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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-h₂-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d-

Latin plaudō

Latin applaudō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin applaususbor.

English applause

From Latin Category:English terms borrowed from Latin#APPLAUSE Category:English terms derived from Latin#APPLAUSE applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: əplôzʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈplɔːz/Category:English 2-syllable words#APPLAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#APPLAUSE
Rhymes: -ɔːz Category:Rhymes:English/ɔːz#APPLAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ɔːz/2 syllables#APPLAUSE
(US) enPR: əplôzʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈplɔz/Category:English 2-syllable words#APPLAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#APPLAUSE
(cot–caught merger) enPR: əpläz', IPA^(key): /əˈplɑz/Category:English 2-syllable words#APPLAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#APPLAUSE
Audio (General American): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#APPLAUSE

Noun

applause (usually uncountable, plural applauses)Category:English lemmas#APPLAUSE Category:English nouns#APPLAUSE Category:English uncountable nouns#APPLAUSE Category:English countable nouns#APPLAUSE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#APPLAUSE Category:Pages with entries#APPLAUSE Category:Pages with 2 entries#APPLAUSE

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, approbation, approval, commendation, plaudit; see also Thesaurus:applause, Thesaurus:praise
- 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter XLVI, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 535:
  A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!
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- 1904 April 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC, page 232:
  Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. […] It was at such moments that for an instant he [Sherlock Holmes] ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause.
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- 1916, Albert Bigelow Paine, chapter 57, in The Boys’ Life of Mark Twain:
  Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know. Yet she is entitled to the lion's share.
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- 2024 September 7, David Hytner, “Rice and Grealish start new England era with Nations League victory in Ireland”, in The Guardian‎:
  Rice’s celebrations upon his goal were controlled, muted. Not so those of Grealish, who lapped up the applause of the England fans behind the goal.
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Derived terms

Translations

act of applauding — see also cheer

Category:Entries with translation boxes#APPLAUSE

Albanian: duartrokitje (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#APPLAUSE
Arabic: تَصْفِيق m (taṣfīq)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#APPLAUSE
Hijazi Arabic: تَصْفِيق m (taṣfīg)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#APPLAUSE
Armenian: ծափահարություն (hy) (capʻaharutʻyun)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#APPLAUSE
Asturian: aplausu mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#APPLAUSE
Azerbaijani: alqış (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#APPLAUSE
Bashkir: алҡыш (alqış)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#APPLAUSE, ҡул сабыу (qul sabıw)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#APPLAUSE
Basque: txaloCategory:Terms with Basque translations#APPLAUSE
Belarusian: апладысме́нты m pl (apladysmjénty)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#APPLAUSE, во́плескі m pl (vópljeski)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#APPLAUSE
Bikol:
Central Bikol: parakpakCategory:Terms with Central Bikol translations#APPLAUSE, parakpakanCategory:Terms with Central Bikol translations#APPLAUSE
Bulgarian: аплодисме́нти m (aplodisménti)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#APPLAUSE, ръкопля́скане n (rǎkopljáskane)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#APPLAUSE
Catalan: aplaudiment (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#APPLAUSE
Cebuano: palakpakCategory:Terms with Cebuano translations#APPLAUSE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼓掌 (zh) (gǔzhǎng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#APPLAUSE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#APPLAUSE, 掌聲 / 掌声 (zh) (zhǎngshēng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#APPLAUSE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#APPLAUSE, 拍手 (zh) (pāishǒu)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#APPLAUSE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#APPLAUSE
Czech: potlesk mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#APPLAUSE, aplaus (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#APPLAUSE
Danish: bifald (da) nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#APPLAUSE
Dutch: applaus (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#APPLAUSE, handgeklap (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#APPLAUSE
Esperanto: aplaŭdoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#APPLAUSE, aplaŭdadoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#APPLAUSE
Estonian: aplaus (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#APPLAUSE
Finnish: taputtaminen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#APPLAUSE, suosionosoitusCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#APPLAUSE, aplodit (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#APPLAUSE
French: applaudissement (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#APPLAUSE, acclamation (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#APPLAUSE
Galician: aplauso (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#APPLAUSE
Georgian: ტაში (ṭaši)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#APPLAUSE
German: Applaus (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#APPLAUSE, Beifall (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#APPLAUSE
Greek: χειροκρότημα (el) n (cheirokrótima)Category:Terms with Greek translations#APPLAUSE
Ancient Greek: κρότος m (krótos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#APPLAUSE
Hanunoo: adupaCategory:Terms with Hanunoo translations#APPLAUSE
Hebrew: תְּשׁוּאוֹת f pl (tshuót)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#APPLAUSE
Hiligaynon: palakpakCategory:Terms with Hiligaynon translations#APPLAUSE
Hindi: वाहवाही (hi) f (vāhvāhī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#APPLAUSE, शाबाशी (hi) f (śābāśī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#APPLAUSE, ताली (hi) f (tālī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#APPLAUSE
Hungarian: taps (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#APPLAUSE
Icelandic: klapp (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#APPLAUSE
Indonesian: tepuk tangan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#APPLAUSE
Irish: bualadh bosCategory:Terms with Irish translations#APPLAUSE
Italian: applauso (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#APPLAUSE
Japanese: 拍手 (ja) (はくしゅ, hakushu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#APPLAUSE
Kazakh: қол соғу (qol soğu)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#APPLAUSE, қол шапалақтау (qol şapalaqtau)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#APPLAUSE
Korean: 박수(拍手) (ko) (baksu)Category:Terms with Korean translations#APPLAUSE
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چەپڵە (çeplle)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#APPLAUSE
Kyrgyz: кол чабуулар pl (kol cabuular)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#APPLAUSE
Latin: applausus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#APPLAUSE (Late Latin)
Latvian: aplausi plCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#APPLAUSE
Lithuanian: plojimai plCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#APPLAUSE, aplodismentai plCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#APPLAUSE
Macedonian: ракоплескање n (rakopleskanje)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#APPLAUSE, аплауз m (aplauz)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#APPLAUSE
Malay: tepukan (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#APPLAUSE
Māori: pakipakiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#APPLAUSE, umereCategory:Terms with Māori translations#APPLAUSE
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: алга ташилт (alga tašilt)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#APPLAUSE
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: bifall nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#APPLAUSE, applaus mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#APPLAUSE
Persian: کف (fa) (kaf)Category:Terms with Persian translations#APPLAUSE
Polish: aplauz (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#APPLAUSE, poklask (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#APPLAUSE, oklaski (pl) m plCategory:Terms with Polish translations#APPLAUSE, brawa (pl) n plCategory:Terms with Polish translations#APPLAUSE
Portuguese: aplauso (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#APPLAUSE
Romanian: aplauze (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#APPLAUSE
Russian: аплодисме́нты (ru) m pl (aplodisménty)Category:Terms with Russian translations#APPLAUSE, рукоплеска́ние (ru) n (rukopleskánije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#APPLAUSE, рукоплеска́ния (ru) n pl (rukopleskánija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#APPLAUSE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пље̑сак mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLAUSE, а̀плауз mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLAUSE

