loud

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ̯d/
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• /ˈlæʊ̯d/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
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• /ˈlaːd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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• Scotland: /ˈlʌʉ̯d/
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• /ˈlɛ̈ʊ̯d/ Standard Irish, Dublin
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• Cork, Munster: /ˈlɐʊ̯d/
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• Northern-Ireland: /ˈlɐʏ̯d/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old English hlūd Middle English loude, loud, lud English loud From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen. Cognates Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lyd, Faroese ljóð, Icelandic hljóð, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *hlūdê Proto-West Germanic *hlūdē Old English hlūde Middle English loude English loud From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1.

As an English surname, * from the adjective loud, * from the place name Lyde, * and a spelling variant of Louth in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective, * and finally variants of the Irish surnames McLeod, McLouth.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hard — of a sound
• Arabic: عَالٍ (ʕālin) — of a sound
• Arabic: اَلْعَالِي (al-ʕālī) — of a sound
• Armenian: բարձր (barjr) — of a sound
• Azerbaijani: uca — of a sound
• Azerbaijani: bərk — of a sound
• Belarusian: гу́чны (húčny) — of a sound
• Bhojpuri: जोर (jōr) — of a sound
• Bulgarian: гръ́мък (grǎ́mǎk) — of a sound
• Burmese: ကျယ် (kyai) — of a sound
• Catalan: fort — of a sound
• Catalan: alt — of a sound
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏓᏯ (asdaya) — of a sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 大聲的 /大声的 (dàshēng de) — of a sound
• Czech: hlasitý — of a sound
• Danish: høj — of a sound
• Dutch: luid — of a sound
• Dutch: luide — of a sound
• Dutch: hard — of a sound
• Dutch: harde — of a sound
• Esperanto: laŭta — of a sound
• Estonian: vali — of a sound
• Faroese: høgur — of a sound
• Faroese: harður — of a sound
• Finnish: äänekäs — of a sound
• Finnish: kova — of a sound
• Finnish: luja — of a sound
• Finnish: voimakas — of a sound
• Finnish: voimakkuinen — of a sound
• French: fort — of a sound
• Galician: alto — of a sound
• Georgian: ხმამაღალი (xmamaɣali) — of a sound
• Georgian: ხმაძლიერი (xmaʒlieri) — of a sound
• Georgian: მჟღერი (mžɣeri) — of a sound
• German: laut — of a sound
• Greek: ηχηρός (ichirós) — of a sound
• Greek: δυνατός (dynatós) — of a sound
• Ancient Greek: μέγας (mégas) — of a sound
• Hebrew: בְּקוֹל רָם — of a sound
• Hindi: ज़ोरदार (zordar) — of a sound
• Hungarian: hangos — of a sound
• Hungarian: zajos — of a sound
• Ido: lauta — of a sound
• Ingrian: suur — of a sound
• Ingrian: äänekäs — of a sound
• Ingrian: väkövä — of a sound
• Ingrian: kuuluva — of a sound
• Irish: ard — of a sound
• Irish: glórach — of a sound
• Italian: forte — of a sound
• Japanese: 音が大きい (oto ga ōkii) — of a sound
• Japanese: 大声 (ōgoe) — of a sound
• Japanese: 騒々しい (sōzōshii) — of a sound
• Japanese: 喧しい (yakamashii) — of a sound
• Japanese: 煩い (urusai) — of a sound
• Kazakh: қатты (qatty) — of a sound
• Kazakh: сартыл (sartyl) — of a sound
• Khmer: ខ្លាំង (khlang) — of a sound
• Korean: 시끄럽다 (sikkeureopda) — of a sound
• Laboya: kadola — of a sound
• Lao: ດັງ (dang) — of a sound
• Latin: magnus — of a sound
• Latvian: skaļš — of a sound
• Latvian: skanīgs — of a sound
• Lithuanian: garsus — of a sound
• Luxembourgish: haart — of a sound
• Macedonian: гласен (glasen) — of a sound
• Malay: kuat — of a sound
• Malay: lantang — of a sound
• Māori: tīhoihoi — of a sound
• Māori: tīwerawera — of a sound
• Māori: rahi — of a sound
• Māori: rarahi — of a sound
• Māori: tiori — of a sound
• Mongolian: чанга (čanga) — of a sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: høy — of a sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: høylytt — of a sound
• Occitan: sonòr — of a sound
• Persian: بلند (boland) — of a sound
• Plautdietsch: lud — of a sound
• Polish: głośny — of a sound
• Portuguese: alto — of a sound
• Romanian: tare — of a sound
• Russian: гро́мкий (grómkij) — of a sound
• Samoan: leotele — of a sound
• Scots: lood — of a sound
• Scottish Gaelic: faramach — of a sound
• Scottish Gaelic: fuaimneach — of a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan — of a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: bȕčan — of a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: гласан — of a sound
• Serbo-Croatian: бучан — of a sound
• Slovak: hlasný — of a sound
• Slovene: glasen — of a sound
• Spanish: fuerte — of a sound
• Spanish: sonoro — of a sound
• Spanish: duro — of a sound
• Spanish: alto — of a sound
• Spanish: fuerte sónicamente — of a sound
• Spanish: alto acústicamente — of a sound
• Swahili: -kubwa — of a sound
• Swedish: hög — of a sound
• Tetum: maka'as — of a sound
• Thai: ดัง (dang) — of a sound
