Claude

See also: claude

English

Alternative forms

• Claud

Etymology

Roman family name Claudius, from Latin claudus (“lame”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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• IPA^(key): /klɔːd/
• Rhymes: -ɔːd
• Homophones: clawed, clod (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Proper noun

Claude (countable and uncountable, plural Claudes)

1. (countable) A male given name from Latin.
2. A placename
   1. A city, the county seat of Armstrong County, Texas, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Claude glass

Related terms

• (female name): Claudia

Translations

male given name

• Breton: Glaoda m
• Catalan: Claudi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克勞德／克劳德 (zh) (Kèláodé)

• Esperanto: Klaŭdio
• French: Claude (fr)
• Galician: Clodio (gl) m
• Italian: Claudio (it) m
• Latvian: Klaudijs m
• Marathi: क्लॉड m (klŏḍ)
• Polish: Klaudiusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cláudio (pt) m
• Romanian: Claudiu (ro) m
• Russian: Клавдий m (Klavdij), Клод (ru) m (Klod)
• Spanish: Claudio (es) m

Anagrams

• Caudle, DeLuca, Deluca, caudle, cedula

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Claudius m, Claudia f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klod/

Proper noun

Claude m or f

1. a unisex given name
   1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Claude
   2. a diminutive of the female given name Claudette, from Latin, equivalent to English Claudia; variant forms Claudie, Claudine, Claudia
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• (unisex given names): Claude-Marie
• (male given names): Jean-Claude
• (female given names): Marie-Claude

Anagrams

• ducale