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loude

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
loude
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sound.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English loude, lude, from Old English hlȳd (“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Scots lood, luid (“sound, noise, tone, voice”), West Frisian lûd (“sound, voice, vote, say”), Dutch geluid (“sound”), German Laut (“sound”), Swedish ljud (“sound”), Icelandic hljóð (“sound”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: loude, hlȳd, *hlūdijō, *ḱlew-

Usage

Inflected Forms

loudes (plural) lood (alternative) luid (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

aloud

Questions

What does loude mean?
Sound.
Where does loude come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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