sud
French, noun/syd/
sud is spelled S-U-D (3 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written French, the 435th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sud is a French masculine noun meaning “south” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point cardinal opposé au nord ; direction du pôle de l’hémisphère austral et correspondant à l’azimut 180°”.
What does sud mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesouth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point cardinal opposé au nord ; direction du pôle de l’hémisphère austral et correspondant à l’azimut 180°. 2. Partie de la terre qui est opposée au Nord. 3. Région d’un pays la plus rapprochée du Sud. 4. Région de la Terre située au midi.
adjective: 1. Dans la direction du sud.
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 sud
- suds plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sud?
- /syd/
- \syd\
- [l̪ə syd̪]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sud
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sud in French?
sud appears 186 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).