applaud

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈplɔːd/
• IPA^(key): /əˈplɔd/
• IPA^(key): /əˈplɑd/

• Audio (GA):

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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.

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     By the gods, I do applaud his courage.

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

     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

Translations

to express approval by clapping

• Arabic: صَفَّقَ (ṣaffaqa)
• Asturian: aplaudir
• Bulgarian: аплодирам (bg) (aplodiram), ръкопляскам (bg) (rǎkopljaskam)
• Catalan: aplaudir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍手 (zh) (pāishǒu), 鼓掌 (zh) (gǔzhǎng)

• Czech: tleskat (cs)
• Dutch: applaudisseren (nl), klappen (nl)
• Esperanto: aplaŭdi
• Finnish: taputtaa (fi)
• French: applaudir (fr), ovationner (fr)
• Galician: aplaudir
• German: applaudieren (de), klatschen (de), Beifall klatschen
• Greek: χειροκροτώ (el) (cheirokrotó)

  Ancient: κροτέω (krotéō)

• Hungarian: tapsol (hu), megtapsol (hu)
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: applaudire (it)
• Japanese: 拍手する (はくしゅする, hakushu suru)
• Korean: 박수하다 (ko) (baksuhada)
• Latin: plaudō, applaudō
• Latvian: aplaudēt
• Maori: pakipaki, umere
• Persian: کف زدن (fa) (kaf zadan)
• Portuguese: aplaudir (pt)
• Romanian: aplauda (ro)
• Russian: аплоди́ровать (ru) (aplodírovatʹ), хло́пать (ru) (xlópatʹ), рукоплеска́ть (ru) (rukopleskátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: aplaudirati (sh)
• Spanish: aplaudir (es)
• Swedish: applådera (sv), klappa (sv)
• Turkish: alkışlamak (tr), el çırpmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: vỗ tay (vi)

to praise, or express approval by words

• Bulgarian: хваля (bg) (hvalja), одобрявам (bg) (odobrjavam)
• 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)
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• Latvian: atzīt, apsveikt
• Ngazidja Comorian: ushangiria
• Portuguese: aplaudir (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: aplaudirati (sh)
• Spanish: aplaudir (es)
• Turkish: beğenmek (tr), takdir etmek (tr), alkışlamak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} applaudir
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} tlieskať, ^{(please verify)} aplaudovať
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• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} lobülön (vo)

Further reading

• “applaud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “applaud”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “applaud”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.