loud

See also: Loud

English

Alternative forms

• lowd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English loud, lud, from Old English hlūd ‎(“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz ‎(“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos ‎(“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ‎(“to hear”). Akin to Scots loud, lowd ‎(“loud”), Swedish ljud, 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

• IPA^(key): /laʊd/

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• Rhymes: -aʊd

Adjective

loud ‎(comparative louder, superlative loudest)

1. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in 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.‎

2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
   • Bible, Proverbs vii. 11

     She is loud and stubborn.

   a loud party that went on all night‎

3. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
4. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.

   a loud style of dress;  loud colors‎

5. (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality

Synonyms

• (of clothing, etc): garish, gaudy

Antonyms

• (sound): quiet, soft
• (person): quiet

Derived terms

Terms derived from loud (adjective)

aloud loudhailer

loudly loudmouth

loudness loudspeaker

Translations

of a sound

• Afrikaans: hard
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: (indefinite) عَالٍ ‎(ʿālin), (definite) اَلْعَالِي ‎(al-ʿālī)
• Armenian: բարձր (hy) ‎(barjr)
• Azeri: uca (az)
• Belarusian: гу́чны ‎(húčny)
• Bulgarian: гръ́мък (bg) ‎(grǎ́mǎk)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: fort (ca), alt (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏓᏯ ‎(asdaya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大聲的 (zh), 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 ‎(xmamaɣali), ხმაძლიერი ‎(xmaʒlieri), მჟღერი ‎(mžɣeri)
• German: laut (de)
• Greek: ηχηρός (el) m ‎(ichirós), δυνατός (el) m ‎(dynatós)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: בְּקוֹל רָם
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: hangos (hu)
• Ido: lauta (io)
• Irish: ard (ga), glórach
• Italian: forte (it) m, f
• Japanese: 音が大きい (おとがおおきい, (oto ga ōkii), (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 (kk) ‎(qattı), сартыл ‎(sartıl)
• Khmer: ខ្លាំង (km) ‎(klang)
• Korean: 시끄럽다 (ko) ‎(sikkeureopda)
• Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: magnus (la)
• Latvian: skaļš, skanīgs
• Lithuanian: garsus
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: гласен ‎(glasen)
• Malay: kuat, lantang (voice)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tīhoihoi, tīwerawera, rahi, rarahi, tiori
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høy (no), høylytt

• Polish: głośny (pl)
• Portuguese: alto (pt) m, alta (pt) f
• Romanian: tare (ro)
• Russian: гро́мкий (ru) ‎(grómkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: faramach, fuaimneach
• Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan (sh), bȕčan (sh), гласан, бучан
• Slovak: hlasný
• Slovene: glasen (sl)
• Spanish: fuerte (es) m, f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: hög (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yüksek (tr)
• Ukrainian: голо́сний ‎(holósnyj), гу́чний ‎(húčnyj)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Uzbek: qichqiroq (uz)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: ban (cy)

noisy

• Afrikaans: hard
• Arabic: (indefinite) عَالٍ ‎(ʿālin), (definite) اَلْعَالِي ‎(al-ʿālī)
• Catalan: estrident
• Chinese: 大声 (dàshēng)
• Czech: hlasitý (cs), hlučný
• Dutch: luidruchtig (nl), luidruchtige (nl)
• Esperanto: brua
• Finnish: äänekäs (fi), kovaääninen (fi)
• French: bruyant (fr) m, bruyante (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: laut (de)
• Greek: θορυβώδης (el) m ‎(thoryvódis), βροντερός (el) m ‎(vronterós), βροντώδης (el) m ‎(vrontódis)
• Hungarian: hangos (hu)
• Icelandic: hávær (is)
• 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)
• Maori: hoihoi, turituri, māniania, kurupākara, haunene, makekeno, tīhoihoi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høylytt

• Portuguese: barulhento (pt)
• Romanian: gălăgios (ro)
• Russian: гро́мкий (ru) ‎(grómkij), шу́мный (ru) ‎(šúmnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: faramach, fuaimneach
• Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan (sh), bȕčan (sh)
• Slovene: hrupen
• Spanish: ruidoso (es)
• Swedish: ljudlig (sv)

of a colour, clothing, etc.

• Catalan: cridaner
• Czech: křiklavý
• Dutch: vloekend (nl), schreeuwerig (nl), fel (nl)
• Finnish: räikeä (fi)
• French: voyant (fr) m, voyante (fr) f
• Georgian: მყვირალა ‎(mq̇virala)
• German: grell (de)
• Greek: φανταχτερός (el) m ‎(fantachterós), χτυπητός (el) m ‎(chtypitós), κραυγαλέος (el) m ‎(kravgaléos)

• Hungarian: harsány (hu)
• Japanese: 派手な ‎(はでな, hade na), けばけばしい (ja) ‎(kebakebashii), どぎつい ‎(dogitsui), 毒々しい ‎(どくどくしい, dokudokushii)
• Lithuanian: rėksmingas m, rėksminga f
• Maori: tiori
• Polish: krzykliwy (pl) m, krzykliwa f, krzykliwe
• Portuguese: berrante (pt)
• Russian: крича́щий (ru) ‎(kričáščij)
• Spanish: chillón m

Adverb

loud ‎(comparative more loud, superlative most loud)

1. Loudly.

Noun

loud ‎(uncountable)

1. (slang) High-quality marijuana

See also

• dank

Anagrams

• ludo, Ludo
• ould