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Definition: Plaudits |
PlauditsNoun1. Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "plaudits" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1789. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | PLAUDITS, n. Coins with which the populace pays those who tickle and devour it. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PlauditsSynonyms: acclaim (n), acclamation (n), eclat (n), plaudit (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Plaudits |
| English words defined with "plaudits": acclaim, acclamation ♦ eclat ♦ plaudit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "plaudits": PLAUDITS. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You, slave, will be torn apart by horses, to the plaudits of the troops and the amusement of the children. (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; writing credit: Burt Shevelove; Larry Gelbart) | |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Economy | Australia | Australia's leadership in mobilizing international intervention in East Timor in 1999 and continued leadership of the UN peacekeeping operation have earned plaudits from the defense and foreign affairs communities. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Plaudits" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 95.65% of the time. "Plaudits" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 95.65% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.35% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 46 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "plaudits"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | hluèný potlesk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | lautes Klatschen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תשואות (acclaim, applause, cheering, uproar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | taps (applause, clap, hand), zajos tetszésnyilvánítás, tapsvihar (storm of applause), tapsorkán (storm of applause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | moylley (advocate; compliments, applaud, applause, bamboozle, boost, boost praise, cheer, cheer praise, commend, commendation, compliment, gull, laud, praise, promotion, put forward, recommend, recommendation, tribute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auditsplay aplausos (applause, cheering, cheers, clapping, ovation). (various references) alkış (acclaim, acclamation, applause, cheer, clap, hand, plaudit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Plaudits" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: laudit, pladits, plaudets, plaudics, plaudite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "plaudits" (pronounced plô"duts) |
| 4 | -d u t s | audits, bandits, credits, discredits, edits. |
| 3 | -u t s | advocates, affidavits, affiliates, affricates, agates, aggregates, amulets, animates, anklets, approximates, articulates, associates, Babbitts, ballots, banquets, barbiturates, baronets, baskets, berets, bigots, billets, biscuits, blankets, bluebonnets, booklets, bracelets, brackets, branchlets, buckets, budgets, buffets, bullets, cabinets, carats, carpets, carrots, caskets, certificates, chariots, chestnuts, cheviots, chocolates, ciliates, circuits, climates, closets, comets, compatriots, composites, conduits, conglomerates, consulates, coordinates, correlates, covets, crickets, culprits, deficits, degenerates, demerits, deposits, diets, digits, dockets, doctorates, droplets, electorates, electromagnets, elicits, Emirates, ergots, estimates, exhibits, exits, eyelets, facets, faucets, favorites, ferrets, fillets, frigates, gadgets, garrets, gaskets, graduates, guesstimates, habits, hamlets, hatchets, helmets, helots, hermits, hornets, hypermarkets, idiots, illiterates, inaugurates, ingots, inhabits, inherits, inhibits, initiates, intermediates, interprets, intimates, invertebrates, islets, jackets, jesuits, junkets, laminates, lancets, laureates, leaflets, legates, limits, limpets, maggots, magnets, markets, merits, microcircuits, microclimates, midgets, millets, minutes, moderates, nonprofits, nuggets, nutlets, omelets, opiates, opposites, orbits, packets, palates, pallets, pamphlets, parrots, particulates, patriots, peanuts, pellets, perquisites, pickets, pickpockets, piglets, pilots, pirates, planets, platelets, plummets, pockets, poets, portraits, posits, prelates, prerequisites, privates, profits, prohibits, prophets, puppets, quiets, quintuplets, rackets, racquets, requisites, revisits, rickets, riots, rivets, rockets, russets, secrets, sextuplets, silicates, snippets, sockets, solicits, spigots, spirits, starlets, summits, supermarkets, surrogates, tablets, targets, tenets, thickets, tickets, toilets, trinkets, triplets, trumpets, turrets, underestimates, undergraduates, unfortunates, units, violets, visits, wallets, wastebaskets, whats, wickets, widgets, zealots. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: dualist, plastid, plaudit, tuladis. | |
-2 letters: adults, audits, distal, dulias, pastil, pilaus, plaids, plaits, salpid, spital, stupid, tuladi, tulips. | |
-3 letters: adits, adult, adust, alist, audit, dauts, dials, ditas, duals, duits, dulia, lapis, lauds, litas, padis, pails, pilau, pilus, pitas, plaid, plait, plats, pulis, sapid, sault, situp, slipt, spail, spait, spilt, splat, split, sputa, staid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l-p-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: amplitudes, disputable, disputably, duplicates, platitudes, stipulated. | |
+3 letters: duplicators, pediculates, supplicated. | |
+4 letters: disreputable, disreputably, duplications, indisputable, indisputably, postdiluvian, reduplicates, undisputable. | |
+5 letters: depopulations, multiplicands, platitudinous, postdiluvians, preindustrial, sextuplicated, spiritualized, superdiplomat. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006C 0061 0075 0064 0069 0074 0073 |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; |
