loud

CEFRA2

/ˈlaʊ̯d/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Making a lot of noise.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not subtle or reserved, brash.

Examples

  • Do you have to play that music so loud?

  • His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlæʊ̯d/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of great intensity.

  2. Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.

  3. High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.

More examples

In context

  • You are always wearing a loud necktie.

  • Turn that music down; it's too loud.

  • What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze.

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Origin

adjective

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, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lyd, Faroese ljóð, Icelandic hljóð, 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,...