Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laud

/loːd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: laud
IPA: /loːd/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Glorification or praise.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Hymn of praise.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A prayer service following matins.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To praise; to glorify.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

name

name

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States.

Example Sentences

"So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]"
"Laud be to God"
"And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god."
"The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lauden, lauder, laudo, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /loːd/
British English: /lɔːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

lauds (plural) lauds (present, singular) lauding (participle, present) lauded (participle, past) lauded (past)

Derived Forms

belaud laudable laudingly overlaud unlauded Laudian

Phrases

canonical hours

Frequently Paired Words

leed lied besing canonical hours lauder

Synonyms

ainoi commend exalt extol aggrandize applaud enthrone appraise belaud bepraise cry up eulogize

Homonyms

lord (non-rhotic) lord

Rhymes With

broad abroad fraud mod claude flawed applaud aud maude maud laude clawed

Questions

How do you pronounce laud?: The recorded pronunciation is /loːd/.
What does laud mean?: Glorification or praise.
Where does laud come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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