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kudo¹

  • /ˈkuː.dəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈkjuː.dəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈkuː.doʊ/ US
  • /ˈkjuː.doʊ/ US

Rhymes with -uːdəʊ

Where it comes from

Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.

noun kudos

  1. nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes A compliment or praise. Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.

verb kudos · kudoing · kudoed

  1. nonstandard, proscribed, transitive To give a compliment or praise to. The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors."

Kudo²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 工藤 (Kudō).

proper noun Kudos

  1. A surname from Japanese.

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"kudo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kudo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kudo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kudo

Chicago

"kudo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kudo.

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@misc{kudo_2026,
  title = {kudo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kudo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}