oud

English

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An oud.

Alternative forms

• 'ud

Etymology

From Arabic عود (ʿūd).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /uːd/

Noun

oud (plural ouds)

1. An Arabic and Turkish plucked string instrument resembling a lute.

Translations

Arabic plucked string instrument

• Hungarian: úd (hu)
• Macedonian: уд (mk) (ud) m

• Persian: عود (fa) ('ud)
• Portuguese: ud (pt)
• Turkish: ud (tr)

Anagrams

• duo

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch oud.

Adjective

oud (attributive ou, comparative ouder, superlative oudste)

1. old

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós. Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
• (Netherlands) IPA: /ʌu̯t/, /ɑu̯t/

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• (Belgium) IPA: /ɔut/

Adjective

oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)

1. old

   De oude man en de zee.

   The Old Man and the Sea.

Declension

Declension of oud

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		oud	ouder
neuter singular	indefinite	oud	ouder
	definite	oude	oudere	oudste	oudst, oudste
common singular		oude	oudere	oudste	oudste
plural		oude	oudere	oudste	oudste
partitive		ouds	ouders

Next to the regular form oude, the form ouwe is also used informally.

Derived terms

• oudheid

Anagrams

• duo