Loud

English

Etymology

Old English hlūd 'loud', from Proto-Germanic *khlūthaz 'heard' (cf. Dutch luid, German laut), from Proto-Indo-European *k̑leutos 'heard; fame'; akin to Irish clú 'repute', Template:Cy clywed 'heard', clod 'praise', Latin inclutus 'famous', Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klútós) 'famous', Albanian quaj, quej 'to call, name', Template:Xcl [[լու#Template:Xcl|լու]] (lu), “‘the act of hearing’”), Template:Cu Template:Cyrs (slava) 'glory', Template:Cyrs (slovo) 'word', Sanskrit श्रव (śráva) 'glory'. More at listen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /laʊd/, SAMPA: /laUd/

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  Rhymes: -aʊd

Adjective

Loud (comparative er, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Loud

Comparative er

Superlative {{{2}}}

1. Of a sound, of great intensity.

   Turn that music down, it's too loud.

2. Of a person, event, etc, noisy.
3. Of a person, event, etc, non-subtle, brash.
4. Of a colour, clothing, etc, having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns.

Antonyms

• (sound): quiet, soft
• (person): quiet
• (colour, clothing, etc): garish, gaudy

Translations

of a sound

Afrikaans: hard Arabic: عالي (ʕāli) Armenian: բարձր hy(hy) (barjr) Catalan: fort, alt Chinese: 大声 (dàshēng) Croatian: glȁsan hr(hr), bȕčan hr(hr) Dutch: luid, luide, hard, harde Esperanto: laŭta eo(eo) Finnish: äänekäs fi(fi) French: fort fr(fr) m., forte fr(fr) f. German: laut de(de)

Greek: ηχηρός el(el) (ikhiros) m., δυνατός el(el) (dinatos) m. Hungarian: hangos hu(hu) Italian: forte it(it) m. and f. Lithuanian: garsus m., garsi f., garsu n. Polish: głośny pl(pl) m., głośna pl(pl) f., głośne pl(pl) n. Portuguese: alto pt(pt) m., alta pt(pt) f. Russian: громкий ru(ru) (grómkij) Scottish Gaelic: faramach gd(gd), fuaimneach gd(gd) Slovene: glasen m., glasna f., glasno n. Spanish: fuerte es(es) m. and f.

noisy

Afrikaans: hard Arabic: عالي (ʕāli) Catalan: estrident Chinese: 大声 (dàshēng) Croatian: glȁsan hr(hr), bȕčan hr(hr) Dutch: luidruchtig, luidruchtige Finnish: äänekäs fi(fi) French: bruyant fr(fr) m., bruyante fr(fr) f. German: laut de(de) Greek: θορυβώδης el(el) (θorivodis) m., βροντερός el(el) (vronteros) m., βροντώδης el(el) (vrontodis) m.

Hungarian: hangos hu(hu) Italian: rumoroso it(it) m. Japanese: 大声の (おおごえの, ōgoe no) Korean: 시끄러운 (sikkeureoun) Limburgish: helle li(li) Portuguese: barulhento pt(pt) Russian: громкий ru(ru) (grómkij), шумный ru(ru) (šúmnyj) Scottish Gaelic: faramach gd(gd), fuaimneach gd(gd) Slovene: hrupen m., hrupna f., hrupno n. Spanish: ruidoso es(es) Swedish: ljudlig sv(sv)

of a colour, clothing, etc.

Catalan: cridaner Czech: křiklavý cs(cs) French: voyant fr(fr) m., voyante fr(fr) f. German: grell de(de) Greek: φανταχτερός el(el) (fantakhteros) m., χτυπητός el(el) (khtipitos) m., κραυγαλέος el(el) (kravgaleos) m.

Lithuanian: rėksmingas m., rėksminga f. Polish: krzykliwy pl(pl) m., krzykliwa pl(pl) f., krzykliwe pl(pl) Portuguese: berrante Russian: кричащий ru(ru) (kričáš'ij) Spanish: chillón m., chillona f.

Related terms

• aloud
• loudhailer
• loudly
• loudness
• loudspeaker

Adverb

loud

1. loudly.

Anagrams

• dlou,
• ludo, Ludo
• ould

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