laud
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɔːd/
- (US) IPA(key): /lɔd/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /lɑd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːd
Noun edit
laud (countable and uncountable, plural lauds)
- Glorification or praise.
- 1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), Willyam Tyndale [i.e., William Tyndale], “The Obediẽce of Subiectes vnto Kynges Princes and Rulers. The .XIII. Chapter of Paule to the Roma.”, in The Obedience of [a] Christen Man, […], [London: […] Thomas Ranalde and Wyllyam Hyll, and are to be solde […] by Rychard Iugge […]], published [1548], →OCLC, folio xxxvi, recto:
- So do vvell and thou ſhalt haue laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]
- 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]:
- Laud be to God
- Hymn of praise.
- (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
- Synonym: ainoi
Translations edit
praise or glorification
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hymn of praise
Verb edit
laud (third-person singular simple present lauds, present participle lauding, simple past and past participle lauded)
- (transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke j:[64], folio lxxiij, verso:
- And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god.
- 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, , page 485:
- 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.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to praise, to glorify
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “laud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “laud”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “laud”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lauta, possibly from Proto-Germanic *flauþ or *flaut. Compare Swedish flöte. Also compare Lithuanian plautas and Latvian plauts.
Noun edit
laud (genitive laua, partitive lauda)
Declension edit
Declension of laud (type leib)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | laud | lauad |
| genitive | laua | laudade |
| partitive | lauda | laudu / laudasid |
| illative | lauda / lauasse | laudadesse |
| inessive | lauas | laudades |
| elative | lauast | laudadest |
| allative | lauale | laudadele |
| adessive | laual | laudadel |
| ablative | laualt | laudadelt |
| translative | lauaks | laudadeks |
| terminative | lauani | laudadeni |
| essive | lauana | laudadena |
| abessive | lauata | laudadeta |
| comitative | lauaga | laudadega |
Derived terms edit
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin laus, laudem.
Noun edit
laud m (plural lauds)
Related terms edit
Ilocano edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laud
See also edit
| amianan a laud | amianan | amianan a daya |
| laud | 
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daya |
| abagatan a laud | abagatan | abagatan a daya |
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Akin to Finnish lauta.
Noun edit
laud
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
laud
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Related to Finnish lauta, Estonian laud.
Noun edit
laud
Inflection edit
| Inflection of laud (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | laud | ||
| genitive sing. | laudan | ||
| partitive sing. | laudad | ||
| partitive plur. | laudoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laud | laudad | |
| accusative | laudan | laudad | |
| genitive | laudan | laudoiden | |
| partitive | laudad | laudoid | |
| essive-instructive | laudan | laudoin | |
| translative | laudaks | laudoikš | |
| inessive | laudas | laudoiš | |
| elative | laudaspäi | laudoišpäi | |
| illative | laudaha | laudoihe | |
| adessive | laudal | laudoil | |
| ablative | laudalpäi | laudoilpäi | |
| allative | laudale | laudoile | |
| abessive | laudata | laudoita | |
| comitative | laudanke | laudoidenke | |
| prolative | laudadme | laudoidme | |
| approximative I | laudanno | laudoidenno | |
| approximative II | laudannoks | laudoidennoks | |
| egressive | laudannopäi | laudoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | laudahasai | laudoihesai | |
| terminative II | laudalesai | laudoilesai | |
| terminative III | laudassai | — | |
| additive I | laudahapäi | laudoihepäi | |
| additive II | laudalepäi | laudoilepäi | |
Derived terms edit
References edit
Volapük edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laud (nominative plural lauds)
Declension edit
declension of laud