praise

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English praisen, preisen, borrowed from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). See prize. Displaced native Middle English lofen, loven (“to praise”) (from Old English lofian, compare Middle English and Old English lof (“praise”), see love, lofe, loff), Middle English herien (“to praise, glorify, celebrate”) (from Old English herian), Middle English rosen (“to praise, glorify”) (from Old Norse hrósa).

PronunciationEdit

enPR: prāz, IPA^(key): /pɹeɪz/
Audio (GA)
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Rhymes: -eɪz
Homophones: prays, preys

NounEdit

praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)

commendation; favourable representation in words
worship

SynonymsEdit

See Thesaurus:praise

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from praise (noun)

damn with faint praise

sing the praises

TranslationsEdit

commendation; favorable representation in words

Armenian: գովեստ (hy) (govest)
Belarusian: пахвала́ f (paxvalá), хвала́ f (xvalá)
Catalan: alabança (ca) f, lloança (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 稱讚, 称赞 (cing¹ zaan³), 讚揚, 赞扬 (zaan³ joeng⁴), 表揚, 表扬 (biu² joeng⁴), 褒揚, 褒扬 (bou¹ joeng⁴), 稱道, 称道 (cing¹ dou⁶), 稱揚, 称扬 (cing¹ joeng⁴), 表彰 (biu² zoeng¹)

Mandarin: 稱讚 (zh), 称赞 (zh) (chēngzàn), 讚揚 (zh), 赞扬 (zh) (zànyáng), 表揚 (zh), 表扬 (zh) (biǎoyáng), 褒揚 (zh), 褒扬 (zh) (bāoyáng), 稱道 (zh), 称道 (zh) (chēngdào), 稱揚 (zh), 称扬 (zh) (chēngyáng), 表彰 (zh) (biǎozhāng)

Min Nan: 稱讚, 称赞 (chheng-chàn), 讚揚 (zh-min-nan), 赞扬 (chàn-iông), 表揚 (zh-min-nan), 表扬 (zh-min-nan) (piáu-iông), 褒揚, 褒扬 (po-iông), 表彰 (zh-min-nan) (piáu-chiong), 呵咾 (o-ló), 褒 (zh) (po)
Czech: chvála (cs) f, pochvala f
Dutch: lof (nl) m

Egyptian:

(jꜣw)

Esperanto: laŭdo
Finnish: ylistys (fi), kehu (fi), kehuminen (fi)
French: louange (fr) f
Friulian: laud m
Galician: loanza f, gabanza f
Georgian: შექება (šekeba), ქება (keba), ქება-დიდება (keba-dideba)
German: Lob (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: αἴνεσις f (aínesis), ἔπαινος m (épainos)
Hindi: तारीफ़ f (tārīf), प्रशंसा (hi) f (praśansā)
Hungarian: dicséret (hu)
Icelandic: lof, hrós (is) n
Indonesian: pujian (id)
Irish: clú m

Italian: elogio (it), lode (it) f
Japanese: 賞賛 (しょうさん, shōsan)
Kurdish: pesn (ku)
Latin: laus f
Malayalam: പ്രശംസിക്കുക (ml) (praśaṃsikkuka), വാഴ്തുക (vāḻtuka), പുകഴ്തുക (pukaḻtuka), പ്രശംസിക്കുക (ml) (praśaṃsikkuka), പുകഴ്തുക (pukaḻtuka), വാഴ്തുക (vāḻtuka)
Ngazidja Comorian: swifa class 9/10
Old Polish: sławosłowie (song of praise)
Persian: ستایش‎ (fa) (setâyeš), ثنا‎ (fa) (sanâ), آفرین‎ (fa) (âfarin)
Polish: pochwała (pl) f
Portuguese: prezar (pt), louvor (pt)
Romanian: laudă (ro) f, elogiu (ro) n, glorificare (ro) f
Russian: похвала́ (ru) f (poxvalá), восхвале́ние (ru) n (vosxvalénije), хвала́ (ru) f (xvalá)
Sanskrit: शँसति (sa) (śam̐sati), स्तौति (sa) (stauti), प्रशम्सा (praśamsā), स्तौति (sa) (stauti), शँसति (sa) (śam̐sati)
Scottish Gaelic: cliù m, luaidh m, moladh m
Slovak: chvála f, pochvala f
Slovene: hvála (sl) f
Spanish: alabanza (es) f, loa (es) f, enaltecimiento (es) m, elogio (es)
Tamil: வௌகற (vaukaṟa)
Telugu: పొగడ్త (te) (pogaḍta)
Turkish: övgü (tr), methiye (tr)
Ukrainian: похвала́ f (poxvalá)
Urdu: تعریف‎ f (tārīf)
Yiddish: לויב‎ f (loyb)

worship

Arabic: عِبَادَة‎ f (ʿibāda), حَمْد‎ m (ḥamd)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 讚美, 赞美 (zaan³ mei⁵)

Mandarin: 讚美 (zh), 赞美 (zh) (zànměi)

Min Nan: 呵咾 (zh-min-nan) (o-ló), 讚美 (zh-min-nan), 赞美 (chàn-bí)
Estonian: ülistamine
Finnish: ylistys (fi), palvonta (fi)
French: louange (fr) f
German: Lob (de) n
Hungarian: dicsőítés (hu)
Italian: adorazione (it) f, gloria (it) f

Japanese: 礼賛 (らいさん, raisan), 礼讃 (らいさん, raisan)
Persian: ستایش‎ (fa) (setâyeš)
Portuguese: louvor (pt), adoração (pt) f
Romanian: devoțiune (ro) f, adorare (ro) f, venerare (ro) f, divinizare (ro) f
Russian: прославле́ние (ru) n (proslavlénije), хвала́ (ru) f (xvalá)
Scottish Gaelic: cliù m, luaidh m, moladh m
Spanish: adoración (es)
Swahili: shangilia (sw)
Tagalog: papuri
Telugu: భజన (te) (bhajana)
Turkish: hamt (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} eerbetoon (nl)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} lode (it) f, ^{(please verify)} elogio (it) m, ^{(please verify)} complimento (it) m
Latin: ^{(please verify)} laus f

Slovak: ^{(please verify)} chvála f, ^{(please verify)} pochvala f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} alabanza (es) f

VerbEdit

praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)

To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.

Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely.