applaud

applaud

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈplɔːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈplɔd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /əˈplɑd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːd

Noun

applaud (plural applauds)

1. (obsolete) Applause; applauding.
2. (obsolete) Plaudit.

Related terms

• applause

Verb

applaud (third-person singular simple present applauds, present participle applauding, simple past and past participle applauded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

   After the performance, the audience applauded for five minutes.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone.

   Although we don't like your methods, we applaud your motives.

   • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act II, scene v]:

     Now by the Gods, I do applaude his courage.

   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport‎:

     It moved him to within one goal of Thierry Henry's 34 in 2004 and Henry - honoured with a statue outside the stadium on Friday - rose from his seat in the stands to applaud Van Persie.

Synonyms

• beclap

Derived terms

• applaud to the echo
• reapplaud

 

Related terms

• explosion
• implausible
• implode
• plaudit
• plausible

 

Translations

to express approval by clapping

Albanian: duartrokas (sq) Arabic: صَفَّقَ‎ (ṣaffaqa) Armenian: ծափահարել (hy) (capʿaharel) Asturian: aplaudir Azerbaijani: alqışlamaq (az), əl çalmaq Belarusian: апладзі́раваць impf (apladzíravacʹ), пляска́ць impf (pljaskácʹ) (у дало́ні) Bulgarian: аплоди́рам (bg) impf or pf (aplodíram), ръкопляска́м (bg) impf (rǎkopljaskám) Catalan: aplaudir (ca) Cherokee: ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ (dasidvniha) Chinese: Mandarin: 拍手 (zh) (pāishǒu), 鼓掌 (zh) (gǔzhǎng) Czech: tleskat (cs) impf Danish: applaudere, klappe (da) Dutch: applaudisseren (nl), klappen (nl) Esperanto: aplaŭdi Estonian: aplodeerima (et) Finnish: taputtaa (fi) French: applaudir (fr), ovationner (fr) Galician: aplaudir German: applaudieren (de), klatschen (de), Beifall klatschen Greek: χειροκροτώ (el) (cheirokrotó) Ancient: κροτέω (krotéō) Hindi: ताली बजाना (tālī bajānā) Hungarian: tapsol (hu), megtapsol (hu) Ido: aklamar (io) Italian: applaudire (it), congratularsi (it) Japanese: 拍手する (ja) (はくしゅする, hakushu suru) Korean: 박수하다 (ko) (baksuhada) Latin: plaudō (la), applaudō Latvian: aplaudēt Lithuanian: ploti (lt), paploti Macedonian: аплауди́ра impf or pf (aplaudíra), ракоплеска impf (rakopleska) Malayalam: കയ്യടി (ml) (kayyaṭi), കരഘോഷം (karaghōṣaṃ) Maori: pakipaki, umere Mongolian: Cyrillic: алга таших (alga tašix) Norwegian: Bokmål: klappe Persian: کف زدن‎ (fa) (kaf zadan) Polish: klaskać (pl) impf, oklaskiwać (pl), bić brawo (pl) impf Portuguese: aplaudir (pt) Romanian: aplauda (ro) Russian: аплоди́ровать (ru) impf (aplodírovatʹ), хло́пать (ru) impf (xlópatʹ) (в ладо́ши), рукоплеска́ть (ru) impf (rukopleskátʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: аплауди́рати impf or pf Roman: aplaudírati (sh) impf or pf Slovak: tlieskať impf Slovene: aplavdirati impf, ploskati (sl) impf Spanish: aplaudir (es) Swedish: applådera (sv), klappa (sv) Tajik: кафкӯбӣ кардан (kafkübī kardan) Thai: ปรบ (th) (bpròp), ตบมือ (dtòp-mʉʉ) Turkish: alkışlamak (tr), el çırpmak (tr) Ukrainian: аплодува́ти (uk) impf (aploduváty), плеска́ти impf (pleskáty) (в доло́ні), рукоплеска́ти impf (rukopleskáty) Uzbek: olqishlab chapak Vietnamese: vỗ tay (vi)

to praise, or express approval by words

Bulgarian: хва́ля (bg) impf (hválja), одобря́вам (bg) impf (odobrjávam) Dutch: applaudisseren (nl) French: louer (fr), approuver (fr) German: loben (de), befürworten (de) Greek: επικροτώ (el) (epikrotó) Hungarian: helyesel (hu), dicsér (hu) Italian: lodare (it), approvare (it) Latvian: atzīt, apsveikt Ngazidja Comorian: ushangiria Portuguese: aplaudir (pt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: аплауди́рати impf or pf Roman: aplaudírati (sh) impf or pf Russian: хвали́ть (ru) impf (xvalítʹ), одобря́ть (ru) impf (odobrjátʹ) Spanish: aplaudir (es) Turkish: beğenmek (tr), takdir etmek (tr), alkışlamak (tr)

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Interlingua: (please verify) applaudir Slovak: (please verify) tlieskať, (please verify) aplaudovať Volapük: (please verify) lobülön (vo)

Further reading

• applaud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• applaud in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• applaud at OneLook Dictionary Search