praise

English

Etymology

From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). See prize. Displaced native Middle English lofen, loven (“to praise”) (from Old English lofian, compare Middle English and Old English lof (“praise”), see love, lofe, loff), Middle English herien (“to praise, glorify, celebrate”) (from Old English herian), Middle English rosen (“to praise, glorify”) (from Old Norse hrósa).

Pronunciation

• enPR: prāz, IPA^(key): /pɹeɪz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: prays, preys

Noun

praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)

1. commendation; favourable representation in words
2. worship

Synonyms

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Antonyms

• blame
• criticize
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Derived terms

Terms derived from praise (noun)

• damn with faint praise

• praise name
• praiseworthy

• sing the praises

Translations

commendation; favorable representation in words

• Armenian: գովեստ (hy) (govest)
• Catalan: alabança f, lloança f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 稱讚, 称赞 (cing¹ zaan³), 讚揚, 赞扬 (zaan³ joeng⁴), 表揚, 表扬 (biu² joeng⁴), 褒揚, 褒扬 (bou¹ joeng⁴), 稱道, 称道 (cing¹ dou⁶), 稱揚, 称扬 (cing¹ joeng⁴), 表彰 (biu² zoeng¹)

  Mandarin: 稱讚 (zh), 称赞 (zh) (chēngzàn), 讚揚 (zh), 赞扬 (zh) (zànyáng), 表揚 (zh), 表扬 (zh) (biǎoyáng), 褒揚 (zh), 褒扬 (zh) (bāoyáng), 稱道 (zh), 称道 (zh) (chēngdào), 稱揚 (zh), 称扬 (zh) (chēngyáng), 表彰 (zh) (biǎozhāng)

  Min Nan: 稱讚, 称赞 (chheng-chàn), 讚揚 (zh-min-nan), 赞扬 (chàn-iông), 表揚 (zh-min-nan), 表扬 (zh-min-nan) (piáu-iông), 褒揚, 褒扬 (po-iông), 表彰 (zh-min-nan) (piáu-chiong), 呵咾 (o-ló), 褒 (zh) (po)

• Czech: chvála (cs) f, pochvala f
• Dutch: lof (nl) m
• Finnish: ylistys (fi), kehu (fi), kehuminen (fi)
• French: louange (fr) f
• Friulian: laud m
• Galician: loanza f
• Georgian: შექება (šekeba), ქება (keba), ქება-დიდება (keba-dideba)
• German: Lob (de) n
• Hindi: तारीफ़ f (tārīf), प्रशंसा (hi) f (praśãsā)
• Icelandic: lof, hrós (is) n
• Indonesian: pujian (id)
• Irish: clú m
• Italian: elogio (it), lode (it) f

• Japanese: 賞賛 (しょうさん, shōsan)
• Kurdish: pesn‎‎ (ku)
• Latin: laus f
• Malayalam: പ്രശംസിക്കുക (ml) (praśaṃsikkuka), വാഴ്തുക (vāḻtuka), പുകഴ്തുക (pukaḻtuka), പ്രശംസിക്കുക (ml) (praśaṃsikkuka), പുകഴ്തുക (pukaḻtuka), വാഴ്തുക (vāḻtuka)
• Ngazidja Comorian: swifa class 9/10
• Persian: ستایش‎‎ (fa) (setâyeš), سون‎‎ (fa) (savan), آفرین‎‎ (fa) (âfarin)
• Polish: pochwała (pl) f
• Portuguese: prezar (pt)
• Romanian: laudă (ro) f, elogiu (ro) n, glorificare (ro) f
• Russian: благодарение (ru) n (blagodarenije)
• Sanskrit: शँसति (sa) (śam̐sati), स्तौति (sa) (stauti), प्रशम्सा (praśamsā), स्तौति (sa) (stauti), शँसति (sa) (śam̐sati)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliù m, luaidh m, moladh m
• Slovene: hvála (sl) f
• Spanish: alabanza (es) f, loa (es) f, enaltecimiento (es) m
• Tamil: வௌகற (vaukaṟa)
• Telugu: పొగడ్త (te) (pogaḍta)
• Turkish: övgü (tr), methiye (tr)
• Urdu: تعریف‎‎ f (taareef)
• Yiddish: לויב‎‎ f (loyb)

worship

• Arabic: عِبَادَة‎‎ f (ʿibāda)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 讚美, 赞美 (zaan³ mei⁵)

  Mandarin: 讚美 (zh), 赞美 (zh) (zànměi)

  Min Nan: 呵咾 (zh-min-nan) (o-ló), 讚美 (zh-min-nan), 赞美 (chàn-bí)

