loud
Betekenis (English)
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- Of great intensity.
- Noisy.
- Not subtle or reserved, brash.
- Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
- (slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.
Concepten
klankrijk
sonisch
Synonyms
loud-voiced
make noise
speaker system
make a racket
sing loudly
speaker unit
speak loudly
talk loudly
full-sounding
gawdy
with a thundering noise
loud-sounding
intercom speaker
loudspeaker system
be too noisy
laugh loudly
frippish
insistent
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/laʊd/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
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”).
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