aux
- plural of au.
AUX
or Aux
- 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
- to the; at the; with the.
aux.
or aux, auxil
- auxiliary; auxiliaries.
aux-
- variant of auxo-, especially before a vowel: auxin.
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.
Notre-Dame de ParisVictor Hugo
At each return of the thrilling invocation, “Aux armes, citoyens!”
The Scalp HuntersMayne Reid
The Bishop was met at Pointe aux Trembles by the reception committee.
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921Cyrus Macmillan
It was the same at Abbaye aux Bois, the convent where I was taught.
The CrossingWinston Churchill
I wish I could have seen you aux prises with her, Oldmeadow remarked.
Adrienne TonerAnne Douglas Sedgwick
au
- Australia
Au
- gold
Word Origin for Au
AU
- African Union
- Also: a.u. angstrom unit
- Also: a.u. astronomical unit
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."
Au
- The symbol for the elementgold
AU
- auris utraque (each ear)
Au
- The symbol for gold.
AU
- Abbreviation of astronomical unit