aloud

English

Etymology

From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- +‎ loud or a- +‎ loude (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈlaʊd/

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• Rhymes: -aʊd
• Homophones: allowed

Adverb

aloud (comparative more aloud, superlative most aloud)

1. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
2. Audibly, as opposed to silent, as in speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately.

Translations

loudly

• Bulgarian: гласно (bg) (glasno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大聲地 (cmn), 大声地 (cmn) (dàshēng de)

• Finnish: äänekkäästi (fi)
• French: à voix haute (fr), à haute voix (fr), fort (fr)
• German: laut (de)

• Greek: μεγαλοφώνως (el) (megalofonos) , φωναχτά (el) (fonakhta) 
• Italian: a voce alta (it), ad alta voce (it)
• Japanese: 大声で (ja) (おおごえで, ōgoe de)
• Russian: громко (ru) (grómko) 
• Spanish: en voz alta (es)
• Swedish: ljudligt (sv), högljutt (sv)

audibly, not silent

• Armenian: բարձրաձայն (hy) (barjrajayn) 
• Bulgarian: гласно (bg) (glasno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (to read aloud) 朗讀 (cmn), 朗读 (cmn) (lǎngdú), (to think aloud) 自言自語 (cmn), 自言自语 (cmn) (zìyánzìyǔ)

• Finnish: ääneen (fi)

• German: laut (de), (see: to "read aloud") vorlesen (de) (verb)
• Greek: δυνατά (el) (dinata) 
• Japanese: 声を出して (ja) (こえをだして, koe o dashite)
• Russian: вслух (ru) (vslux) 
• Swedish: högt (sv)

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• Telugu: బిగ్గరగా (biggaragaa), ఎలుగెత్తి (elugetti)

Adjective

aloud (comparative more aloud, superlative most aloud)

1. Spoken out loud.
   • 2004, James Anderson, The Art of God, page 176:

     When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent

Anagrams

• doula

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Dutch

Adjective

aloud (not comparable)

1. ancient, time-honoured

Declension

Declension of aloud

		positive
predicative/adverbial		aloud
neuter singular	indefinite	aloud
	definite	aloude
common singular		aloude
plural		aloude
partitive		alouds