awe

English

Etymology

Old English eġe, influenced during Middle English by forms from the Old Norse cognate agi.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ô, IPA: /ɔː/, SAMPA: /O:/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː
• (US) enPR: ô, IPA: /ɔ/, SAMPA: /O/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: ä, IPA: /ɑ/, SAMPA: /A/

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• Homophones: aw, oar (in non-rhotic accents), or (in non-rhotic accents), ore (in non-rhotic accents), o'er (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

awe (uncountable)

1. A feeling of fear and reverence.
2. A feeling of amazement.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.

Translations

feeling of fear and reverence

Bulgarian: страхопочитание (bg), благоговение (bg) Danish: frygt (da) Finnish: syvä kunnioitus, kunnioittava pelko French: crainte (fr) f., révérence (fr) f. German: Ehrfurcht (de) f. Greek: δέος (el) (deos) n. Hungarian: áhitat (hu)

Italian: timore (it) m. Macedonian: стравопочит (mk) (stravopóčit) f. Portuguese: temor (pt) m. Russian: благоговение (ru) n., трепет (ru) m. Spanish: pavor (es) m. Swedish: fruktan (sv) c.

feeling of amazement

Danish: ærefrygt (da) Finnish: hämmästys (fi) Hungarian: bámulat (hu)

Portuguese: espanto (pt) m. Russian: изумление (ru) n. Spanish: asombro (es) m.

Derived terms

terms derived from awe (noun)

awe-inspiring awesome

awestruck awful

Verb

awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle awing, simple past and past participle awed)

1. (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence.
2. (transitive) To control by inspiring dread.

Synonyms

• (inspire reverence): enthral, enthrall; overwhelm

Derived terms

• awed
• awesome
• awe-inspiring

Translations

to inspire fear and reverence

Bulgarian: внушавам страхопочитание (bg) Finnish: pelottaa (fi), herättää pelkoa, herättää kunnioitusta

Russian: внушать трепет (ru), внушать благоговение (ru) Spanish: asombrar (es), abrumar (es)

to control by inspiring dread

Finnish: pelotella (fi)

German: einschüchtern (de)

Anagrams

• eaw, WAE

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Mapudungun

Adverb

awe (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. quickly, promptly.
2. soon

Synonyms

• arol

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Western Arrernte

Pronunciation

• IPA: /awə/

Interjection

awe

1. yes