# sud
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ʌd

### Noun

sud (plural suds)
* (informal) A bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).
** 2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 114:There is a beer sud parked on her upper lip.

#### 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
* 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 *sunþrą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsut]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sud m (uncountable)
* south
    Synonyms: migdia, migjorn
    Antonym: nord
    al sud de Londressouth of London

#### See also

compass points: punts cardinals:
| nord-oest nord-occidental | nord septentrional | nord-est nord-oriental |
| oest occidental | | est oriental |
| sud-oest sud-occidental | sud meridional | sud-est sud-oriental |

### 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, 2025
* “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: /ˈsud/
* Hyphenation: sud

### Noun

sud m (uncountable)
* south

### References

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

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sud, from Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsut]

### Noun

sud m inan
* barrel
* keg party

#### Derived terms

* soudek

#### Related terms

* soud
* soudit
* sudý

### Further reading

* “sud”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “sud”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “sud”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French sud, su, from Old French su(d), borrowed from Old English sūþ (“south”), which see. The English (rather than Dutch or Norse) origin of the French compass points is evidenced by the vowel in est.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /syd/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sud m (plural sud)
* south
    Synonym: midi
    Antonym: nord

#### Coordinate terms

compass points: points cardinaux:
| nord-ouest | nord septentrion | nord-est |
| ouest couchant ponant occident | | est levant orient |
| sud-ouest | sud midi méridien | sud-est |

### Further reading

* “sud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* dus

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsud/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ud
* Hyphenation: sùd

### Noun

sud m (invariable)
* south
    Synonyms: meridione, mezzogiorno
    Antonym: nord

#### Coordinate terms

compass points (Germanic-origin): punti cardinali:
| nordovest | nord | nordest |
| ovest | | est |
| sudovest | sud | sudest |

#### Derived terms

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

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* su

### Noun

sud m
* south

#### Descendants

* French: sud

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* su (continental Normandy)

### Etymology

From Old French sud, su (“south”), from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

sud m (invariable)
* (Jersey, Guernsey) south
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 539:Grànd maïr ou morte iaue, La lune au sud, il est basse iaue.Whether it be spring tides or neap tides, when the moon is due south it will be low water.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsyt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sud m (uncountable)
* 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.

### Noun

sud n (uncountable)
* south
    Synonym: (archaic, poetic) miazăzi
    Antonym: nord

#### Coordinate terms

compass points (French/Germanic origin): puncte cardinale:
| nord-vest | nord | nord-est |
| vest | | est |
| sud-vest | sud | sud-est |

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sûːd/

#### Noun

sȗd m (Cyrillic spelling су̑д)
* court
* courthouse
* tribunal
* judgment

##### Related terms

* sudac

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sûːd/

#### Noun

sȗd m (Cyrillic spelling су̑д)
* (regional) vessel
* (Serbia) dish

##### Declension
### References

* “sud”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “sud”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sud.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsud/ [ˈsuð̞]
* Rhymes: -ud
* Syllabification: sud

### Noun

sud m (uncountable)
* (Latin America) south
    Synonym: (more common) sur

### Further reading

* “sud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sumerian
### Romanization

sud
* Romanization of 𒋤 (sud)

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian суд (sud).

### Noun

sud (plural sudlar)
* court