kudos
English
WOTD – 17 March 2008
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːdɒs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.doʊz/, /ˈkuː.doʊs/
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Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”).
Noun
kudos (uncountable)
- Praise; accolades.
- The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "1 Night in Gottlieb" (season 1, episode 2):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Pat, I gotta tell you, you did a lot of things right with this lunch―kudos. You got back quickly, you showed initiative, and, best of all, you left plenty of room for improvement.
- 2014, John Oliver, “The Lottery”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 24, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
- And… and to that… to that Turkish horse, I say this, “You should not step on people’s balls, but, in this solitary instance, kudos, horse, kudos.”
- Credit for one's achievements.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess:
- Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
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Usage notes
- The noun kudos was originally a mass noun, but it is now sometimes treated as a plural noun, either as a plurale tantum, or as the plural of a new noun kudo, contrary to the original Greek κῦδος (kûdos), which is a singular noun. The American pronunciation implies this plural usage, which many authorities nevertheless consider erroneous.
Translations
praise, accolades
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Etymology 2
Finnish
Noun
kudos
Declension
Inflection of kudos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kudos | kudokset | |
genitive | kudoksen | kudosten kudoksien | |
partitive | kudosta | kudoksia | |
illative | kudokseen | kudoksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kudos | kudokset | |
accusative | nom. | kudos | kudokset |
gen. | kudoksen | ||
genitive | kudoksen | kudosten kudoksien | |
partitive | kudosta | kudoksia | |
inessive | kudoksessa | kudoksissa | |
elative | kudoksesta | kudoksista | |
illative | kudokseen | kudoksiin | |
adessive | kudoksella | kudoksilla | |
ablative | kudokselta | kudoksilta | |
allative | kudokselle | kudoksille | |
essive | kudoksena | kudoksina | |
translative | kudokseksi | kudoksiksi | |
instructive | — | kudoksin | |
abessive | kudoksetta | kudoksitta | |
comitative | — | kudoksineen |
Compounds
- aivokudos
- arpikudos
- ihokudos
- ihonalaiskudos
- kudoksensiirto
- kudosvaurio
- sidekudos
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