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loud

see also: Loud

Pronunciation

enPR: loud, IPA: /laʊd/

Etymology 1

From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz ("heard"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

Akin to Scots loud, lowd ("loud"), Swedish ljud, Western Frisian lûd, Dutch luid, Low German lud, German laut, Irish clú, Welsh clywed, clod ("praise"), Latin laudare, Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός, Albanian quaj, shquar ("famous, notorious"), xcl լու, Church Slavic слава, слово ("word"), Sanskrit श्रव.

Adjective

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

(of a sound) Of great intensity.
Turn that music down; it's too loud.
What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:
  Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
(of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
a loud party that went on all night
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Proverbs vii:11 ↗:
  She is loud and stubborn.
(of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
a loud style of dress; loud colors
(of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.

Synonyms

(of clothing, etc) garish, gaudy

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sound”): quiet, silent, soft
(antonym(s) of “person”): quiet

Translations

French: fort
German: laut
Italian: forte
Portuguese: alto
Russian: гро́мкий
Spanish: fuerte, sonoro, duro (Colombia)

Translations

French: bruyant
German: laut
Italian: rumoroso
Portuguese: barulhento
Russian: гро́мкий
Spanish: ruidoso, estrepitoso, escandaloso, bullicioso

Translations

French: voyant
German: grell
Portuguese: berrante
Russian: крича́щий
Spanish: chillón, vistoso, llamativo, colorinche (Argentina, Peru)

Noun

loud

(colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
- 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro, page 103:
  The expander doesn't really make the louds louder and the softs softer in one step […]
(slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.

Etymology 2

From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde, from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô, related to Etymology 1.

Adverb

loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)

Loudly.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene iv]:
  Who knocks so loud at door?
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 14, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC ↗, book 7, pages 71-72 ↗:
  Unluckily that worthy Officer having, in a literal Sense, taken his Fill of Liquor, had been some Time retired to his Bolster, where he was snoaring so loud, that it was not easy to convey a Noise in at his Ears capable of drowning that which issued from his Nostrils.

Loud

Etymology

As an English surname,

from the adjective loud,
from the place name Lyde,
and a spelling variant of Louth, Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective,
and finally variants of the Irish - surnames McLeod, McLouth.

Proper noun

(countable) Surname.
1. Clipping of McLoud: Surname.
  1. Alternative form of McLeod, [[McLouth]]
A placename
1. Ellipsis of River Loud
2. Ellipsis of Loud Township

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