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

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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

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

   al sud de Londres

   south of London

Synonyms

• migdia, migjorn

Antonyms

• nord

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, 2022
• “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.

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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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsut]

Noun

sud m inan

1. barrel
2. keg party

Declension

Declension

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

Further reading

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

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syd/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

sud m (plural sud)

1. south

   Synonym: midi

   Antonym: nord

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dus

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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

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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

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

   Antonym: nòrd

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

sud n (uncountable)

1. south

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

Synonyms

• miazăzi (archaic, poetic)

Antonyms

• nord

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punct cardinal;

nord-vest	nord (miazănoapte)	nord-est
vest (apus)		est (răsărit)
sud-vest	sud (miazăzi)	sud-est

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsud/, [ˈsuð̞]

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

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Sumerian

Romanization

sud

1. Romanization of 𒋤 (sud)

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Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian суд (sud).

Noun

sud (plural sudlar)

1. court

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse súð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʉː/, /sɛʊ̯ːd/, /sœɵ̯ːr/

  Rhymes: -ʉ́ːð

  (southern ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ʉ́ː, -ʉ́ːð

  (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -ʉ́ːr, -ʉ́ːð

Noun

sud f

1. (nautical, of a boat) A ship's side; boat edge, top part, edge around a boat, responding to railing on larger craft.

Derived terms

• båtsud
• sudband
• syd