Latin: pljȇsak (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLAUSE, àplauz (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#APPLAUSE
Slovak: potlesk mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#APPLAUSE, aplauz (sk) mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#APPLAUSE
Slovene: aplavz mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#APPLAUSE, ploskanje nCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#APPLAUSE
Spanish: aplauso (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLAUSE, plauso (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLAUSE, aplausos (es) m plCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLAUSE, palmas (es) f plCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#APPLAUSE
Swedish: applåd (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#APPLAUSE, bifall (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#APPLAUSE
Tagalog: palakpak (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#APPLAUSE, palakpakanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#APPLAUSE
Tajik: чапакзанӣ (čapakzani)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#APPLAUSE, кафкӯбӣ (kafkübi)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#APPLAUSE, қарсакзанӣ (qarsakzani)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#APPLAUSE, кафзанӣ (kafzani)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#APPLAUSE
Tatar: алкыш (tt) (alqış)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#APPLAUSE, алкышлар (tt) pl (alqışlar)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#APPLAUSE
Turkish: alkış (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#APPLAUSE, tapşın (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#APPLAUSE
Ukrainian: аплодисме́нти (uk) m pl (aplodysménty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#APPLAUSE, о́плески m pl (óplesky)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#APPLAUSE
Uzbek: olqish (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#APPLAUSE, olqishlar (uz) plCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#APPLAUSE, qarsaklar (uz) plCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#APPLAUSE
Vietnamese: vỗ tay (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#APPLAUSE
Waray-Waray: parakpakCategory:Terms with Waray-Waray translations#APPLAUSE

Verb

applause (third-person singular simple present applauses, present participle applausing, simple past and past participle applaused)Category:English lemmas#APPLAUSE Category:English verbs#APPLAUSE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#APPLAUSE Category:Pages with entries#APPLAUSE Category:Pages with 2 entries#APPLAUSE

(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#APPLAUSE) To applaud.
- 1596, William Warner, chapter IL, in Albions England: A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants Thereof: […], 4th edition, London: […] [Joan] Orwin, for I[oan] B[roome] […], →OCLC, page 228:
  But (which had ſcarrefide our wounds, if wounded, with the Balme / Of her ſweete Preſence, ſo applaus’d as in Sea-ſtormes a Calme) / Her royall-ſelfe, Elizabeth our Soueraigne lawfull Queene, / In magnanimious Maieſtie amidſt her Troupes was ſeene.
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- 1628, Ios[eph] Hall, “Ahab and Michaiah: or, The Death of Ahab”, in Contemplations. The Nineteenth Booke., London, →OCLC, page 1286:
  Now Ahab ſees the ground of that applauſed conſent of his rabble of Prophets: […]
  Category:English terms with quotations#APPLAUSE
- 1654, “Act. II.”, in The Tragedy of Alphonsus Emperour of Germany […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], →OCLC, page 20:
  O ſacred Emperour, theſe ears have heard, / What no Sons ears can unrevenged hear, / The Princes all of them, but ſpecially, / The Prince Elector Archbiſhop of Collen, / Revil’d him by the names of murderer, / Arch villain, robber of the Empires fame, / And Cæſars tutor in all wickedneſs, / And with a general voice applaus’d his death, / As for a ſpecial good to Chriſtendome.
  Attributed to George Chapman, but generally considered a false attribution.
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