Standard Lemma guide

aul

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Ireland, UK: /əʊl/
  • /aʊl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊl
  • /ɔːl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːl
  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of auld.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Obsolete spelling of awl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

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History

Etymology

* As a north German surname, spelling variant of Ohl, related to Ulrich. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Ahl. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Auel, occupational surname for a potter, from a Middle High German borrowing of Latin olla (“pot, jar”).

Borrowed from Russian ау́л (aúl), from West (Kypchak) Turkic awul, awïl; compare Karachay-Balkar ауул (awul), Bashkir ауыл (awıl), Kazakh ауыл (auyl) and Turkish ağıl.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: айыл (ayïl) — village encampment
  • Bashkir: ауыл (awıl) — village encampment
  • Belarusian: ау́л (aúl) — village encampment
  • Bulgarian: ау́л (aúl) — village encampment
  • Chuvash: ял (jal) — village encampment
  • Crimean Tatar: avul — village encampment
  • Ingrian: aula — village encampment
  • Kalmyk: әәл (ääl) — village encampment
  • Kazakh: ауыл (auyl) — village encampment
  • Khakas: аал (aal) — village encampment
  • Kyrgyz: айыл (ayıl) — village encampment
  • Mongolian: айл (ajl) — village encampment
  • Nogai: авыл (avıl) — village encampment
  • Polish: auł — village encampment
  • Russian: ау́л (aúl) — village encampment
  • Shor: аал (aal) — village encampment
  • Tatar: авыл (awıl) — village encampment
  • Turkmen: ail — village encampment
  • Tuvan: аал (aal) — village encampment
  • Ukrainian: ау́л (aúl) — village encampment
  • Uyghur: ئاۋۇل (awul) — village encampment
  • Uzbek: ovul — village encampment