| word | kudos |
|---|---|
| definition | (1) Fame and renown that result from an achievement; prestige. (2) Praise. |
| eg_sentence | His first film earned him kudos at the independent film festivals, and the big studios were soon calling him up. |
| explanation | Kudos is an odd word in English. In Greek, kydos meant “glory” or “prestige”; in other words, it wasn't something you could count. But in English kudos looks like a plural and is therefore often treated as one. So people now sometimes use the form kudo, with kudos as its plural |
| IPA | ˈkudoʊs |
Tags: mwvb::unit:22, mwvb::unit:22:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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