kudos

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, praise, renown).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kudos (uncountable)

  1. Praise; accolades.
    The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.
    I gave Chelsea much kudos for the birth of her first daughter.
    • 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, Tim Carvell [et al.], “The Lottery”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 24, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
      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.”
  2. Credit for one's achievements.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      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.

Usage notes

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  • The noun kudos was originally a mass noun, but in American English 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.

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Verb

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kudos (third-person singular simple present kudoses, present participle kudosing, simple past and past participle kudosed)

  1. (informal) To give praise or accolades.
    • 2018, Margaret Edds, We Face the Dawn:
      You know and I know that Dr. Tinsley likes a bit of kudosing every now and then. I think it would be well if we seriously considered some kind of honorable mention for him at the Conference.

Noun

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kudos

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) plural of kudo

Verb

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kudos

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kudo

Finnish

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Etymology

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kutoa (to weave) +‎ -os.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkudos/, [ˈkudo̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -udos
  • Syllabification(key): ku‧dos

Noun

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kudos

  1. (textiles) fabric, texture (texture of a cloth)
  2. fabric (framework underlying a structure)
    Synonym: rakenne
    maailmankaikkeuden kudosthe fabric of the universe
  3. (art) texture (quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts)
    Synonym: rakenne
    sävellyksen polyfoninen kudosthe polyphonic texture of the composition
  4. (anatomy, zoology) tissue (in humans and animals, group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job)
    Near-synonym: solukko

Declension

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Inflection of kudos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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
abessive kudoksetta kudoksitta
instructive kudoksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kudos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kudokseni kudokseni
accusative nom. kudokseni kudokseni
gen. kudokseni
genitive kudokseni kudosteni
kudoksieni
partitive kudostani kudoksiani
inessive kudoksessani kudoksissani
elative kudoksestani kudoksistani
illative kudokseeni kudoksiini
adessive kudoksellani kudoksillani
ablative kudokseltani kudoksiltani
allative kudokselleni kudoksilleni
essive kudoksenani kudoksinani
translative kudoksekseni kudoksikseni
abessive kudoksettani kudoksittani
instructive
comitative kudoksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kudoksesi kudoksesi
accusative nom. kudoksesi kudoksesi
gen. kudoksesi
genitive kudoksesi kudostesi
kudoksiesi
partitive kudostasi kudoksiasi
inessive kudoksessasi kudoksissasi
elative kudoksestasi kudoksistasi
illative kudokseesi kudoksiisi
adessive kudoksellasi kudoksillasi
ablative kudokseltasi kudoksiltasi
allative kudoksellesi kudoksillesi
essive kudoksenasi kudoksinasi
translative kudokseksesi kudoksiksesi
abessive kudoksettasi kudoksittasi
instructive
comitative kudoksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kudoksemme kudoksemme
accusative nom. kudoksemme kudoksemme
gen. kudoksemme
genitive kudoksemme kudostemme
kudoksiemme
partitive kudostamme kudoksiamme
inessive kudoksessamme kudoksissamme
elative kudoksestamme kudoksistamme
illative kudokseemme kudoksiimme
adessive kudoksellamme kudoksillamme
ablative kudokseltamme kudoksiltamme
allative kudoksellemme kudoksillemme
essive kudoksenamme kudoksinamme
translative kudokseksemme kudoksiksemme
abessive kudoksettamme kudoksittamme
instructive
comitative kudoksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kudoksenne kudoksenne
accusative nom. kudoksenne kudoksenne
gen. kudoksenne
genitive kudoksenne kudostenne
kudoksienne
partitive kudostanne kudoksianne
inessive kudoksessanne kudoksissanne
elative kudoksestanne kudoksistanne
illative kudokseenne kudoksiinne
adessive kudoksellanne kudoksillanne
ablative kudokseltanne kudoksiltanne
allative kudoksellenne kudoksillenne
essive kudoksenanne kudoksinanne
translative kudokseksenne kudoksiksenne
abessive kudoksettanne kudoksittanne
instructive
comitative kudoksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kudoksensa kudoksensa
accusative nom. kudoksensa kudoksensa
gen. kudoksensa
genitive kudoksensa kudostensa
kudoksiensa
partitive kudostaan
kudostansa
kudoksiaan
kudoksiansa
inessive kudoksessaan
kudoksessansa
kudoksissaan
kudoksissansa
elative kudoksestaan
kudoksestansa
kudoksistaan
kudoksistansa
illative kudokseensa kudoksiinsa
adessive kudoksellaan
kudoksellansa
kudoksillaan
kudoksillansa
ablative kudokseltaan
kudokseltansa
kudoksiltaan
kudoksiltansa
allative kudokselleen
kudoksellensa
kudoksilleen
kudoksillensa
essive kudoksenaan
kudoksenansa
kudoksinaan
kudoksinansa
translative kudoksekseen
kudokseksensa
kudoksikseen
kudoksiksensa
abessive kudoksettaan
kudoksettansa
kudoksittaan
kudoksittansa
instructive
comitative kudoksineen
kudoksinensa

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