dude

See also dudë

English

Alternative forms

• dood

Etymology

Of unknown origin. First attested in 1883 as a New York City slang term of contempt for a "fastidious man, fop". Possibly related to dawdle, to German Low German Dudeldop, Dudendop (“fool, dunce”), from Middle Low German dudendop (“cuckold”, “simpleton”), or to Saterland Frisian Duddigegen (“idiot”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: do͞od, IPA: /duːd/, X-SAMPA: /du:d/

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• (Can we verify this pronunciation?) (UK) IPA: /djuːd/, /dʒuːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

Noun

dude (plural dudes)

Wikipedia

1. (slang) A man.
2. (slang, used in the vocative) A term of address for a man.

   Relax, dude.

3. (originally) An inexperienced cowboy.
4. (slang) A tourist.
5. (archaic) A dandy, a man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance.

Synonyms

• (man) bloke (British, Australia, New Zealand slang (mainly in Southland)), chap (dated British), cove (dated British), guy
• (term of address for a man) mate (British, Australia)
• (dandy) dandy, fop, masher
• See also Wikisaurus:man

Translations

slang: man

• Bulgarian: пич (bg) (pič) m
• Catalan: paio (ca) m, tio (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 家伙 (cmn) (jiāhuo), 小伙子 (cmn) (xiǎohuǒzi)

• Danish: fyr (da) c, starut (da) c, fætter (da) c
• Dutch: kerel (nl) m
• Finnish: jätkä (fi), hemmo (fi), tyyppi (fi), heppu (fi), heebo (fi)
• French: type (fr) m, gars (fr) m, mec (fr) m
• German: Kerl (de) m, Junge (de) m (Switzerland)
• Greek: τύπος (el) (týpos)
• Hebrew: חבוב (he) (khabub) m, איש (he) (ish) m
• Icelandic: gaur (is) m

• Italian: tipo (it) m
• Japanese: やつ (ja) (yatsu)
• Polish: koleś (pl)
• Portuguese: cara (pt) (Brazil), tipo (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: tip (ro)
• Romanian: tip (ro) m
• Russian: чувак (ru) (čuvák) m, кент (ru) (kent) m, пацан (ru) (pacán) m (of a young boy)
• Spanish: tipo (es) m, mae (es) m (Costa Rica), tío (es) m (Spain), bato (es)
• Swedish: snubbe (sv), kille (sv), jeppe (sv)
• Tagalog: Tol (tl)

slang: term of address for a man

• Armenian: ապե (hy) (ape), ապեր (hy) (aper), ախպեր (hy) (axper)
• Bulgarian: пич (bg) (pič)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伙計 (cmn), 伙计 (cmn) (huǒji), 老兄 (cmn) (lǎoxiōng)

• Dutch: kerel (nl) m, maat (nl) m, vent (nl) m
• Fijian: boso (fj)
• French: mon pote (fr) m
• German: Alter (de) m
• Icelandic: gaur (is) m

• Indonesian: bung (id)
• Japanese: おす (ja) (osu)
• Russian: кореш (ru) (kóreš) m, друган (ru) (drugán) m, братан (ru) (bratán) m, чувак (ru) (čuvák) m (rude)
• Samoan: sole (sm)
• Spanish: compadre (es) m, (Spain) colega (es) m, (River Plate) flaco (es) m, (Mexico) güey (es) m, (Andes, Central America, Carribean, Mexico) mano (es) m, (Colombia) parce (es), (Spain) tío (es)
• Telugu: రా (te) (raa)
• Tongan: masiokinai (to)

dandy — see dandy

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: chaval (es) m, tio (es) m, (Chile) huevón (es) m

• Portuguese: cara (pt)

Derived terms

• dude-bro
• dude ranch
• dudine (obsolete), dudess (obsolete), dudette

External links

• Essay on the etymology of "Dude"

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Asturian

Verb

dude

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of dudar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of dudar

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Middle English

Verb

dude

1. did

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Slovene

Noun

dude f pl

1. bagpipes (musical instrument)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at bagpipes. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see dude in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2008

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈd̪u.d̪e̞], [d̪uˈd̪äɾ]

Verb

dude (infinitive dudar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dudar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dudar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dudar.