Loude

Alternative forms

• lood, luid Scotland

Origin

From Middle English loude, lude, from Old English hlȳd ("noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension"), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō ("sound"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewe- ("to hear"). Cognate with Scots lood, luid ("sound, noise, tone, voice"), West Frisian lûd ("sound, voice, vote, say"), Dutch geluid ("sound"), German Laut ("sound"), Swedish ljud ("sound"), Icelandic hljóð ("sound").

Full definition of loude

Noun

1. (obsolete) Sound.----