Motu

Noun

au

1. tree

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [øyː]

Interjection

au

1. An exclamation of awe and surprise; wow.

Synonyms

• nau
• vá

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Japanese

Verb

au (godan conjugation, hiragana あう)

1. 会う: to meet
2. 合う: to match with, to be proper
3. 遭う: to meet with (misfortune)
4. 遇う: to meet with (misfortune)
5. 逢う: to meet with (drama or pathos)
6. 逅う: to meet with (unexpectedly)
7. 邂う: to meet with (unexpectedly)
8. 翕う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
9. 覯う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
10. 覿う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
11. 遘う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)

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Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaw (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

Pronoun

au (plural auoŋ)

1. you (second-person singular subjective)
2. you (second-person singular objective)

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Maori

Pronoun

au

1. I, me (first-person singular pronoun)

See also

Maori personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			au	māua (exclusive) tāua (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person			koe	kōrua	koutou
3rd person			ia	rāua	rātou

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Norwegian

Adverb

au

1. also, too (used mostly in dialects)

Interjection

au!

1. ouch!

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Old French

Alternative forms

• al

Contraction

au

1. contraction of a + le (to the)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aw/

Interjection

au

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

Synonyms

• aua, auć

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Rapa Nui

Pronoun

au

1. I

Noun

au

1. smoke

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aw/

Etymology 1

Verb

au

1. third-person plural present tense form of avea. they have

Etymology 2

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

au

1. (rare) or

Synonyms

• sau, ori

Adverb

au

1. (interrogative, rhetorical) well?, (now) really?

Synonyms

• oare

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Swahili

Conjunction

au

1. or

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Tahitian

Pronoun

au

1. I, me

Verb

au

1. sew

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Tongan

Pronoun

au

1. I; me

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Tuvaluan

Pronoun

au

1. I; me

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Vietnamese

Adjective

au

1. bright and cheerful