applaudir
French, verb/a.plo.diʁ/
applaudir is a French verb meaning “to applaud (express approval by clapping)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Battre des mains en signe d’approbation”.
What does applaudir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to applaud (express approval by clapping)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Battre des mains en signe d’approbation. 2. Donner son complet assentiment à une chose. 3. Battre des mains en signe d’approbation à l'adresse de quelqu'un ou de quelque chose. 4. Se vanter, se glorifier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of applaudir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- applaudissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- applaudi participle past
- applaudis first-person indicative present
- applaudit indicative present singular
- applaudissons first-person indicative plural
- applaudissez indicative plural present
- applaudissent indicative plural present
- applaudissais first-person imperfect indicative
- applaudissait imperfect indicative singular
- applaudissions first-person imperfect indicative
- applaudissiez imperfect indicative plural
- applaudissaient imperfect indicative plural
- applaudîmes first-person historic indicative
- applaudîtes historic indicative past
- applaudirent historic indicative past
- applaudirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce applaudir?
- /a.plo.diʁ/
- \a.plo.diʁ\
- [a.plo.diʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to applaudir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is applaudir in French?
applaudir appears 3.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).