loude

English

Alternative forms

• lood, luid (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English loude, lude, from Old English hlȳd (“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Cognate with Scots lood, luid (“sound, noise, tone, voice”), West Frisian lûd (“sound, voice, vote, say”), Dutch geluid (“sound”), German Laut (“sound”), Swedish ljud (“sound”), Icelandic hljóð (“sound”).

Noun

loude (plural loudes)

1. (obsolete) Sound.

Anagrams

• duelo

Finnish

Alternative forms

• loue

Etymology

Borrowed from Sami, compare Northern Sami loavdda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlou̯deˣ/,
• Rhymes: -oude
• Syllabification^(key): lou‧de

Noun

loude

1. A type of light temporary shelter consisting of a triangular piece of canvas (loudevaate), which is supported by a flexible pole.
2. A type of hiking tent which utilises a similar structural idea.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• loude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• luode

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English hlūde, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūdō, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdô; compare loud.

Alternative forms

• lhoude, lhude, loud, lowd, lowde, lude

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːd(ə)/

Adverb

loude (comparative louder)

1. Loudly; in a loud or noisy way.
2. (rare) Hearably, audibly; able to be heard
3. (rare) Obviously, in an easily detectable or discernable way.

Descendants

• English: loud
• Scots: loud, lood

References

• “lǒude, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-01.

Etymology 2

Adjective

loude

1. Alternative form of loud (“loud”)
2. Inflection of loud:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural

Etymology 3

Noun

loude

1. Alternative form of lude