sudo
/ˈsuː.duː/
sudo noun: a Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user.
Noun
sudo (uncountable)
Verb
sudo (third-person singular simple present sudos, present participle sudoing, simple past and past participle sudoed)
- To invoke such a command.
Proper noun capitalized: Sudo
Sudo (plural Sudos)
- A surname from Japanese.
Forms of sudo
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | sudos |
| present participle | sudoing |
| past participle | sudoed |
| past | sudoed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sudos |
| alternative form | Sudoh |
| alternative form | Sudou |
| alternative form | Sudyo |
| alternative form | Suto |
| alternative form | Sutoh |
| alternative form | Sutou |
| alternative form | Sutyo |
Origin of sudo
Originally understood as a blend of superuser + do, now has evolved to be an abbreviation of substitute user, do.
From Japanese 須藤 (Sudō).
Words formed from sudo
Questions about sudo
- What does sudo mean?
- Sudo means a Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user.
- What part of speech is sudo?
- Sudo can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sudo?
- Sudo is pronounced /ˈsuː.duː/.
Words near sudo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sudo (page history and authors); Sudo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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