-aud
French, suffix/o/
-aud is spelled A-U-D (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -aud is a French masculine suffix meaning “a suffix appended to forenames, especially those of Germanic origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe de prénoms d’origine germanique”.
What does -aud mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculinea suffix appended to forenames, especially those of Germanic origin
- 2
masculineforms augmentatives
- 3
masculineforms diminutives, or nouns having a pejorative connotation
péquin + -aud → péquenaud (“country bumpkin”)
suffix
- 1
forms augmentatives
court + -aud → courtaud
- 2
forms diminutives, or adjectives having a pejorative connotation
sale (“dirty”) + -aud → salaud (“vile, wretched”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Allocation de l'assurance chômage jusqu'au début des années 2000.
suffix: 1. Suffixe de prénoms d’origine germanique. 2. Suffixe augmentatif. 3. Suffixe diminutif ou péjoratif. 4. Suffixe utilisé pour former certains gentilés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -aud
- AUDs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -aud?
- /o/
- \o\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -aud in French?
-aud appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).