different between surd vs sud

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surdus (“deaf”); in mathematical sense, "deaf to reason", i.e. irrational.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sûd, IPA^(key): /s??d/
• (US) enPR: sûrd, IPA^(key): /s?d/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d

Noun

surd (plural surds)

1. (arithmetic) An irrational number, especially one expressed using the ? symbol.
2. (linguistics) A voiceless consonant.

Adjective

surd (comparative more surd, superlative most surd)

1. (obsolete) Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
   • 1670s, published 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, part 3, section 6:

     …how all Words fall to the Ground, spent upon such a surd and Earless Generation of Men, stupid unto all Instruction…

2. (obsolete) unheard
   • 1773, William Kenrick, A New Dictionary of the English Language, section 3, page 5:

     To this errour, of blending the ?urd and vocal modes of articulation together, may be added the too frequent u?e of compound articulations both vocal and ?urd.

3. (mathematics) Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers.

   a surd expression or quantity; a surd number

4. (phonetics) unvoiced; voiceless

Related terms

• absurd

Anagrams

• RUDs, Ruds, UDRS, Urds, ruds

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• surdu, nsurdu

Etymology

From Latin surdus. Compare Romanian surd.

Adjective

surd m (feminine surde, plural surdz, feminine plural surdi)

1. deaf

Related terms

• surdzest

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). Compare Aromanian surdu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surd/

Adjective

surd m or n (feminine singular surd?, masculine plural surzi, feminine and neuter plural surde)

1. deaf

Declension

Related terms

• asurzi
• surditate
• surzi

See also

• auzi
• mut
• orb

English

Etymology

From a variation of sod, itself a shortening of sodden. Related to seethe.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

sud (plural suds)

1. (informal) A bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).

Derived terms

• soapsud

Anagrams

• 'uds, DSU, DUs, UDS, USD, us'd

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• Sud

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud. Compare Romanian sud.

Noun

sud

1. south

See also

• datã/Datã
• vestu/Vestu, ascãpitatã
• nordu/Nordu, njadzã-noapti
• not/Not

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþr?.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sut/

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

Synonyms

• migdia, migjorn

Antonyms

• nord

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

Further reading

• “sud” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sud” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sud” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sud” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Alternative forms

• sudu

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud. Cognates include Italian sud and Spanish sur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sud/
• Hyphenation: sud

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

References

• “sud, sudu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Noun

sud m

1. barrel
2. keg party

Further reading

• sud in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sud in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Middle French sud, from Old French su, sud (“south”), from Old English s?þ (“south”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþr?. More at south.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syd/

Noun

sud m (plural sud)

1. south

Synonyms

• midi

Antonyms

• nord

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dus

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sud/

Noun

sud m (invariable)

1. south

   Synonyms: meridione, mezzogiorno

   Antonym: nord

Derived terms

• sud-
• sudest, sud-est
• sudista
• sud-sud-est
• sud-sud-ovest
• sudovest, sud-ovest

See also

• est
• ovest
• punto cardinale

Norman

Alternative forms

• su (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French sud, su (“south”), from Old English s?þ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþr?.

Pronunciation

Noun

sud m (invariable)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) south

Occitan

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. south

   Antonym: nòrd

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 935.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþr?.

Noun

sud n (uncountable)

1. south

Declension

Synonyms

• miaz?zi (archaic, poetic)

Antonyms

• nord

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punct cardinal;

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *s?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sû?d/

Noun

s?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. court
2. courthouse
3. tribunal
4. judgment

Declension

Related terms

• sudac

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *s?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sû?d/

Noun

s?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (regional) vessel
2. (regional) dish

Declension

References

• “sud” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “sud” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sud/, [?suð?]

Noun

sud m (uncountable)

1. (Latin America) south

   Synonym: (more common) sur

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian ??? (sud).

Noun

sud (plural sudlar)

1. court

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse súð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/, /s????d/, /sœ???r/

  Rhymes: -???ð

  (southern ð-dropping) Rhymes: -???, -???ð

  (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -???r, -???ð

Noun

sud f

1. (nautical, of a boat) A ship's side; boat edge, top part, edge around a boat, responding to railing on larger craft.

Derived terms

• båtsud
• sudband
• syd