loud

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of great intensity.
2. Noisy.
3. Not subtle or reserved, brash.
4. Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
5. (slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.

Noun

1. (colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
2. (slang) High-quality marijuana.

Adv

Loudly.

Concepts

fort

bruyant

haut

sonore

voyant

tapageur

retentissant

forte

bruyante

voyante

criard

à haute voix

à voix haute

d’après

haute

somptueux

assourdissant

bruyamment

molle

mou

piano

bariolé

économique

braillard

de mauvais goût

d’un mauvais goût

tape-à-l’œil

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/laʊd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen.
Cognates
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 laudare (“praise”), 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”).

Phrases

The concert was loud enough for everyone in the city to hear .

Le concert était assez fort pour que tout le monde dans la ville puisse entendre.