English

Etymology
Old English hlūd

Pronunciation
IPA|/la�d/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /laUd/
audio|en-us-loud.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�d|-a�d

Adjective
en-adj|er

1. Of a sound, of great intensity.

#:Turn that music down, it's too loud.

1. Of a person, event, etc, noisy.
2. Of a person, event, etc, non-subtle, irrevelant.
3. Of a colour, clothing, etc, having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns.

#:You, there, wearing the purple tie with green stripes and red polka dots, I may not be able to hear you over that loud tie, so you may need to shout a little. - Supervisor 246 in Paul Robinson's Instrument of God

Antonyms
(sound): quiet, soft
(person): quiet
(colour, clothing, etc): garish, gaudy

Translations

trans-top|of a sound
Afrikaans: hard
Catalan: fort, alt
Dutch: luid, luide, hard, harde
French: fort#French|fort m, forte f
German: laut
Italian: forte#Italian|forte m and f
trans-mid
Lithuanian: garsus m, garsi f, garsu n
Portuguese: alto#Portuguese|alto m, alta f
Russian: г�омкий m (grómkij), г�омка� f (grómkaja), г�омкое n (grómkoje)
Slovenian: glasen m, glasna f, glasno n
Spanish: fuerte m and f
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trans-top|noisy
Afrikaans: hard
Catalan: estrident
Dutch: luidruchtig, luidruchtige
trans-mid
French: bruyant m, bruyante f
Italian: rumoroso m, rumorosa f
Slovenian: hrupen m, hrupna f, hrupno n
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trans-top|of a colour, clothing, etc
Catalan: cridaner
French: voyant m, voyante f
German: grell
trans-mid
Lithuanian: r�ksmingas m, r�ksminga f
Portuguese: berrante
Spanish: chillón m, chillona f
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Related terms
loudhailer
loudly
loudness
loudspeaker

Adverb
loud

1. loudly.

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