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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English loude, 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.
Adjective
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- (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.
- (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
2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, page 22:In comparison with the loud Portrait of E.C. Ricart (ill. p. 13) two years earlier, Miró has captured a soft, hushed atmosphere here.
- (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality
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Terms derived from loud (adjective)
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 (ʕālin), (definite) اَلْعَالِي (al-ʕālī)
- Armenian: բարձր (hy) (barjr)
- Azerbaijani: uca (az), bərk (az)
- Belarusian: гу́чны (húčny)
- Bulgarian: гръ́мък (bg) (grǎ́mǎk)
- Burmese: ကျယ် (my) (kyai)
- Catalan: fort (ca), alt (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏓᏯ (asdaya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大聲的/大声的 (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), kova (fi), luja (fi)
- French: fort (fr)
- Galician: alto (gl)
- Georgian: ხმამაღალი (xmamaɣali), ხმაძლიერი (xmaʒlieri), მჟღერი (mžɣeri)
- German: laut (de)
- Greek: ηχηρός (el) (ichirós), δυνατός (el) (dynatós)
- Ancient: μέγας (mégas)
- 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 or 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 (ja) (うるさい, urusai)
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Kazakh: қатты (kk) (qatty), сартыл (sartyl)
- Khmer: ខ្លាំង (km) (khlang)
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- Korean: 시끄럽다 (ko) (sikkeureopda)
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- Laboya: kadola
- Lao: ດັງ (dang)
- Latin: magnus (la)
- Latvian: skaļš, skanīgs
- Lithuanian: garsus
- Luxembourgish: haart
- 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: чанга (mn) (čanga)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: høy (no), høylytt
- Polish: głośny (pl)
- Portuguese: alto (pt)
- Romanian: tare (ro)
- Russian: гро́мкий (ru) (grómkij)
- Scots: lood
- Scottish Gaelic: faramach, fuaimneach
- Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan (sh), bȕčan (sh), гласан, бучан
- Slovak: hlasný
- Slovene: glasen (sl)
- Spanish: fuerte (es), sonoro (es), duro (es) (Colombia)
- Swahili: -kubwa (sw)
- Swedish: hög (sv)
- Thai: ดัง (th) (dang)
- Tibetan: སྐད་ཆེན་པོ (skad chen po)
- Turkish: yüksek (tr)
- Ukrainian: голосни́й (holosnýj), гучни́й (hučnýj)
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
- Uzbek: qichqiroq (uz)
- Vietnamese: to (vi)
- Volapük: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: ban (cy)
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noisy
- Afrikaans: hard
- Arabic: (indefinite) عَالٍ (ʕālin), (definite) اَلْعَالِي (al-ʕālī)
- Belarusian: шу́мны (šúmny), шумлі́вы (šumlívy), гу́чны (húčny)
- Catalan: estrident, sorollós (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大聲的/大声的 (zh), 大声的 (zh) (dàshēng de)
- Czech: hlasitý (cs), hlučný (cs)
- Dutch: luidruchtig (nl), luidruchtige (nl)
- Esperanto: brua
- Finnish: äänekäs (fi), kovaääninen (fi)
- French: bruyant (fr)
- Galician: ruidoso
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: laut (de)
- Greek: θορυβώδης (el) (thoryvódis), βροντερός (el) (vronterós), βροντώδης (el) (vrontódis)
- Hungarian: hangos (hu)
- Icelandic: hávær (is)
- Irish: callánach
- Italian: rumoroso (it)
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- Japanese: 煩い (ja) (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: 시끄럽다 (ko) (sikkeureopda)
- Limburgish: helle (li)
- Maori: hoihoi, turituri, māniania, kurupākara, haunene, makekeno, tīhoihoi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: høylytt
- Polish: hałaśliwy (pl) m, głośny (pl) m, donośny (pl) m
- Portuguese: barulhento (pt)
- Romanian: gălăgios (ro), zgomotos (ro)
- Russian: гро́мкий (ru) (grómkij), шу́мный (ru) (šúmnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: faramach, fuaimneach
- Serbo-Croatian: glȁsan (sh), bȕčan (sh)
- Slovene: hrupen
- Spanish: ruidoso (es), estrepitoso (es), escandaloso, bullicioso (es)
- Swedish: ljudlig (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: шу́мний (šúmnyj), гучни́й (hučnýj)
- Vietnamese: ầm ĩ (vi)
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of a colour, clothing, etc.
- Catalan: cridaner, llampant (ca)
- Czech: křiklavý
- Dutch: vloekend (nl), schreeuwerig (nl), fel (nl)
- Finnish: räikeä (fi)
- French: voyant (fr)
- Georgian: მყვირალა (mq̇virala)
- German: grell (de)
- Greek: φανταχτερός (el) (fantachterós), χτυπητός (el) (chtypitós), κραυγαλέος (el) (kravgaléos)
- Hungarian: harsány (hu)
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- Japanese: 派手な (ja) (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
- Maori: tiori
- Polish: krzykliwy (pl)
- Portuguese: berrante (pt)
- Russian: крича́щий (ru) (kričáščij)
- Spanish: chillón
- Tibetan: ཧར་པོ (har po)
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Noun
loud (uncountable)
- (slang) High-quality marijuana
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”).
Adverb
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
- Loudly.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
- Who knocks so loud at door?
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 7, Chapter 14, pp. 71-72,[2]
- Unluckily that worthy Officer having, in a literal Sense, taken his Fill of Liquor, had been some Time retired to his Bolster, where he was snoaring so loud, that it was not easy to convey a Noise in at his Ears capable of drowning that which issued from his Nostrils.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hlūd.
Adjective
loud
- Alternative form of loude (“loud”)
Etymology 2
From Old English hlūde.
Adverb
loud
- Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)