English

Noun

kudos ‎(uncountable)

1. Praise; accolades.

   The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.‎

2. Credit for one's achievements.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess:

     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

• The noun kudos was originally a mass noun, but it 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.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

kudos

1. plural of kudo

Finnish

Etymology

< kutoa ‎(“to weave”)

Noun

kudos

1. (textiles) fabric (texture of a cloth)
2. (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