Aude
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Aude
- A department of Occitania, 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”.
- A river in the departments of Pyrénées-Orientales, Hérault, Aude and Ariège, Occitania, France.
Translations
river in France
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /od/
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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
- a female given name
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Aude f
- Aude (a department of Occitania, France)
- Aude (a river in the departments of Pyrénées-Orientales, Hérault, Aude and Ariège, Occitania, 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)
- a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Auda
Related terms
References
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Aude”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈawde]
Proper noun
Aude f