name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
laud
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /lɔːd/
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Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /loːd/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/lɔd/ without the cot–caught merger
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cot-caught-merger: /lɑd/
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Scotland: /lɔd/
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rhymes with -ɔːd
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homophone: lord (non-rhotic)
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CMU ARPABET: L AO1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Glorification or praise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Hymn of praise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A prayer service following matins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Qualifier: also Lauds
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ainoi
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To praise; to glorify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: commend, exalt, extol, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, cry up, eulogize, glorify, honor, idolize, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, praise, puff, revere, speak well of, transfigure, venerate, worthy
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
praise, glorify, or honor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: praise
Narrower terms: canonize, canonise, ensky, crack up, hymn
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: похвала (pohvala) — praise or glorification
- Bulgarian: възхвала (vǎzhvala) — praise or glorification
- Chinese Mandarin: 讚揚 /赞扬 (zànyáng) — praise or glorification
- Chinese Mandarin: 讚頌 /赞颂 (zànsòng) — praise or glorification
- Esperanto: laŭdo — praise or glorification
- Finnish: ylistys — praise or glorification
- Hindi: प्रशंसा (praśansā) — praise or glorification
- Hindi: स्तुति (stuti) — praise or glorification
- Italian: lode — praise or glorification
- Macedonian: по́фалба (pófalba) — praise or glorification
- Macedonian: вели́чање (velíčanje) — praise or glorification
- Macedonian: сла́ва (sláva) — praise or glorification
- Portuguese: louva — praise or glorification
- Romanian: laudă — praise or glorification
- Russian: хвала́ (xvalá) — praise or glorification
- Russian: восхвале́ние (vosxvalénije) — praise or glorification
- Serbo-Croatian: slaviti — praise or glorification
- Spanish: laude — praise or glorification
- Spanish: lauro — praise or glorification
- Spanish: loor — praise or glorification
- Chinese Mandarin: 讚頌 /赞颂 (zànsòng) — hymn of praise
- Chinese Mandarin: 讚美詩 /赞美诗 (zànměishī) — hymn of praise
- Dutch: lofzang — hymn of praise
- Finnish: ylistyslaulu — hymn of praise
- Hindi: स्तुति (stuti) — hymn of praise
- Macedonian: по́хвала (póhvala) — hymn of praise
- Portuguese: louvor — hymn of praise
- Serbo-Croatian: lauda — hymn of praise
- Serbo-Croatian: hvalospjev — hymn of praise
- Albanian: lëvdoj — to praise, to glorify
- Albanian: lavdëroj — to praise, to glorify
- Aromanian: alavdu — to praise, to glorify
- Bulgarian: хваля (hvalja) — to praise, to glorify
- Bulgarian: славя (slavja) — to praise, to glorify
- Catalan: lloar — to praise, to glorify
- Chinese Mandarin: 讚揚 /赞扬 (zànyáng) — to praise, to glorify
- Chinese Mandarin: 讚頌 /赞颂 (zànsòng) — to praise, to glorify
- Chinese Mandarin: 讚美 /赞美 (zànměi) — to praise, to glorify
- Dutch: prijzen — to praise, to glorify
- Dutch: loven — to praise, to glorify
- Dutch: ophemelen — to praise, to glorify
- Esperanto: laŭdi — to praise, to glorify
- Finnish: ylistää — to praise, to glorify
- French: glorifier — to praise, to glorify
- French: célébrer — to praise, to glorify
- French: exalter — to praise, to glorify
- German: preisen — to praise, to glorify
- Hindi: प्रशंसा करना (praśansā karnā) — to praise, to glorify
- Hungarian: dicsőít — to praise, to glorify
- Ido: laudar — to praise, to glorify
- Italian: lodare — to praise, to glorify
- Italian: glorificare — to praise, to glorify
- Latin: laudo — to praise, to glorify
- Māori: whakahira — to praise, to glorify
- Middle English: commenden — to praise, to glorify
- Portuguese: louvar — to praise, to glorify
- Romanian: lăuda — to praise, to glorify
- Russian: восхваля́ть (vosxvaljátʹ) — to praise, to glorify
- Sanskrit: स्तौति (stauti) — to praise, to glorify
- Sanskrit: ईडयति (īḍayati) — to praise, to glorify
- Serbo-Croatian: slaviti — to praise, to glorify
- Spanish: loar — to praise, to glorify
- Spanish: laudar — to praise, to glorify
- Telugu: మెచ్చుకొను (meccukonu) — to praise, to glorify
- Vietnamese: khen ngợi — to praise, to glorify
- Zulu: -bonga — to praise, to glorify
- Zulu: -dumisa — to praise, to glorify