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Definitions and meaning of oud

oud

English

Alternative forms

• 'ud, oudh

Etymology

From Arabic عُود (ʕūd). Doublet of lute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

Noun

oud (countable and uncountable, plural ouds)

2. (music) A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.

   Coordinate term: sintir
4. (perfumery) Agarwood, in particular the noble rot of Aquilaria trees used to make perfumes.

Derived terms

• oudist

Translations

See also

Further reading

• oud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 2010. Ottoman Medicine: Healing and Medical Institutions, 1500-1700. Miri Shefer-Mossensohn. Pg. 73.

Anagrams

• ODU, duo-, duo, udo, Duo

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œu̯t/

Adjective

oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)

1. old

Inflection

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈou̯t]

Noun

oud m inan (diminutive oudek)

1. (archaic) alternative form of úd

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “oud”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “oud”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) oudt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).

Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯t/
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Adjective

oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)

1. old

   De oude man en de zee. ― The Old Man and the Sea.

2. stale (of bread)

Declension

Next to the regular form oude, the form ouwe is also used informally.

Derived terms

Related terms

• ouwe

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ou, oud
• Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
• Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
• Negerhollands: oud, ouw, houw, hou
• Skepi Creole Dutch: ou, oud
• West Flemish: elde

Anagrams

• duo

Portuguese

Noun

oud m (plural ouds)

1. alternative spelling of ud

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ud

Etymology

Borrowed from French oud, or directly from Arabic عُود (ʕūd). Doublet of laúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoud/ [ˈou̯ð̞]
• Rhymes: -oud
• Syllabification: oud

Noun

oud m (plural oudes)

1. (music, historical) oud [from late-19th c.]

Further reading

• “oud”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN