different between oul vs oud

English

Adjective

oul (comparative more oul, superlative most oul)

1. (Ireland) Alternative form of ould

Anagrams

• Lou, Luo, UOL

Middle English

Noun

oul

1. Alternative form of oule

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Scots

Alternative forms

• ool

Etymology 1

Noun

oul (plural ouls)

1. owl

Etymology 2

Verb

oul (third-person singular present ouls, present participle oulin, past oult, past participle oult)

1. To treat harshly, ill-use, bully

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