§ Alternative forms [ edit ] § Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English loud lud Old English hlūd “ loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous ” ), from Proto-Germanic *hlūþaz “ heard ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos “ heard, famous ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- “ to hear ” ). Akin to Scots loud lowd “ loud ” ), West Frisian lûd “ loud ” ), Dutch luid “ loud ” ), Low German lud “ loud ” ), German laut “ loud ” ), Irish clú “ repute ” ), Welsh clywed “ heard ” ), clod “ praise ” ), Latin inclutus “ famous ” ), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός klutós , “ famous ” ), Albanian quaj “ to name, call ” ), shquar “ famous, notorious ” ), Old Armenian լու lu , “ the act of hearing ” ), Old Church Slavonic слава slava , “ glory ” ), слово slovo , “ word ” ), Sanskrit श्रव śráva , “ glory ” ). More at listen .
§ Pronunciation [ edit ] § Adjective [ edit ] loud (comparative louder superlative loudest
( of a sound ) Of great intensity .
1898 , Winston Churchill , chapter 4, The Celebrity
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
Turn that music down; it's too loud.
( of a person, thing, event, etc. ) Noisy .
Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
She is loud and stubborn.
a loud party that went on all night
( of a person, event, etc. ) Not subtle or reserved , brash .( of clothing, decorations, etc. ) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy .
a loud style of dress; loud colors
§ Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from loud (adjective)
§ Translations [ edit ]
of a sound
Afrikaans: hard
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: ( indefinite ) عالٍ ʿālin ), ( definite ) العالي al-ʿāliyy )
Armenian: բարձր (hy) (barjr )
Azeri: uca (az)
Belarusian: гучны húčny )
Bulgarian: гръмък (bg) (grǎ̀mǎk )
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: fort (ca) , alt (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏓᏯ asdaya )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大聲的 大声的 (zh) (dàshēng de )
Czech: hlasitý (cs)
Danish: høj (da)
Dutch: luid (nl) , luide (nl) , hard (nl) , harde (nl)
Esperanto: laŭta
Estonian: vali
Faroese: høgur harður
Finnish: äänekäs (fi) , kovalla
French: fort (fr) m forte (fr) f
Galician: please add this translation if you can
Georgian: ხმამაღალი xmamaḡali ), ხმაძლიერი xmajlieri ), მჟღერი mžḡeri )
German: laut (de)
Greek: ηχηρός (el) m ichirós ), δυνατός (el) m dynatós )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: hangos (hu)
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Irish: ard (ga) , glórach
Italian: forte (it) m , f
Japanese: 音 大きい おと おおきい ( of a voice ) 大声 (ja) (おおごえ , ōgoe騒々しい そうぞうしい , sōzōshii喧しい やかましい , yakamashii煩い うるさい , urusai
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: қатты qattı ), сартыл sartıl )
Khmer: ខ្លាំង (km) (klang )
Korean: 시끄럽다 (ko) (sikkeureopda )
Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: skaļš skanīgs
Lithuanian: garsus
Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: гласен glásen )
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: tīhoihoi tīwerawera rahi rarahi
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: høy
Polish: głośny (pl)
Portuguese: alto (pt) m alta (pt) f
Romanian: tare (ro)
Russian: громкий (ru) (grómkij )
Scottish Gaelic: faramach fuaimneach
Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan bȕčan гласан бучан
Slovak: hlasný
Slovene: glasen (sl)
Spanish: fuerte (es) m , f
Swedish: hög (sv)
Turkish: yüksek (tr)
Ukrainian: голосний holósnyj ), гучний húčnyj )
Urdu: please add this translation if you can
Uzbek: qichqiroq
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
noisy
Italian: rumoroso (it) m
Japanese: 煩い うるさい , urusai 姦しい (ja) (かしましい , kashimashii 囂しい かまびすしい , kamabisushii 騒がしい さわがしい , sawagashii 騒々しい そうぞうしい , sōzōshii 騒然 そうぜん , sōzen 喧しい やかましい , yakamashii
Korean: 시끄러운 sikkeureoun )
Limburgish: helle (li)
Portuguese: barulhento (pt)
Romanian: gălăgios (ro)
Russian: громкий (ru) (grómkij ), шумный (ru) (šúmnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: faramach fuaimneach
Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan bȕčan
Slovene: hrupen
Spanish: ruidoso (es)
Swedish: ljudlig (sv)
of a colour, clothing, etc.
loud (comparative more loudsuperlative most loud
Loudly .
