different between oud vs ould

English

Alternative forms

• 'ud

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (??d). Doublet of lute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?d/

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.

Derived terms

• oudist

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Duo, duo, duo-, udo

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Adjective

oud (attributive ou, comparative ouer, superlative oudste)

1. old

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ou?t]

Noun

oud m

1. (archaic) Alternative form of úd.

Further reading

• oud in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• oud in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h?eltós, from *h?el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?t/
• Rhymes: -?u?t

Adjective

oud (comparative ouder, superlative oudst)

1. old

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• oude jongens krentenbrood
• ouder
• oudere
• ouderdom
• oudheid
• oudje

Related terms

• ouwe

Descendants

• Afrikaans: oud

Anagrams

• duo

Portuguese

Noun

oud m (plural ouds)

1. Alternative spelling of ud

English

Alternative forms

• auld, oul', oul

Etymology

From old.

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /a?ld/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /a?l/

Adjective

ould (comparative oulder, superlative ouldest)

1. (slang, Ireland) old, aged, long-established
   • "The Ould Lammas Fair takes place in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim on the last Monday and Tuesday in August. It's one of the oldest fairs in Ireland"
   • "But, begonnies, in three months I was able to send home for the ouldest little girl--she was only nine years of age."
   • "maybe they'd come round you to play wid you, an' then what's the harum, barrin' they're not any o' the grown brats, as ould or oulder than yourself, that you're behoulden to keep at a distance"

ould (not comparable)

1. (slang, Ireland) term of denigration
   • "Sonny'll tell you all about it, but pay no heed to him. He's only an ould goat anyway."
2. (slang, Ireland) term of diminution (often affectionate)
   • for home entertainment they then have to endure the bloody Afternoon Show on RTE, all that bullshit about cookery and clothes and celebrity gossip, when all they want is an ould song from Johnny McEvoy.

Usage notes

Used in spelling pronunciations of popular speech.

Synonyms

• old: See also Thesaurus:old
• term of denigration: old, stupid, piffling, bloody
• term of diminution: old, wee

Derived terms

• ould fella
• ould one
• Ould Sod

References

Anagrams

• Loud, Ludo, loud, ludo, ludo-