laud

English

WOTD - 27 February 2010    

Etymology

From Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɔːd/
• (US) IPA: /lɔd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /lɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɔːd

Noun

laud (plural lauds)

1. praise or glorification
2. hymn of praise
3. (in plural, sometimes Lauds) a prayer service following matins

Translations

praise or glorification

Dutch: prijzen (nl), loven (nl), ophemelen (nl) Finnish: ylistys (fi)

Italian: lode (it) f. Russian: хвала (ru) f., восхваление (ru) n.

hymn of praise

Dutch: lofzang (nl) c.

Finnish: ylistyslaulu (fi)

Verb

laud (third-person singular simple present lauds, present participle lauding, simple past and past participle lauded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to praise, to glorify
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke I:

     And hys mought was opened immediatly, and hys tonge, and he spake lawdynge god.

Translations

to praise, to glorify

Finnish: ylistää (fi) French: glorifier (fr), célébrer (fr), exalter (fr) German: preisen (de) Ido: laudar (io)

Italian: lodare (it), glorificare (it) Russian: восхвалять (ru) Spanish: loar (es) Telugu: మెచ్చుకొను (mecchukonu)

See also

• canonical hours

External links

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

Anagrams

• auld
• dual
• udal

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Estonian

Noun

laud (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. table

Declension

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Ilocano

Noun

laud

1. west

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Volapük

Noun

laud (plural lauds)

1. lark (bird)

Declension

declension of laud

	singular	plural
nominative	laud	lauds
genitive	lauda	laudas
dative	laude	laudes
accusative	laudi	laudis
predicative	laudu	laudus
vocative	o laud!	o lauds!