kudos

English

WOTD – 17 March 2008    

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῦδος (kudos, “praise, renown”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkjuːdɒs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkuː.doʊz/

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Noun

kudos (uncountable)

1. Praise; accolades.

   The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.

2. (proscribed) Plural form of kudo
3. Credit for one's achievements

Usage notes

• The noun kudos was originally a mass noun, but is now sometimes taken as a plural noun, either as a plural tantum, or as the plural of a new noun kudo. However, this plural treatment is frequently proscribed.

Translations

praise, accolades

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 榮譽 (cmn), 荣誉 (cmn) (róngyù), 聲望 (cmn), 声望 (cmn) (shēngwàng), 名譽 (cmn), 名誉 (cmn) (míngyù)

• Dutch: krediet (nl) n
• Finnish: maine (fi), kiitos (fi), kehut (fi) pl, ylistys (fi)
• French: louange (fr) f, gloire (fr) f
• German: Ruhm (de) m, Ehre (de) f
• Hungarian: hírnév (hu)
• Icelandic: frægð (is) f, heiður (is) m, upphefð (is) f
• Japanese: 称賛 (ja) (しょうさん, shōsan), 栄光 (ja) (えいこう, eikō), 名声 (ja) (めいせい, meisei), 名誉 (ja) (めいよ, meiyo)

• Latin: laus (la) f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: heider (nn) m, ros (nn) m, ros (nn) m

• Portuguese: elogio (pt) m, louvor (pt) m
• Russian: слава (ru) (sláva) f , хвала (ru) (xvalá) f , похвала (ru) (poxvalá) f  (praise), одобрение (ru) (odobrénije) n  (approval)
• Spanish: elogio (es) m

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Finnish

Etymology

< kutoa (“to weave”)

Noun

kudos

1. (textiles) fabric (texture of a cloth)
2. (biology) tissue (group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job)

Declension

Declension of kudos (type vastaus) singular plural nominative kudos kudokset genitive kudoksen kudosten kudoksien partitive kudosta kudoksia accusative kudos kudoksen kudokset inessive kudoksessa kudoksissa elative kudoksesta kudoksista illative kudokseen kudoksiin adessive kudoksella kudoksilla ablative kudokselta kudoksilta allative kudokselle kudoksille essive kudoksena kudoksina translative kudokseksi kudoksiksi instructive – kudoksin abessive kudoksetta kudoksitta comitative – kudoksineen

Compounds

• ihonalaiskudos
• kudoksensiirto
• kudosvaurio

Related terms

• kudonnainen
• kudonta
• kutoa