Aude

See also: aude and audé

English

Etymology

From French Aude.

Proper noun

Aude

1. A department of Occitanie, France. Capital: Carcassonne.
   • 2023 December 16, Mark Townsend, Kim Willsher, “Alex Batty back in UK six years after vanishing on holiday in Spain”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Anne-Marie Charvet, a former prefect of Aude, said more than 10 years ago that the department was becoming a haven for what she termed “micro-groups” specialising in alternative medicine – like reflexology or energy therapy – and other methods she said flirted with charlatanism but were “likely to attract psychologically fragile people”.

2. A river in the Aude department, France.

Translations

department of France

• French: Aude (fr)
• Marathi: ओद (od)
• Occitan: Aude (oc)

river in France

• French: Aude (fr)
• Latin: Atax m
• Marathi: ओद f (od)
• Occitan: Aude (oc)

Anagrams

• Ueda

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /od/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From the short form of compound names beginning with Frankish *ald- (“old”) or *aþal- (“noble”); cognate to Italian Alda.

Proper noun

Aude f

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Aude f

1. Aude (a department of Occitanie, France)
2. Aude (a river in southern France)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Auði, a short form of compound names with the element auðr (“wealth, riches”) (such as Auðbergr). Cognate with Faroese Eyði, Swedish Öde, and Old High German Audo, Ōdo, Ōto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²œʊːə/

Proper noun

Aude m (definite Auden)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Auda

Related terms

• aud

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Aude”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈawde]

Proper noun

Aude f

1. Aude (a department of Occitanie, France)
2. Aude (a river in the Aude department, France)