how to pronounce maud

/mɔːd/

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maud is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of maud in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of the odd Maud murder had a strange …”

meanings of maud

name:

A female given name from the Germanic languages.
A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9247).

noun:

A grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland and Northumbria.

maud frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word maud occurs in english on average 4.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.