Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dou]
- /daʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [dou]
- /daʊ/
Definitions of dau word
- abbreviation DAU daughter 3
- noun dau any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts. 1
- noun dau (genealogy) daughter of... 1
- noun Definition of dau in Technology /dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown. See cretin, loser and weasel. 1
- noun dau (genealogy) daughter (often with implied 'of'). 0
- noun dau (online services) Daily active users. 0
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Origin of dau
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805, dhow is from the Arabic word dāwa
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Parts of speech for Dau
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dau popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dau usage trend in Literature
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