baud

Alternative forms

• Baud

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːd/
• Rhymes: -ɔːd

Noun

baud (countable and uncountable, plural bauds)

1. (computing, telecommunications) A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second in a data transmission.
2. (computing, informal) bps (bits per second), regardless of how many signalling events are necessary to signal each bit.

Anagrams

• Buda, Daub, abud, daub

Noun

baud m

1. baud (unit of rate of data transmission)

Further reading

• baud in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• baud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Latin vōx, vocem, possibly influenced by vōtum.

Noun

baud f

1. voice

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

baud m (plural bauds)

1. A type of hunting dog

Etymology 2

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

Noun

baud m (plural bauds)

1. baud

Romanization

baud

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌳

Verb

baud

1. past tense of by

Alternative forms

• balt
• baut

Etymology

From Frankish *bald or similar Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balþaz. More at bold.

Adjective

baud m (oblique and nominative feminine singular baude)

1. bold; brave
2. cheerful; full of ardour

Noun

baud m (plural bauds)

1. (computing, telecommunications) baud (a rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)

Adjective

baud (comparative mair baud, superlative maist baud)

1. bad