applaud

English

Etymology

From Middle English applauden, from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈplɔːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈplɔd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /əˈplɑd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːd
• Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

applaud (plural applauds)

1. (obsolete) Applause; applauding.
2. (obsolete) Plaudit.

Related terms

• applause

Verb

applaud (third-person singular simple present applauds, present participle applauding, simple past and past participle applauded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

   After the performance, the audience applauded for five minutes.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone.

   Although we don't like your methods, we applaud your motives.

   • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

     Now by the Gods, I do applaude his courage.

   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     It moved him to within one goal of Thierry Henry's 34 in 2004 and Henry - honoured with a statue outside the stadium on Friday - rose from his seat in the stands to applaud Van Persie.

Synonyms

• beclap

Derived terms

• applaudable
• applauder
• applaudingly
• applaud to the echo
• reapplaud
• unapplauded
• unapplauding

 

Related terms

• explosion
• implausible
• implode
• plaudit
• plausible

 

Translations

to express approval by clapping

• Albanian: duartrokas (sq)
• Arabic: صَفَّقَ (ṣaffaqa)
• Armenian: ծափահարել (hy) (capʻaharel)
• Asturian: aplaudir
• Azerbaijani: alqışlamaq (az), əl çalmaq
• Belarusian: апладзі́раваць impf (apladzíravacʹ), пляска́ць impf (pljaskácʹ) (у дало́ні)
• Bulgarian: аплоди́рам (bg) impf or pf (aplodíram), ръкопляска́м (bg) impf (rǎkopljaskám)
• Catalan: aplaudir (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ (dasidvniha)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍手 (zh) (pāishǒu), 鼓掌 (zh) (gǔzhǎng)

• Czech: tleskat (cs) impf
• Danish: applaudere, klappe (da)
• Dutch: applaudisseren (nl), klappen (nl)
• Esperanto: aplaŭdi
• Estonian: aplodeerima (et)
• Finnish: taputtaa (fi), aplodeerata
• French: applaudir (fr), ovationner (fr)
• Galician: aplaudir
• German: applaudieren (de), klatschen (de), Beifall klatschen
• Greek: χειροκροτώ (el) (cheirokrotó)

  Ancient: κροτέω (krotéō)

• Hebrew: הֵרִיעַ (he) (hería')
• Hindi: ताली बजाना (tālī bajānā)
• Hungarian: tapsol (hu), megtapsol (hu)
• Ido: aklamar (io)
• Italian: applaudire (it), congratularsi (it)
• Japanese: 拍手する (ja) (はくしゅする, hakushu suru)
• Korean: 박수하다 (ko) (baksuhada)
• Latin: plaudō (la), applaudō
• Latvian: aplaudēt
• Lithuanian: ploti (lt), paploti
• Macedonian: аплауди́ра impf or pf (aplaudíra), ракоплеска impf (rakopleska)
• Malayalam: കയ്യടി (ml) (kayyaṭi), കരഘോഷം (karaghōṣaṁ)
• Maori: pakipaki, umere
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: алга таших (alga tašix)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klappe

• Persian: کف زدن (fa) (kaf zadan)
• Polish: klaskać (pl) impf, oklaskiwać (pl), bić brawo (pl) impf
• Portuguese: aplaudir (pt)
• Romanian: aplauda (ro)
• Russian: аплоди́ровать (ru) impf (aplodírovatʹ), хло́пать (ru) impf (xlópatʹ) (в ладо́ши), рукоплеска́ть (ru) impf (rukopleskátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аплауди́рати impf or pf

  Roman: aplaudírati (sh) impf or pf

• Slovak: tlieskať impf
• Slovene: aplavdirati impf, ploskati (sl) impf
• Spanish: aplaudir (es)
• Swedish: applådera (sv), klappa (sv)
• Tajik: кафкӯбӣ кардан (kafkübī kardan)
• Thai: ปรบ (th) (bpròp), ตบมือ (dtòp-mʉʉ)
• Turkish: alkışlamak (tr), el çırpmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: аплодува́ти (uk) impf (aploduváty), плеска́ти impf (pleskáty) (в доло́ні), рукоплеска́ти impf (rukopleskáty)
• Uzbek: olqishlab chapak
• Vietnamese: vỗ tay (vi)

to praise, or express approval by words

• Bulgarian: хва́ля (bg) impf (hválja), одобря́вам (bg) impf (odobrjávam)
• Dutch: applaudisseren (nl)
• French: louer (fr), approuver (fr)
• German: loben (de), befürworten (de)
• Greek: επικροτώ (el) (epikrotó)
• Hungarian: helyesel (hu), dicsér (hu)
• Italian: lodare (it), approvare (it)
• Latvian: atzīt, apsveikt
• Ngazidja Comorian: ushangiria
• Portuguese: aplaudir (pt)
• Russian: хвали́ть (ru) impf (xvalítʹ), одобря́ть (ru) impf (odobrjátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аплауди́рати impf or pf

  Roman: aplaudírati (sh) impf or pf

• Spanish: aplaudir (es)
• Turkish: beğenmek (tr), takdir etmek (tr), alkışlamak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} applaudir
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} tlieskať, ^{(please verify)} aplaudovať
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} lobülön (vo)

Further reading

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