• Tibetan: སྐད་ཆེན་པོ (skad chen po) — of a sound
• Tongan: leʻo lahi — of a sound
• Turkish: yüksek — of a sound
• Ukrainian: голосни́й (holosnýj) — of a sound
• Ukrainian: гучни́й (hučnýj) — of a sound
• Urdu: اُونچی (aūncī) — of a sound
• Urdu: تیز (tez) — of a sound
• Urdu: زیادہ (zyāda) — of a sound
• Urdu: زوردار (zordar) — of a sound
• Uzbek: qichqiroq — of a sound
• Vietnamese: to — of a sound
• Volapük: laodik — of a sound
• Welsh: uchel — of a sound
• Afrikaans: hard — noisy
• Arabic: عَالٍ (ʕālin) — noisy
• Arabic: اَلْعَالِي (al-ʕālī) — noisy
• Arabic: صَخِب (ṣaḵib) — noisy
• Belarusian: шу́мны (šúmny) — noisy
• Belarusian: шумлі́вы (šumlívy) — noisy
• Belarusian: гу́чны (húčny) — noisy
• Bulgarian: шумен (šumen) — noisy
• Catalan: estrident — noisy
• Catalan: sorollós — noisy
• Chinese Mandarin: 大聲的 /大声的 (dàshēng de) — noisy
• Czech: hlasitý — noisy
• Czech: hlučný — noisy
• Dutch: luidruchtig — noisy
• Dutch: luidruchtige — noisy
• Esperanto: brua — noisy
• Finnish: äänekäs — noisy
• Finnish: kovaääninen — noisy
• French: bruyant — noisy
• Galician: ruidoso — noisy
• German: laut — noisy
• Greek: θορυβώδης (thoryvódis) — noisy
• Greek: βροντερός (vronterós) — noisy
• Greek: βροντώδης (vrontódis) — noisy
• Hungarian: hangos — noisy
• Icelandic: hávær — noisy
• Ingrian: äänekäs — noisy
• Irish: callánach — noisy
• Italian: rumoroso — noisy
• Japanese: 煩い (urusai) — noisy
• Japanese: 姦しい (kashimashii) — noisy
• Japanese: 囂しい (kamabisushii) — noisy
• Japanese: 騒がしい (sawagashii) — noisy
• Japanese: 騒々しい (sōzōshii) — noisy
• Japanese: 騒然 (sōzen) — noisy
• Japanese: 喧しい (yakamashii) — noisy
• Korean: 시끄럽다 (sikkeureopda) — noisy
• Limburgish: helle — noisy
• Māori: hoihoi — noisy
• Māori: turituri — noisy
• Māori: māniania — noisy
• Māori: kurupākara — noisy
• Māori: haunene — noisy
• Māori: makekeno — noisy
• Māori: tīhoihoi — noisy
• Norwegian Bokmål: høylytt — noisy
• Polish: hałaśliwy — noisy
• Polish: głośny — noisy
• Polish: donośny — noisy
• Portuguese: barulhento — noisy
• Romanian: gălăgios — noisy
• Romanian: zgomotos — noisy
• Russian: гро́мкий (grómkij) — noisy
• Russian: шу́мный (šúmnyj) — noisy
• Scottish Gaelic: faramach — noisy
• Scottish Gaelic: fuaimneach — noisy
• Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan — noisy
• Serbo-Croatian: bȕčan — noisy
• Slovene: hrupen — noisy
• Spanish: ruidoso — noisy
• Spanish: estrepitoso — noisy
• Spanish: escandaloso — noisy
• Spanish: bullicioso — noisy
• Spanish: estentóreo — noisy
• Swedish: ljudlig — noisy
• Swedish: högljudd — noisy
• Ukrainian: шу́мний (šúmnyj) — noisy
• Ukrainian: гучни́й (hučnýj) — noisy
• Vietnamese: ầm ĩ — noisy
• Bulgarian: крещящ (kreštjašt) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Catalan: cridaner — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Catalan: llampant — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Czech: křiklavý — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Dutch: vloekend — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Dutch: schreeuwerig — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Dutch: fel — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Finnish: räikeä — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• French: voyant — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Georgian: მყვირალა (mq̇virala) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Georgian: თვალშისაცემი (tvalšisacemi) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Georgian: ჭყეტელა (č̣q̇eṭela) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• German: grell — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Greek: φανταχτερός (fantachterós) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Greek: χτυπητός (chtypitós) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Greek: κραυγαλέος (kravgaléos) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Hungarian: harsány — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Irish: scéiniúil — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Irish: gáifeach — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Japanese: 派手な (hade na) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Japanese: けばけばしい (kebakebashii) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Japanese: どぎつい (dogitsui) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Japanese: 毒々しい (dokudokushii) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Lithuanian: rėksmingas — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Māori: tiori — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Polish: krzykliwy — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Portuguese: berrante — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Russian: крича́щий (kričáščij) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Spanish: chillón — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Spanish: vistoso — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Spanish: llamativo — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Spanish: colorinche — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Tibetan: ཧར་པོ (har po) — of a colour, clothing, etc.
• Urdu: تیز (tez) — of a colour, clothing, etc.