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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkuː.dəʊ/, /ˈkjuː.dəʊ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkuː.doʊ/, /ˈkjuː.doʊ/
• 韻: -uːdəʊ
• ハイフネーション: ku‧do

名詞

kudo (plural kudos)

1. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) A compliment or praise.
   • 1929 February 18, Harkness Lampooned, Time‎, archived from the original on 28 November 2007:

     Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.

   • 2001, Terry T. Lankford et al., Controlling Pilot Error: Controlled Flight Into Terrain‎, →ISBN, page 49:

     At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo.

   • 2004, Suzanne Paola, Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction‎, →ISBN, page 162:

     We still feel a kudo for one of us is a kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers.

動詞

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.
   • 1962, Box Office, volume 80, page 6:

     The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors."

   • 2001, Richard L. Hemenez, The United States Marine Corps in Books and the Performing Arts, page 450:

     This is more or less a stock service picture entry, kudoing the Coast Guard and the role it played in World War II beach operations.