Phrase guide

out loud

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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