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Esperanto

Alternative forms

  • au (H-system spelling)
  • aux (X-system spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /au̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -au̯
  • Hyphenation: aŭ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aut.

Conjunction

  1. or
    • 1927, “II. Kroniko 6:28 ”, in L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Malnova Testamento , Londono: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo:
      Se estos malsato en la lando, se estos pesto, brulsekeco, velkado, akridoj, vermoj, se premos ilin malamiko en la lando de ilia loĝado, se estos ia plago malsano;
      “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is—
  2. (aŭ ... aŭ) either ... or
Synonyms
  • (text messaging) X
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare Polish au.

Interjection

  1. ouch, ow (expression of pain)
    Synonyms: aj, huj, oj

Romanian

Adverb

  1. obsolete spelling of au

Conjunction

  1. obsolete spelling of au

Verb

  1. obsolete spelling of au