It was just polite applause.
Source: tatoeba (20028)
Applause
//əˈplɔz//
Synonyms for "applause" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (33)
Related word relations
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2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
8 entriesmeronym
7 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
109 translations across 65 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- duartrokitje noun (act of applauding)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κρότος noun (act of applauding)
Arabic
2 entries- تَصْفِيق noun (act of applauding)
- تَصْفِيق noun (act of applauding)
Armenian
1 entries- ծափահարություն noun (act of applauding)
Asturian
1 entries- aplausu noun (act of applauding)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- alqış noun (act of applauding)
Bashkir
2 entries- алҡыш noun (act of applauding)
- ҡул сабыу noun (act of applauding)
Basque
1 entries- txalo noun (act of applauding)
Belarusian
2 entries- апладысме́нты noun (act of applauding)
- во́плескі noun (act of applauding)
Bikol Central
2 entries- parakpak noun (act of applauding)
- parakpakan noun (act of applauding)
Bulgarian
2 entries- аплодисме́нти noun (act of applauding)
- ръкопля́скане noun (act of applauding)
Catalan
1 entries- aplaudiment noun (act of applauding)
Cebuano
1 entries- palakpak noun (act of applauding)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- چەپڵە noun (act of applauding)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 拍手 noun (act of applauding)
- 掌聲 /掌声 noun (act of applauding)
- 鼓掌 noun (act of applauding)
Czech
2 entries- aplaus noun (act of applauding)
- potlesk noun (act of applauding)
Danish
1 entries- bifald noun (act of applauding)
Dutch
2 entries- applaus noun (act of applauding)
- handgeklap noun (act of applauding)
Esperanto
2 entries- aplaŭdado noun (act of applauding)
- aplaŭdo noun (act of applauding)
Estonian
1 entries- aplaus noun (act of applauding)
Finnish
3 entries- aplodit noun (act of applauding)
- suosionosoitus noun (act of applauding)
- taputtaminen noun (act of applauding)
French
2 entries- acclamation noun (act of applauding)
- applaudissement noun (act of applauding)
Galician
1 entries- aplauso noun (act of applauding)
Georgian
1 entries- ტაში noun (act of applauding)
German
2 entries- Applaus noun (act of applauding)
- Beifall noun (act of applauding)
Greek
1 entries- χειροκρότημα noun (act of applauding)
Hanunoo
1 entries- adupa noun (act of applauding)
Hebrew
1 entries- תְּשׁוּאוֹת noun (act of applauding)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- palakpak noun (act of applauding)
Hindi
3 entries- ताली noun (act of applauding)
- वाहवाही noun (act of applauding)
- शाबाशी noun (act of applauding)
Hungarian
1 entries- taps noun (act of applauding)
Icelandic
1 entries- klapp noun (act of applauding)
Indonesian
1 entries- tepuk tangan noun (act of applauding)
Irish
1 entries- bualadh bos noun (act of applauding)
Italian
1 entries- applauso noun (act of applauding)
Japanese
1 entries- 拍手 noun (act of applauding)
Kazakh
2 entries- қол соғу noun (act of applauding)
- қол шапалақтау noun (act of applauding)
Korean
1 entries- 박수 noun (act of applauding)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кол чабуулар noun (act of applauding)
Latin
1 entries- applausus noun (act of applauding)
Latvian
1 entries- aplausi noun (act of applauding)
Lithuanian
2 entries- aplodismentai noun (act of applauding)
- plojimai noun (act of applauding)
Macedonian
2 entries- аплауз noun (act of applauding)
- ракоплескање noun (act of applauding)
Malay
1 entries- tepukan noun (act of applauding)
Mongolian
1 entries- алга ташилт noun (act of applauding)
Māori
2 entries- pakipaki noun (act of applauding)
- umere noun (act of applauding)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- applaus noun (act of applauding)
- bifall noun (act of applauding)
Persian
1 entries- کف noun (act of applauding)
Polish
4 entries- aplauz noun (act of applauding)
- brawa noun (act of applauding)
- oklaski noun (act of applauding)
- poklask noun (act of applauding)
Portuguese
1 entries- aplauso noun (act of applauding)
Romanian
1 entries- aplauze noun (act of applauding)
Russian
3 entries- аплодисме́нты noun (act of applauding)
- рукоплеска́ние noun (act of applauding)
- рукоплеска́ния noun (act of applauding)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pljȇsak noun (act of applauding)
- àplauz noun (act of applauding)
- а̀плауз noun (act of applauding)
- пље̑сак noun (act of applauding)
Slovak
2 entries- aplauz noun (act of applauding)
- potlesk noun (act of applauding)
Slovene
2 entries- aplavz noun (act of applauding)
- ploskanje noun (act of applauding)
Spanish
4 entries- aplauso noun (act of applauding)
- aplausos noun (act of applauding)
- palmas noun (act of applauding)
- plauso noun (act of applauding)
Swedish
2 entries- applåd noun (act of applauding)
- bifall noun (act of applauding)
Tagalog
2 entries- palakpak noun (act of applauding)
- palakpakan noun (act of applauding)
Tajik
4 entries- кафзанӣ noun (act of applauding)
- кафкӯбӣ noun (act of applauding)
- чапакзанӣ noun (act of applauding)
- қарсакзанӣ noun (act of applauding)
Tatar
2 entries- алкыш noun (act of applauding)
- алкышлар noun (act of applauding)
Turkish
2 entries- alkış noun (act of applauding)
- tapşın noun (act of applauding)
Ukrainian
2 entries- аплодисме́нти noun (act of applauding)
- о́плески noun (act of applauding)
Uzbek
3 entries- olqish noun (act of applauding)
- olqishlar noun (act of applauding)
- qarsaklar noun (act of applauding)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vỗ tay noun (act of applauding)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- parakpak noun (act of applauding)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
We gave the performer a round of applause.
Source: tatoeba (23204)
The astronauts were greeted with cheers and applause of an enthusiastic crowd.
Source: tatoeba (27018)
The astronauts were greeted with spontaneous applause.
Source: tatoeba (27019)
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