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Is laud a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word laud is a Scrabble US word. The word laud is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is laud a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word laud is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

L1A1U1D2

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4-letter words (4 found)

AULD,DUAL,LAUD,UDAL,

3-letter words (4 found)

ALU,DAL,LAD,LUD,

2-letter words (4 found)

AD,AL,DA,LA,

You can make 12 words from laud according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of laud

laud alud luad ulad auld uald ladu aldu ldau dlau adlu dalu luda ulda ldua dlua udla dula audl uadl adul daul udal dual

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Definitions and meaning of laud

laud

Etymology

From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɔːd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɔd/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /lɑd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːd

Noun

laud (countable and uncountable, plural lauds)

  1. Glorification or praise.
  2. Hymn of praise.
  3. (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
    Synonym: ainoi

Translations

Verb

laud (third-person singular simple present lauds, present participle lauding, simple past and past participle lauded)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.

Related terms

  • leed
  • lied

Translations

See also

  • besing
  • canonical hours
  • lauder

Further reading

  • “laud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “laud”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “laud”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Auld, Daul, Dula, auld, dual, udal

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauta, possibly from Proto-Germanic *flauþ or *flaut. Compare Swedish flöte. Also compare Lithuanian plautas and Latvian plauts.

Noun

laud (genitive laua, partitive lauda)

  1. board
  2. plank
  3. table

Declension

Derived terms

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin laus, laudem.

Noun

laud m (plural lauds)

  1. praise, commendation

Related terms

  • laudâ

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔud/, [ˈlɐ.ʔud]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ud

Noun

laud

  1. west

See also


Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Akin to Finnish lauta.

Noun

laud

  1. board
  2. plank

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈla.ud]

Verb

laud

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lăuda

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Related to Finnish lauta, Estonian laud.

Noun

laud

  1. board
  2. plank

Inflection

Derived terms

  • laudasine
  • čukalduzlaud
  • ikunlaud
  • lumilaud
  • möndlaud
  • potklaud
  • tedotuzlaud
  • tölaud
  • laudkund
  • laudsein

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “доска”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [la.ˈud]

Noun

laud (nominative plural lauds)

  1. lark (bird)

Declension

Hypernyms

  • böd
  • nim

Hyponyms

  • hilaud
  • hilaudül
  • jilaud
  • jilaudül
  • laudil
  • laudül

Derived terms

  • brüyäralaud (“woodlark”), Lullula arborea
  • felalaud (“skylark”), Alauda arvensis
  • töpalaud (“crested lark”), Galerida cristata

Source: wiktionary.org