plaudit
/ˈplɔːdɪt/PLAW-dit
/ˈplɔdɪt/PLAW-dit
Meaningapplaud!
Common meaning: praise
Other meanings: applause
- plaudto clap, applaudLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1385 · scan
- it(Latin 'applaud!')
Journey through time
- Latinplaudite‘applaud!’source
- Englishplaudit‘praise’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin plaudō ‘to clap, applaud’.
Roots
- plaudō, plausum Latin “to clap, applaud”
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