laudă

See also: Lauda, lauda, laudá, laudâ, and lăuda

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (prescribed) /ˈla.u.də/, (also common) /ˈlaw.də/
  • Rhymes: -audə
  • Hyphenation: la‧u‧dă

Etymology 1

Deverbal from lăuda or inherited from Latin laudem, accusative of laus, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lēwt-, *lēwdʰ- (song, sound), from *lēw- (to sound, resound, sing out).

Noun

laudă f (plural laude)

  1. praise, commendation
  2. (religion) praise, glory
    Synonyms: glorie, mărire, preamărire, slavă
  3. boast, boasting
  4. (obsolete) threat (expression of intent to do something bad)
Derived terms
  • lauda de sine nu miroase-a bine
  • lăudos

Etymology 2

Verb

laudă

  1. inflection of lăuda (to praise; to brag):
    1. third-person singular/plural indicative present
    2. imperative singular

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