"kudo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuːdəʊ/, /ˈkjuːdəʊ/ Audio: en-us-kudo.ogg Forms: kudos [plural]
Rhymes: -uːdəʊ Etymology: Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|kudos}} Back-formation from kudos Head templates: {{en-noun}} kudo (plural kudos)
  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) A compliment or praise. Tags: nonstandard, proscribed Translations (compliment or praise): kehu (Finnish), elogio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-kudo-en-noun-Mprhizi3 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 25 13 28 9 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 14 30 6 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 63 37

Verb

IPA: /ˈkuːdəʊ/, /ˈkjuːdəʊ/ Audio: en-us-kudo.ogg Forms: kudos [present, singular, third-person], kudoing [participle, present], kudoed [participle, past], kudoed [past]
Rhymes: -uːdəʊ Etymology: Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|kudos}} Back-formation from kudos Head templates: {{en-verb}} kudo (third-person singular simple present kudos, present participle kudoing, simple past and past participle kudoed)
  1. (transitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To give a compliment or praise to. Tags: nonstandard, proscribed, transitive
    Sense id: en-kudo-en-verb-HtWPkP7~ Categories (other): English back-formations, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 25 13 28 9 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 14 30 6 27

Inflected forms

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