Claude
See also: claude
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Roman family name Claudius, from Latin claudus (“lame”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /klɔːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /klɔd/
- (cot–caught merger, US, Canada) IPA(key): /klɑd/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kloːd/
- Rhymes: -ɔːd
- Homophones: clawed; clod (cot–caught merger)
Proper noun
Claude (countable and uncountable, plural Claudes)
- (countable) A male given name from Latin.
- A placename
- A city, the county seat of Armstrong County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
Related terms
- (female name): Claudia
Translations
male given name
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Claudius m, Claudia f.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klod/
Proper noun
Claude m or f
- a unisex given name
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Claude
- a diminutive of the female given name Claudette, from Latin, equivalent to English Claudia; variant forms Claudie, Claudine, Claudia
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Related terms
- (unisex given names): Claude-Marie
- (male given names): Jean-Claude
- (female given names): Marie-Claude