different between kudos vs ovation

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kju?d?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ku?.do?z/, /?ku?.do?s/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (kûdos, “praise, renown”).

Noun

kudos (uncountable)

1. Praise; accolades.
   • 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.
2. Credit for one's achievements.

Usage notes

• 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 ????? (kûdos), which is a singular noun. The American pronunciation implies this plural usage, which many authorities nevertheless consider erroneous.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

kudos

1. plural of kudo Note that 'kudo' is itself a backformation from kudos under the (mistaken) idea that kudos, because it ends in the letter 's', is a plural.

Finnish

Etymology

kutoa (“to weave”) +? -os

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kudos/, [?kudo?s?]
• Rhymes: -udos
• Syllabification: ku?dos

Noun

kudos

1. (textiles) fabric (texture of a cloth)
2. woven fabric; that which has been woven
3. (biology) tissue (group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job)

Declension

Compounds

• aivokudos
• arpikudos
• ihokudos
• ihonalaiskudos
• kudoksensiirto
• kudosvaurio
• sidekudos

Related terms

• kudonnainen
• kudonta
• kutoa

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(?)?ve??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??ve??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ovat?ion

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Latin ov?ti?nem + English -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Ov?ti?nem is the accusative of ov?ti? (“minor triumph; processional entry”), from ov? (“to exult, rejoice; to applaud”) + -ti? (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action); ov? is onomatopoeic. The English word is cognate with Italian ovazione (“(Ancient Rome) minor triumph; applause”), Middle French ovation (modern French ovation (“(Ancient Rome) minor triumph; public acclamation; applause”)), Portuguese ovação (“acclamation, ovation”), Spanish ovación (“ovation”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

ovation (plural ovations)

1. (Ancient Rome) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
2. (by extension) A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement.
3. (by extension) Prolonged enthusiastic applause.

Derived terms

• standing ovation

Translations

Verb

ovation (third-person singular simple present ovations, present participle ovationing, simple past and past participle ovationed)

1. (transitive, intransitive, informal, rare) To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).

   Synonym: (informal) ovate

Etymology 2

From Late Latin ovatio (“egg-laying”) + English -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Ovatio is derived from ov?re (“to lay eggs”), from Latin ?vum (“egg”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ew- (“dress; to be dressed, clothe oneself”)) + -?re.

Noun

ovation (uncountable)

1. (zoology, obsolete, rare) The act of laying eggs.

References

Further reading

• ovation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• oviparity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin ovatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.va.sj??/

Noun

ovation f (plural ovations)

1. ovation

Further reading

• “ovation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).