aud

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See also: Aud, AUD, -aud, aud., and Au.D.

Translingual

Symbol

aud

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anuta.

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(UK, Ireland) IPA^(key): /əʊd/

Adjective

aud

Alternative form of auld.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔːd/

Noun

aud (plural auds)

(colloquial) Clipping of audience.
- 1951 March 31, Billboard, page 14:
  […] the show is done in an impossible studio, with about 40 folding chairs jammed in one corner for the aud, and there is a constant racket.
- 1999, The Variety Insider, page 219:
  Decidedly for adult auds, the pic has definite specialized appeal outside France and should broaden the director's commercial rep and prestige.
- 2013 March 28, AJ Marechal, “Demi Lovato Set to Return to 'X Factor'”, in Variety‎, Los Angeles, C.A.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 September 2021:
  Net confirmed today that Lovato will return to judge season three of the singing competish, which launches this fall. The pop chantoosie joined the show during its second season, helping to draw younger auds to the program.

Anagrams

dau., dua, ADU, Uda, UDA, Adu, DAU, du'a', Dua, dau

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Estonian

Noun

aud

partitive singular of au
nominative plural of au

Latvian

Verb

aud

inflection of aust:
1. second-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /œʊː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse auðr.

Adjective

aud (neuter audt, definite singular and plural aude, comparative audare, indefinite superlative audast, definite superlative audaste)