Meanings
proper noun
- A department of Occitania, France. Capital: Carcassonne.
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Anne-Marie Charvet, a former prefect of Aude, said more than 10 years ago that the department was becoming a haven for what she termed “micro-groups” specialising in alternative medicine – like reflexology or energy therapy – and other methods she said flirted with charlatanism but were “likely to attract psychologically fragile people”.
2023 December 16, Mark Townsend, Kim Willsher, “Alex Batty back in UK six years after vanishing on holiday in Spain”, in The Observer, →ISSN
Origin
- FrenchAude
- FrenchAude
- EnglishAude
Borrowed from French Aude.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Aude, Aude
- Audedepartment of France
- Auderiver in France
Greek Ωντ, Ωντ
- Ωντ (Ont)department of France
- Ωντ (Ont)river in France
Latin Atax
- Ataxriver in France
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APA
Aude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aude
MLA
“Aude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aude. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aude.
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