• Estonian: ülistamine
• Finnish: ylistys (fi), palvonta (fi)
• French: louange (fr) f
• German: Lob (de) n
• Italian: adorazione (it) f, gloria (it) f
• Japanese: 礼賛 (らいさん, raisan), 礼讃 (らいさん, raisan)

• Persian: ستایش‎‎ (fa) (setâyeš)
• Portuguese: louvor (pt), adoração (pt) f
• Romanian: devoțiune (ro) f, adorare (ro) f, venerare (ro) f, divinizare (ro) f
• Russian: прославле́ние (ru) n (proslavlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliù m, luaidh m, moladh m
• Spanish: adoración (es)
• Swahili: shangilia (sw)
• Tagalog: papuri
• Telugu: భజన (te) (bhajana)
• Turkish: hamt (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} eerbetoon (nl)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} lode (it) f, ^{(please verify)} elogio (it) m, ^{(please verify)} complimento (it) m
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} laus f

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} chvála f, ^{(please verify)} pochvala f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} alabanza (es) 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

• Albanian: lëvdoj (sq), lavdëroj (sq)
• Arabic: مَدَحَ‎‎ (madaḥa), أَثْنَى‎‎ (ʾaṯnā), أَطْرَى‎‎ (ʾaṭrā)

  Egyptian Arabic: شكر في‎‎ (šakar fi)

• Armenian: գովել (hy) (govel)
• Aromanian: alavdu
• Catalan: lloar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 讚, 赞 (zaan³)

  Mandarin: 贊揚 (zh), 赞扬 (zh) (zànyáng), 稱贊 (zh), 称赞 (zh) (chēngzàn), 表揚 (zh), 表扬 (zh) (biǎoyáng), 誇獎 (zh), 夸奖 (zh) (kuājiǎng)

• Czech: chválit (cs) impf
• Danish: rose (da)
• Dutch: loven (nl), prijzen (nl), eren (nl)
• Esperanto: laŭdi
• Estonian: ülistama
• Faroese: rósa
• Finnish: ylistää (fi), kehua (fi)
• French: louer (fr), féliciter (fr), prôner (fr), vénérer (fr)
• Friulian: laudâ
• Galician: loar (gl), gabar (gl)
• German: loben (de), preisen (de)
• Greek: επαινώ (el) (epainó)

  Ancient: ἐπαινέω (epainéō)

• Hebrew: שיבח‎‎ (shibéakh)
• Hindi: तारीफ़ करना (tārīf karnā)
• Hungarian: dicsér (hu), méltat (hu), dicsőít (hu)
• Icelandic: hrósa
• Ido: laudar (io)
• Irish: mol, cuach

  Old Irish: molaidir

• Italian: lodare (it), elogiare (it)
• Japanese: 褒める (ja) (ほめる, homeru)
• Korean: 칭찬하다 (ko) (chingchan-hada)

• Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} pesinandin (ku), ^{(please verify)} pesn dan, ^{(please verify)} meth kirin
• Latin: laudo (la)
• Latvian: slavēt (lv)
• Lithuanian: gìrti (lt), pagìrti
• Malay: memuji
• Maore Comorian: usifu
• Mirandese: agabar
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhimiɗia
• Occitan: lausar (oc)
• Old English: herian
• Old Norse: hrósa
• Polish: chwalić (pl) impf, pochwalić pf
• Portuguese: louvar (pt), enaltecer (pt), elogiar (pt)
• Romanian: lăuda (ro)
• Romansch: ludar, luder, lodar
• Russian: хвали́ть (ru) impf (xvalítʹ), похвали́ть (ru) pf (poxvalítʹ)
• Sardinian: alabai, alabare
• Scottish Gaelic: mol, luaidh
• Slovak: chváliť, pochváliť
• Spanish: alabar (es)
• Swahili: shangilia (sw)
• Swedish: lova (sv)
• Telugu: పొగడు (te) (pogaḍu), భజించు (te) (bhajiñcu), మెచ్చుకొను (te) (meccukonu)
• Thai: ยกย่อง (th) (yók-yɔ̂ng), สรรเสริญ (th) (sǎn-sə̌ən)
• Tocharian A: päl-
• Tocharian B: päl-
• Urdu: تعریف کرنا‎‎ (tārīf karnā)
• Vietnamese: khen ngợi (vi)
• Westrobothnian: höläs
• Yiddish: לויבן‎‎ (loybn)
• Zulu: -bonga, -dumisa
• ǃXóõ: da̰ã

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Arispe, Parise, Pearis, Persia, aspire, paires, paries, spirea

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

praise f

1. genitive singular of prais