Dude

English

Noun

Dude (plural Dudes)

1. (slang) A man.
2. (slang, used in the vocative) A term of address for a man.

   Relax, dude.

3. (originally) An inexperienced cowboy.
4. (slang) A tourist.
5. (archaic) A dandy, a man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance.

Synonyms

• (man) bloke (British, Australia, New Zealand slang (mainly in Southland)), chap (dated British), cove (dated British), guy
• (term of address for a man) mate (British, Australia)
• (dandy) dandy, fop, masher
• See also Thesaurus:man

Thesaurus

Beau Brummel, beau, blade, blood, boulevardier, buck, chap, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, fashion plate, fellow, fine gentleman, fop, fribble, gallant, guy, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, lady-killer, lounge lizard, macaroni, man, man-about-town, masher, popinjay, puppy, spark, sport, swell

Alternative forms

• dood

Etymology

1883, New York slang for "fastidious man, fop", originally a term of contempt. Probably from a shortening of Low German dudendop, dudenkop, dudeldop (“a lazy fellow”), related to Eastern Frisian dudkop, duddekop (“a blockhead or drowsy fellow”), German Dude (“a foolish fellow”), Eastern Frisian dudden (“to be drowsy”). See dawdle.

Pronunciation

• enPR: do͞od, IPA: /duːd/, SAMPA: /du:d/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːd

Translations

slang: man

Bulgarian: пич (bg) (pič) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 家伙 (zh) (jiāhuo), 小伙子 (zh) (xiǎohuǒzi) Danish: fyr (da) c., starut (da) c., fætter (da) c. Dutch: kerel (nl) m. Finnish: jätkä (fi), hemmo (fi), tyyppi (fi), heppu (fi), heebo (fi) French: type (fr) m., gars (fr) m., mec (fr) m. German: Kerl (de) m., Junge (de) m. (Switzerland) Greek: τύπος (el) Hebrew: חבוב m. (khabub), איש m. (ish)

Icelandic: gaur (is) m. Italian: tipo (it) m. Japanese: やつ (ja) (yatsu) Polish: koleś (pl) Portuguese: cara (pt) (Brazil) Russian: чувак (ru) (čuvák) m., кент (ru) (kent) m., пацан (ru) (pacán) m. (of a young boy) Spanish: tipo (es) m., mae (es) m. (Costa Rica), tío (es) m. (Spain) Swedish: snubbe (sv), kille (sv), jeppe (sv) Tagalog: Tol (tl)

slang: term of address for a man

Armenian: ապե (hy) (ape), ապեր (hy) (aper), ախպեր (hy) (axper) Bulgarian: пич (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 伙計 (zh), 伙计 (zh) (huǒji), 老兄 (zh) (lǎoxiōng) Dutch: kerel (nl) m., maat (nl) m., vent (nl) m. Fijian: boso French: mon pote m. German: Alter (de) m. Icelandic: gaur (is) m.

Indonesian: bung (id) Japanese: おす (ja) (osu) Russian: кореш (ru) (kóreš) m., друган (ru) (drugán) m., братан (ru) (bratán) m., чувак (ru) (čuvák) m. (rude) Samoan: sole (sm) Spanish: compadre m., colega m. (Spain), flaco m. (River Plate), güey (Mexico) m., mano m. (Andes, Central America, Carribean, Mexico), parce (Colombia), tío (Spain) Telugu: రా (te) (raa) Tongan: masiTemplate:Okinai

dandy — see dandy

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Spanish: chaval m., tio m., huevón (Chile) m.

Portuguese: cara

Derived terms

• dudine (obsolete), dudess (obsolete), dudette
• dude ranch

External links

• Podictionary podcast on the word “dude”
• Essay on the etymology of "Dude"

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Slovene

Noun

Dude f. pl.

1. bagpipes (musical instrument)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈd̪u.d̪e̞], [d̪uˈd̪äɾ]

Verb

Dude (infinitive dudar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dudar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dudar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dudar.