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laud en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /loːd/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
  • /lɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lɑd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /lɔd/ (Scotland)
  • /lɔd/ without the cot–caught merger
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Glorification or praise.
    • So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […] 1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “The Obedience of Subiectes vnto Kynges Princes and Rulers. The .XIIJ. Chapter of Paul Rom.”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio xxxiij, verso:
    • Laud be to God c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Hymn of praise.
  3. (countable, in-plural, qualifier:also Lauds, uncountable) A prayer service following matins.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lauds Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

ainoi

Translations (29)

it lode (praise or glorification) · sh lauda (hymn of praise) · cmn 讚揚 /赞扬 (praise or glorification) · cmn 讚美詩 /赞美诗 (hymn of praise) · cmn 讚頌 /赞颂 (praise or glorification) · eo laŭdo (praise or glorification) · es laude (praise or glorification) · es lauro (praise or glorification) · bg похвала (praise or glorification) · hi स्तुति (hymn of praise) · pt louva (praise or glorification) · fi ylistys (praise or glorification) · hi स्तुति (praise or glorification) · ru хвала́ (praise or glorification) · bg възхвала (praise or glorification) · hi प्रशंसा (praise or glorification) · nl lofzang (hymn of praise) · cmn 讚頌 /赞颂 (hymn of praise) · mk по́фалба (praise or glorification) · sh hvalospjev (hymn of praise) · ro laudă (praise or glorification) · ru восхвале́ние (praise or glorification) · mk вели́чање (praise or glorification) · mk по́хвала (hymn of praise) · sh slaviti (praise or glorification) · mk сла́ва (praise or glorification) · pt louvor (hymn of praise) · es loor (praise or glorification) · fi ylistyslaulu (hymn of praise)

laud en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /loːd/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
  • /lɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lɑd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /lɔd/ (Scotland)
  • /lɔd/ without the cot–caught merger
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To praise; to glorify.
    • The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903. 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 485:
    • And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke j:[64], folio lxxiij, verso:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lauds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lauding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lauded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lauded Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

overlaud · unlauded · belaud · laudingly · laudable

Relateds

lauder · leed · canonical hours · lied · besing

Synonyms

magnify · glorify · speak well of · exalt · bepraise · eulogize · extol · honor · belaud · lionize · transfigure · commend · aggrandize · praise · puff · commend · venerate · enthrone · cry up · revere · extol · idolize · panegyrize · exalt · worthy · laud · applaud · appraise

Translations (38)

sa स्तौति (to praise, to glorify) · fr célébrer (to praise, to glorify) · eo laŭdi (to praise, to glorify) · sa ईडयति (to praise, to glorify) · ru восхваля́ть (to praise, to glorify) · it lodare (to praise, to glorify) · cmn 讚美 /赞美 (to praise, to glorify) · fi ylistää (to praise, to glorify) · zu -bonga (to praise, to glorify) · enm commenden (to praise, to glorify) · cmn 讚揚 /赞扬 (to praise, to glorify) · vi khen ngợi (to praise, to glorify) · sh slaviti (to praise, to glorify) · sq lëvdoj (to praise, to glorify) · fr glorifier (to praise, to glorify) · hi प्रशंसा करना (to praise, to glorify) · zu -dumisa (to praise, to glorify) · nl prijzen (to praise, to glorify) · bg хваля (to praise, to glorify) · cmn 讚頌 /赞颂 (to praise, to glorify) · la laudo (to praise, to glorify) · hu dicsőít (to praise, to glorify) · ca lloar (to praise, to glorify) · sq lavdëroj (to praise, to glorify) · te మెచ్చుకొను (to praise, to glorify) · bg славя (to praise, to glorify) · pt louvar (to praise, to glorify) · nl loven (to praise, to glorify) · it glorificare (to praise, to glorify) · ro lăuda (to praise, to glorify) · fr exalter (to praise, to glorify) · de preisen (to praise, to glorify) · mi whakahira (to praise, to glorify) · nl ophemelen (to praise, to glorify) · io laudar (to praise, to glorify) · rup alavdu (to praise, to glorify) · es loar (to praise, to glorify) · es laudar (to praise, to glorify)