oud

See also: oud- and Oud

English
An oud.

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Etymology

From Arabic عُود‎ (ʿūd). Doublet of lute.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uːd/

Noun

oud (plural ouds)

  1. (music) A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.
    Coordinate term: sintir
  2. (perfume) Agarwood.

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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”).

Adjective

oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)

  1. old

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, 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/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Adjective

oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)

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

Inflection
Inflection of oud
uninflected oud
inflected oude
comparative ouder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial oudouderhet oudst
het oudste
indefinite m./f. sing. oudeoudereoudste
n. sing. oudouderoudste
plural oudeoudereoudste
definite oudeoudereoudste
partitive oudsouders—

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

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Noun

oud m (plural ouds)

  1. Alternative spelling of ud
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