English
Pronunciation
IPA|/mju�/
Etymology 1
From OE. mæw, cognate with Dutch meeuw, French mauve, mouette, Frisian meau, German Möwe, Icelandic máfur, Lithuanian mevas, Polish mewa, and probably with Old Norse m�r, Swedish mås, Danish måge, Norwegian måke, all derived from PG. *maigwis.
Noun
en-noun
- obsolete A gull, seagull.
Translations
trans-top|gull or seagull
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Japanese: � (���, kamome)
Korean: �매기 (galmaegi)
Scottish Gaelic: faoileann f
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Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic
Noun
en-noun
- The crying sound of a cat; a meow.
Translations
trans-top|crying sound of a cat
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (ny�)
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Verb
en-verb
- context|of a cat To meow.
Interjection
en-intj
- A cat's cry.
- (w:furry fandom|furry fandom) A generic noise used by feline characters, which by context and inflection may convey several emotions, such as greeting, questioning, acknowledgment, contentment, etc.
es:mew
fa:mew
fr:mew
io:mew
it:mew
te:mew
vi:mew
zh:mew
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