applause
NounUS[uh-plawz]/əˈplɔz/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands togetherSynonyms: hand clappingclappingType of approval, commendationKinds round, hand, handclapPart of ovation, standing ovation
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Translations
Noun act of applauding
- Spanish
- aplauso
- French
- applaudissements
- German
- Applaus
- Italian
- applauso
- Portuguese
- aplauso
- Turkish
- alkış
- Russian
- аплодисме́нты aplodisménty
- Arabic
- تَصْفِيق taṣfīq
- Chinese
- 鼓掌 gǔzhǎng
- Japanese
- 拍手 hakushu
22 more languages
- Dutch
- applaus
- Polish
- oklaski
- Swedish
- applåd
- Greek
- χειροκρότημα cheirokrótima
- Korean
- 박수 baksu
- Indonesian
- tepuk tangan
- Vietnamese
- vỗ tay
- Hungarian
- taps
- Portuguese (PT)
- aplauso
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 掌聲 zhǎngshēng
- Albanian
- duartrokitje
- Catalan
- aplaudiment
- Czech
- potlesk
- Danish
- bifald
- Esperanto
- aplaŭdado
- Finnish
- suosionosoitus
- Georgian
- ტაში ṭaši
- Hebrew
- תְּשׁוּאוֹת tshuót
- Icelandic
- klapp
- Norwegian
- applaus
- Romanian
- aplauze
- Serbo-Croatian
- aplauz
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ap·plause′ (…), noun
Origin: L. applaudere, applausum. See Applaud.
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
The brave man seeks not popular applause.— John Dryden
Synonyms: Acclaim; acclamation; plaudit; commendation; approval.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
APPLAUSE, n. The echo of a platitude.