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aux

[oh]
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French.

plural of au.

AUX

or Aux

Linguistics.

auxiliary verb: used to represent a phrase structure constituent that may include such verbal elements as tense and mood markers as well as auxiliaries.

au

[oh]

plural aux [oh] /oʊ/. French.

to the; at the; with the.
Compare à la.

aux.

or aux, auxil

auxiliary; auxiliaries.

aux-

variant of auxo-, especially before a vowel: auxin.
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Examples from the Web for aux

Historical Examples of aux

  • We might have him boiled in the March aux Pourceaux, before he would say anything.

  • At each return of the thrilling invocation, “Aux armes, citoyens!”

  • The Bishop was met at Pointe aux Trembles by the reception committee.

  • It was the same at Abbaye aux Bois, the convent where I was taught.

    The Crossing

    Winston Churchill

  • I wish I could have seen you aux prises with her, Oldmeadow remarked.

    Adrienne Toner

    Anne Douglas Sedgwick

British Dictionary definitions for aux

au

the internet domain name for

Australia

Au

the chemical symbol for

gold

Word Origin for Au

from New Latin aurum

AU

abbreviation for

African Union
Also: a.u. angstrom unit
Also: a.u. astronomical unit
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Word Origin and History for aux

Au

chemical symbol for "gold," from Latin aurum "gold" (see aureate).

au

French, "at the, to the," from Old French al, contraction of a le, with -l- softened to -u-, as also poudre from pulverem, chaud from calidus, etc. Used in many expressions in cookery, etc., which have crossed the Channel since 18c., e.g. au contraire, literally "on the contrary;" au gratin, literally "with scrapings;" au jus, literally "with the juice."

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aux in Medicine

Au

The symbol for the elementgold

AU

abbr.

auris utraque (each ear)
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aux in Science

Au

The symbol for gold.

AU

Abbreviation of astronomical unit
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