laud
See also: Laud and laúd
English
WOTD – 27 February 2010
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɔːd/
- (US) IPA(key): /lɔd/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /lɑd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːd
Noun
laud (countable and uncountable, plural lauds)
- Praise or glorification.
- 1528 October 2, William Tyndale, The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp: Johannes Hoochstraten], folio xxxij, verso:
- So doo well and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, OCLC 55178895, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- Laud be to God
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- Hymn of praise.
- (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
- Synonym: ainoi
Translations
praise or glorification
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hymn of praise
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Verb
laud (third-person singular simple present lauds, present participle lauding, simple past and past participle lauded)
- (transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], OCLC 762018299, Luke j:[64], folio lxxiij, verso:
- And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god.
- 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, DOI:, page 485:
- The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903.
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Related terms
- loud
Translations
to praise, to glorify
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See also
- canonical hours
- lauder
Further reading
- laud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- laud in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- laud at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Auld, Daul, Dula, auld, dual, udal
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lauta, possibly from Proto-Germanic *flauþ or *flaut. Compare Swedish flöte. Also compare Lithuanian plautas and Latvian plauts.
Noun
laud (genitive laua, partitive lauda)
- board
- plank
- table
Declension
Declension of laud (type leib)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | laud | lauad |
| genitive | laua | laudade |
| partitive | lauda | laudu / laudasid |
| illative | lauda / lauasse | laudadesse |
| inessive | lauas | laudades |
| elative | lauast | laudadest |
| allative | lauale | laudadele |
| adessive | laual | laudadel |
| ablative | laualt | laudadelt |
| translative | lauaks | laudadeks |
| terminative | lauani | laudadeni |
| essive | lauana | laudadena |
| abessive | lauata | laudadeta |
| comitative | lauaga | laudadega |
Derived terms
- lauamäng
- söögilaud
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin laus, laudem.
Noun
laud m (plural lauds)
- praise, commendation
Related terms
- laudâ
Ilocano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaʔud/, [ˈlɐ.ʔud]
- Hyphenation: la‧ud
Noun
laud
- west
See also
| amianan a laud | amianan | amianan a daya |
| laud |  | daya |
| abagatan a laud | abagatan | abagatan a daya |
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Akin to Finnish lauta.
Noun
laud
- board
- plank
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈla.ud]
Verb
laud
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lăuda
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Related to Finnish lauta, Estonian laud.
Noun
laud
- board
- plank
Inflection
| Inflection of laud (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | laud | ||
| genitive sing. | laudan | ||
| partitive sing. | laudad | ||
| partitive plur. | laudoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laud | laudad | |
| accusative | laudan | laudad | |
| genitive | laudan | laudoiden | |
| partitive | laudad | laudoid | |
| essive-instructive | laudan | laudoin | |
| translative | laudaks | laudoikš | |
| inessive | laudas | laudoiš | |
| elative | laudaspäi | laudoišpäi | |
| illative | laudaha laudha | laudoihe | |
| adessive | laudal | laudoil | |
| ablative | laudalpäi | laudoilpäi | |
| allative | laudale | laudoile | |
| abessive | laudata | laudoita | |
| comitative | laudanke | laudoidenke | |
| prolative | laudadme | laudoidme | |
| approximative I | laudanno | laudoidenno | |
| approximative II | laudannoks | laudoidennoks | |
| egressive | laudannopäi | laudoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | laudahasai laudhasai | laudoihesai | |
| terminative II | laudalesai | laudoilesai | |
| terminative III | laudassai | — | |
| additive I | laudahapäi laudhapäi | laudoihepäi | |
| additive II | laudalepäi | laudoilepäi | |
Derived terms
- laudasine
- čukalduzlaud
- ikunlaud
- lumilaud
- möndlaud
- potklaud
- tedotuzlaud
- tölaud
- laudkund
- laudsein
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “доска”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [la.ˈud]
Noun
laud (nominative plural lauds)
- lark (bird)
Declension
declension of laud
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | laud | lauds |
| genitive | lauda | laudas |
| dative | laude | laudes |
| accusative | laudi | laudis |
| vocative 1 | o laud! | o lauds! |
| predicative 2 | laudu | laudus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Hypernyms
- böd
- nim
Hyponyms
- hilaud
- hilaudül
- jilaud
- jilaudül
- laudil
- laudül
Derived terms
- brüyäralaud (“woodlark”), Lullula arborea
- felalaud (“skylark”), Alauda arvensis
- töpalaud (“crested lark”), Galerida cristata