praise

English

Etymology

From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French praisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiare (“to value, prize”) from pretium "price, worth, reward". See prize. Replaced native Middle English lofen, loven (“to praise”) (from Old English lofian, compare Old English and Middle English lof (“praise”)), Middle English herien (“to praise, glorify, celebrate”) (from Old English herian), Middle English rosen (“to praise, glorify”) (from Old Norse hrōsa).

Pronunciation

• enPR: prāz, IPA: /pɹeɪz/, SAMPA: /preIz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: prays, preys

Noun

praise (plural praises)

1. commendation, thanks, props.
2. worship.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:praise

Antonyms

• blame
• criticize

Related terms

• praiseworthy
• sing the praises

Translations

thanks

Armenian: գովեստ (hy) (govest) Finnish: ylistys (fi) Hindi: तारीफ़ (hi) (tārīf) f. Italian: elogio (it) Polish: pochwała f. Portuguese: agradecimento (pt) m.

Russian: благодарение (ru) (blagodarenie) n. Scottish Gaelic: cliù (gd) m., luaidh (gd) m., moladh (gd) m. Spanish: agradecimiento (es) Telugu: పొగడ్త (pogaDta) Urdu: تعریف (ur) (taareef) f.

worship

Estonian: ülistamine (et) Finnish: ylistys (fi) Italian: adorazione (it) f., gloria (it) f. Portuguese: louvor (pt), adoração (pt) f. Russian: прославление (ru) (proslavlenie) n.

Scottish Gaelic: cliù (gd) m., luaidh (gd) m., moladh (gd) m. Spanish: adorar (es) Swahili: shangilia (sw) Tagalog: papuri (tl) Telugu: భజన (bhajana)

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Chinese: 颂扬 (sòngyáng), 赞美 (zànměi) Czech: chvála f. Dutch: eerbetoon French: louange f.

Italian: lode f., elogio m., complimento m. Japanese: 賞賛 (しょうさん, shōsan) Latin: laus f. Spanish: alabanza f. Slovak: chvála, pochvala f.

Verb

praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)

1. To give praise to.

Antonyms

• blame

Translations

to give praise to

Arabic: مدح (ar) (mádaHa) Armenian: գովել (hy) (govel) Chinese: Mandarin: 贊揚 (cmn), 赞扬 (cmn) (zànyáng), 稱贊 (cmn), 称赞 (cmn) (chēngzàn), 表揚 (cmn), 表扬 (cmn) (biǎoyáng), 誇獎 (cmn), 夸奖 (cmn) (kuājiǎng) Czech: chválit (cs) Danish: rose (da) Dutch: loven (nl), prijzen (nl), eren (nl) Esperanto: laŭdi (eo) Estonian: ülistama (et) Finnish: ylistää (fi), kehua (fi) French: louer (fr), féliciter (fr), proner (fr), faire le courage de (fr) German: loben (de) Hindi: तारीफ़ करना (hi) (tārīf karnā) Hungarian: dicsér (hu), méltat (hu) Ido: laudar (io) Italian: lodare (it)

Japanese: 褒める (ja) (ほめる, homeru) Korean: 칭찬하다 (ko) (chingchan-hada) Kurdish: pesinandin, pesn dan, meth kirin Latin: laudare (la) Malay: memuji (ms) Old English: herian (ang) Polish: chwalić / pochwalić Portuguese: louvar (pt) Romanian: lăuda (ro) Russian: хвалить (ru) (xvalít’) impf., похвалить (ru) (poxvalít’) pf. Scottish Gaelic: mol, luaidh (gd) Spanish: alabar (es) Swahili: shangilia (sw) Swedish: lova (sv) Telugu: పొగడు (pogaDu), భజించు (bhajiMchu), మెచ్చుకొను (te) (mecchukonu) Urdu: تعریف کرنا (ur) (tārīf karnā) Vietnamese: khen ngợi (vi)  !Xóõ: da̰ã

External links

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

Anagrams

• aspire
• paries
• Persia
• spirea

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

praisean

1. genitive singular form of prais