Dude — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an informal form of address for a man

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛmplˈeɪnd/

🇬🇧British English

/djˈuːd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/djˈuːd/

1 syllable Say it as /ɛmplˈeɪnd/.

Examples

Say, fellow, what are you doing?
Hey buster, what's up?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

clotheshorse fop swell dandy gallant fellow fashion plate buster beau sheik

Parts of Speech

noun	an informal form of address for a man “Say, fellow, what are you doing?”
noun	a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Word Forms

dandify

verb

dress like a dandy

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Alter

eine informelle Anrede für einen Mann

🇫🇷French

mec

une forme d'adresse informelle pour un homme

🇪🇸Spanish

dudar

una forma informal de dirección para un hombre

🇮🇹Italian

tizio

una forma informale di indirizzo per un uomo

🇳🇱Dutch

kerel

een informele aanspreekvorm voor een man

🇵🇹Portuguese

cara

uma forma informal de endereço para um homem

🇷🇺Russian

чувак

неофициальная форма обращения к мужчине

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दोस्त

किसी व्यक्ति के लिए संबोधन का एक अनौपचारिक रूप

🇧🇩Bengali

বন্ধু

একটি মানুষের জন্য ঠিকানা একটি অনানুষ্ঠানিক ফর্ম

🇮🇳Tamil

நண்பா

ஒரு மனிதனுக்கான முறைசாரா முகவரி

🇮🇳Telugu

వాసి

ఒక వ్యక్తి యొక్క అనధికారిక చిరునామా

🇮🇳Marathi

मित्र

माणसासाठी पत्त्याचा अनौपचारिक प्रकार

🇮🇳Gujarati

દોસ્ત

માણસ માટે સરનામાનું અનૌપચારિક સ્વરૂપ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೊಗಸುಗಾರ

ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ವಿಳಾಸ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചേട്ടാ

ഒരു പുരുഷൻ്റെ വിലാസത്തിൻ്റെ അനൗപചാരിക രൂപം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਯਾਰ

ਇੱਕ ਆਦਮੀ ਲਈ ਪਤੇ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਗੈਰ ਰਸਮੀ ਰੂਪ

🇵🇰Urdu

یار

ایک آدمی کے لیے پتے کی ایک غیر رسمی شکل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

老兄

对男性的非正式称呼

🇯🇵Japanese

お前

男性の非公式な呼びかけ形式

🇰🇷Korean

녀석

남자의 비공식적인 호칭

🇻🇳Vietnamese

anh bạn

một dạng xưng hô không chính thức của một người đàn ông

🇹🇭Thai

เพื่อน

ที่อยู่ที่ไม่เป็นทางการสำหรับผู้ชาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

bung

bentuk sapaan informal untuk seorang pria

🇵🇭Filipino

pare

isang impormal na anyo ng address para sa isang lalaki

🇲🇾Malay

kawan

satu bentuk alamat tidak rasmi untuk seorang lelaki

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يا صديقي

شكل غير رسمي من العنوان للرجل

🇮🇷Persian

یارو

فرم غیررسمی خطاب برای یک مرد

🇹🇷Turkish

dostum

bir erkeğe resmi olmayan bir hitap şekli

🇮🇱Hebrew

אחי

צורת כתובת לא רשמית לגבר

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