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, →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.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /od/
  • (file)

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

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

References

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)
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