au

au

1. IAU recommended unit symbol for astronomical unitsⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ

IAU bodies, such as the Minor Planet Center, themselves frequently use AU instead of "au"

• ua (BIPM recommendation for the unit symbol of astronomical units)
• ㍳ (Unicode glyph for astronomical unit)

au (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of atomic units.
2. Abbreviation of arbitrary units.
3. Abbreviation of astronomical units.
4. Abbreviation of absorbance units.

• U/A, UA, uA

From Old High German ouh, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with German auch, Dutch ook, English eke, Swedish och.

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /æʊ/

au

1. also, too

From Latin avis, avem.

au f (plural aus)

1. bird

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaw (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

au

1. you (second-person singular subjective)

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaw/
• Rhymes: -aw

From Latin au (“oh! ow! oh dear! goodness gracious!”).

au

1. now (as an incitement to action or to a decision)

From Latin avis, avem, from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

au f (plural aus)

1. bird

• ocell

• 아우

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

au (Hangul spelling 아우)

1. dog (animal)

The sense “north” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago su a Trénto (“I go north to Trento”, literally “I go up to Trento”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

au (Sette Comuni)

1. up, upwards

   au un abe ― up and down

   Au in de pèrghe machelts khalt

   Up in the mountains it is cold.

2. north, up north

   Ich ghéa au kan Triin.

   I'm going up north to Trento.

• abe, abar

• au, au
• denau

• “au” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• auw

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: au
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

au

1. ouch!

   Au, ja dat doet pijn! ― Ouch, yeah that hurts!

au

1. H-system spelling of aŭ

Cognate to Finnish auvo and Livonian o’v. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *auja-, compare Old Norse ey (“luck, heavenly aid”) and Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐌹- (awi-) in 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (awiliuþ). Possibly related to the verb avama.

au (genitive au, partitive au)

1. honour/honor, respect

• aus

• auhind
• aupaklik
• ausõna
• autasu
• meheau
• mundriau

From Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯/, [ˈɑu̯]

au

1. ouch

• ai
• auts

• -ua

• IPA^(key): /o/

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• Rhymes: -o
• Homophones: aulx, aux, eau, eaux, haut, hauts, ho, o, ô, oh, os

au (used with a singular masculine noun)

1. Contraction of à le (“to the, for the, at the”).

   Il étudie la musique au conservatoire.

   He studies music at the conservatory.

• à la
• à l'
• aux

• “au” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• ua

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)

• Unlike other personal pronouns, au has a separate object form aʻu.

• wau

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

au

1. era, period of time
2. current (water)
3. movement

au

1. (intransitive) to flow
2. (intransitive) to move

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

au

1. tree

• IPA^(key): [øyː]

au

1. An exclamation of awe and surprise; wow.

• nau
• vá

au

1. Rōmaji transcription of あう

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

au

1. dog (animal)

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaw (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

au (plural auoŋ)

1. you (second-person singular subjective)
2. you (second-person singular objective)

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

• ahau

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

au

1. current (water)

• yeu
• ato [attu], earlier asta /asta/[1]

au

1. water

• Meeks, Dimitri (1973) Liste des mots méroïtiques ayant une signification connue au supposée, Meroitic Newsletter / Bulletin d'informations méroïtiques № 13, pages 3–20

au

1. Alternative form of awe

au

1. yes

• apia

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Old Norse auk

au

1. also, too (used mostly in dialects)

1. òg
2. også

au!

1. ouch!

• “au” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /æʉ/

From Old Norse auk

au

1. also, too

1. òg
2. ogso
3. også

au!

1. ouch!

• “au” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• al

au

1. contraction of a + le (to the)

au

1. Alternative spelling of áu (“ear”)

• IPA^(key): /aw/

au

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

• aua, auć

• au in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• ai

• Rhymes: -aw

au

1. ouch (expression of minor physical pain)

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I/me (personal pronoun)

   1995, Veronica de Feu, Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar, page 153:

   Ko tikea 'a e au te moai nui nui ... 'I have seen a big statue.'

   Note: This source does not show non-ambiguous glottal stops.

au

1. smoke

• aŭ (old orthography)

• IPA^(key): /aw/

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *habunt[1], as a conjugated form of Latin habeō.

au

1. third-person plural present indicative of avea

   (they) have

au

1. (ele/ei) au (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

   (they) have...

• am
• ai
• a
• ați

From Latin aut.

au

1. (rare) or

• sau, ori

au

1. (interrogative, rhetorical) well?, (now) really?

• oare

From Arabic أَو‎ (ʾaw).

au

1. or

• ama

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

au

1. to sew

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• ou

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

au

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaw˧˧]

au

1. bright and cheerful

• "au" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)