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baud

/bo/

noun, masculine/bo/plural: bauds

a type of hunting dog

Inherited from Old French baud, bald (“joyous, full of ardor”), from Frankish *bald, *balt, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”) (compare English bold, Dutch boud).

noun, masculine/bod/plural: bauds

baud (unit)

Borrowed from English baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).