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Definition: Auld |
AuldAdjective1. A Scottish word; "auld lang syne". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "auld" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references) |
Note: Auld \Auld\, adjective. [See Old.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AULD | English | Aircraft Unit Load Devices | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Past | Noun: the past, past time; days of yore, times of yore, days of old, times of old, days past, times past, days gone by, times gone by; bygone days; old times, ancient times, former times; fore time; the good old days, the olden time, good old time; auld lang syne; eld. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Auld |
| English words defined with "auld": Old lang syne. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "auld": Auld Brig, Auld Hornie ♦ Clootie ♦ Goose Dubbs ♦ Hornie ♦ Old Reeky ♦ Reekie, Rigwoodie. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | As they, sat and sang Auld Lang Syne by the light of the moon (Do Ya; performing artist: Electric Light Orchestra) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Auld Lang Syne (1937) | |
Song Titles | Auld Lang Syne (performing artist: Kenny G) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "We'll take a cup o'kindness yet for auld lang syne." - A highland home, Scotland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Auld" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.42% of the time. "Auld" is used about 124 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 52.42% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Noun (proper) | 41.13% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.42% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.42% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.81% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.81% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 124 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "auld" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Auld | Last name | 1,000 | 8,771 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "auld": Auld lang syne ♦ auld langsyne ♦ Auld licht ♦ Auld light. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
auld lang syne | 89 | auld vivian | 2 |
auld golf course | 34 | auld g kenny lang lyrics syne | 2 |
the auld course | 33 | auld lang syne mp3 | 2 |
auld lang | 22 | auld lang midi syne | 2 |
auld | 14 | georgie auld | 2 |
auld lang syne lyrics | 14 | auld lang music syne | 2 |
auld golf | 9 | auld rory | 2 |
audrey auld | 6 | the auld course san diego | 2 |
alex auld | 4 | auld g kenny lang syne | 2 |
auld reekie | 4 | auld lang meaning syne | 2 |
auld burr patterson | 4 | auld lang mantia s syne | 2 |
auld holland inn | 3 | auld john | 2 |
auld lodge reekie | 3 | auld lang syne song | 2 |
auld lang sine | 2 | ||
auld lang syne song | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "auld"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ördög (auld hornie, auld horny, black bogy, bogy, bogy man, devil, dickens, fiend, his sable majesty, mephistopheles, prince of darkness, satan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 蛍の光 (Auld Lang Syne, firefly glow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほたるのひかり (Auld Lang Syne, firefly glow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shenn (aged, ancient, antiquarian, archaic, consecrated, elderly, ex, former, inveterate, long-standing, old, olden, old-established, senile, stale, time-fusty, veteran, vintage, worn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aulday antigo (ancient, antique, archaic, former, late, old, olden, once, pristine, quondam, whilom). (various references) старый (aged, old, olden, time worn). (various references) canción escocesa tradicional de despedida (auld lang syne). (various references) yaşlı (aged, doddered, elderly, geriatric, old, old timer, oldie, overaged, senior, senior citizen, stricken in years, tear stained, watery, well on in years), eski (ancient, archaic, bygone, crusted, cut and dried, disused, earlier, early, erstwhile, ex, ex-, former, immemorial, late, obsolete, of long standing, of old, old, old time, old timer, olden, onetime, out of date, passe, passee, previous, prior, quondam, secondhand, sometime, trite, used, vet, veteran). (various references) старий (advanced, aged, age-old, ancient, back, decrepit, dilapidated, grey headed, hoary, moth-eaten, old, old-aged, olden, ole, superannuated, used). (various references) thuở xưa (auld lang syne, formerly, olden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "auld": aulder, auldest. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "auld": cauld, fauld, yauld. (additional references) | |
Words containing "auld": cauldron, cauldrons, caulds, faulds, pauldron, pauldrons. (additional references) | |
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"Auld" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aifld, ald, Amlcd, anuld, aol, aud, audy, auid, aul, aulds, auldt, aule, aulf, auli, Aulide, aull, aulo, aulp, awld, bauld, cauld, fauld, gauld, iupd, Iuvdt, ould, ual, uld, uldb. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "auld" (pronounced ô"ld) |
| 3 | ô" l d | appalled, bald, balled, bawled, called, crawled, drawled, enthralled, hauled, installed, mauled, recalled, scald, scrawled, sprawled, stalled, uncalled, walled. |
| 2 | -l d | addled, afield, ahold, airfield, ambled, angled, annulled, appealed, assailed, assembled, availed, babbled, backfield, backpedaled, baffled, bailed, bankrolled, barreled, battled, battlefield, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, beguiled, behold, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, billed, billfold, blackmailed, blindfold, boggled, boiled, bold, bottled, bowled, brainchild, bridled, bristled, broiled, Brownfield, bubbled, buckled, build, bundled, bungled, buttonholed, cabled, cajoled, canceled, cancelled, canfield, celled, centerfold, channeled, Chesterfield, child, Childe, chilled, chiseled, chokehold, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, coiled, cold, commingled, compelled, compiled, concealed, congealed, consoled, controlled, cooled, corbelled, cornfield, corralled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, culled, curled, curtailed, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, decontrolled, derailed, detailed, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, dispelled, distilled, doled, dolled, doubled, dovetailed, dreamworld, dribbled, drilled, dueled, dulled, dwelled, dwindled, eightfold, emailed, embattled, embezzled, embroiled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, enfold, enrolled, ensnarled, entailed, entangled, entitled, equaled, excelled, exhaled, exiled, expelled, extolled, fabled, failed, felled, fiddled, field, filed, filled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dual, laud. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-l-u" | |
-1 letter: dal, lad. | |
-2 letters: ad, al, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-l-u" | |
+1 letter: adult, almud, aloud, cauld, duals, ducal, dulia, dural, fauld, lauds, ulnad, yauld. | |
+2 letters: adults, aidful, allude, almude, almuds, aludel, audial, audile, aulder, belaud, caudal, caudle, caulds, cedula, dually, ductal, dulias, faulds, feudal, hauled, landau, lauded, lauder, lurdan, mauled, radula, suldan, tuladi, unclad, unlade, unlaid, unlead, unload, upland, upload, valued, wauled. | |
+3 letters: abluted, acaudal, adulate, adultly, aliunde, alluded, alludes, allured, almudes, alodium, aludels, applaud, audible, audibly, audiles, auldest, avulsed, baulked, belauds, busload, calqued, caudles, caulked, cedulas, dareful, default, devalue, diluvia, diurnal, dualism, dualist, duality, dualize, ducally, dullard, dupable, durable, durably, equaled, faulted, fluidal, foulard, gaudily, gradual, handful, incudal, ladanum, ladybug, landaus, languid, lauders, lauding, laughed, launder, laundry, leagued, lunated, lurdane, lurdans, luxated, maculed, maudlin, medulla, medusal, miauled, modular, mudflap, mudflat, mudlark, nodular, outlaid, outland, paludal, plagued, plaudit, poulard, poundal, quailed, radulae, radular, radulas, roulade, ruderal, saluted, shauled, squalid, subdual, sudoral, suldans, sundial, sunland, tuladis, ullaged, unadult, undular, unideal, unlaced, unladed, unladen, unlades, unleads, unloads, uplands, uploads, uredial, vaulted. | |
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