pudu
/ˈpuːduː/noun
pudu is a noun meaning “A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some classifications divided to Pudu and Pudella), native to the Andes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-U-D-U and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of pudu is pudus.
What does pudu mean?
noun
- 1
A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some classifications divided to Pudu and Pudella), native to the Andes.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of pudu.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pudu?
- UK /ˈpuːduː/
- UK /puːˈduː/
Pudu has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-pudu.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pudu
- pudus plural
- pudú
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pudu?
Pudu appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Pudu in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense South American deer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pudu |
| German | Pudu |
| Spanish | pudú |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pudu come from?
From South American Spanish pudú, from Mapudungun pudu (“small deer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).