adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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1
adv
Meaning 1
Using the voice; not silently; aloud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Examples
After calling their names out (loud), the teacher asked her students to take turns reading the story out loud to the rest of the class.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
using the voice; not silently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
please read the passage aloud
he laughed out loud
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aloud
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
朗讀 /朗读
(lǎngdú)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Chinese Mandarin:
自言自語 /自言自语
(zìyánzìyǔ)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Chinese Mandarin:
大聲地 /大声地
(dàshēng de)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Czech:
nahlas
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Danish:
højt
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Dutch:
hardop
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Dutch:
luidop
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Dutch:
voorlezen
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Finnish:
ääneen
— aloud, audibly, not silently
French:
à voix haute
— aloud, audibly, not silently
French:
à haute voix
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Georgian:
ხმამაღლა
(xmamaɣla)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
German:
laut
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Greek:
μεγαλόφωνα
(megalófona)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Greek:
δυνατά
(dynatá)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Hebrew:
בקול רם
(bekol ram)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Hungarian:
fennhangon
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Hungarian:
hangosan
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Icelandic:
upphátt
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Irish:
os ard
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Italian:
a voce
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Italian:
ad alta voce
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Japanese:
声に出して
(koe ni dashite)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Latin:
magna voce
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Latin:
plena voce
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Norwegian Bokmål:
høyt
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Norwegian Nynorsk:
høgt
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Occitan:
a nauta votz
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Old English:
hlūde
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Plautdietsch:
oppludes
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Polish:
na głos
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Portuguese:
em voz alta
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Romanian:
tare
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Romanian:
cu voce tare
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Russian:
вслух
(vslux)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Spanish:
en voz alta
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Swedish:
högt
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Turkish:
dışından
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Turkish:
sesli
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Ukrainian:
вго́лос
(vhólos)
— aloud, audibly, not silently
Ukrainian:
уго́лос
(uhólos)
— aloud, audibly, not silently