loud

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Making a lot of noise; high in volume.

   The music was so loud that I couldn't hear what she was saying.

2. 2
   adj

   Too bright or showy in colour or style.

   He turned up in a loud orange shirt that everyone noticed.

3. 3
   adv

   At a high volume; loudly.

   Please don't talk so loud, the baby is sleeping.

Common collocations

• loud cry Adjective + noun
• loud knock Adjective + noun
• loud laugh Adjective + noun
• loud voice Adjective + noun

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, 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…

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