moan

See also möän, and Moan

English

Etymology

From Middle English mone, mane, man, from Old English *mān (“complaint, lamentation”), from Proto-Germanic *mainō. Inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over, grieve, mourn”). More at mean.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /məʊn/
• (US) IPA: /moʊn/

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• Rhymes: -əʊn
• Homophone: mown

Noun

moan (plural moans)

1. a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

Translations

a low cry of pain

• Catalan: gemec (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呻吟聲 (cmn), 呻吟声 (cmn) (shēnyín shēng)

• Czech: nářek (cs) m
• Dutch: kreun (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝemado (eo)
• Finnish: voihkinta (fi), voihkina (fi)
• French: gémissement (fr) m
• German: Stöhnen (de) n
• Hungarian: nyögés (hu)
• Italian: gemito (it) m

• Japanese: 呻き (ja) (うめき, umeki), 呻き声 (ja) (うめきごえ, umekigoe)
• Kurdish: axîn (ku) f, oxîn (ku) f, ofîn (ku) f
• Latgalian: voikuošona, gaudys
• Latvian: vaids (lv)
• Polish: jęk (pl) m
• Portuguese: gemido (pt) m, lamento (pt) m
• Romanian: geamăt (ro)
• Russian: стон (ru) (ston) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh (gd) f
• Spanish: gemido (es) m, quejido (es) m

Verb

moan (third-person singular simple present moans, present participle moaning, simple past and past participle moaned)

1. to make a moan or similar sound
2. to complain

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:complain

Derived terms

• moaner
• moany

Related terms

• bemoan

Translations

to make a moan or similar sound

• Asturian: ximir (ast)
• Catalan: gemegar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呻吟 (cmn) (shēnyín)

• Czech: sténat (cs)
• Dutch: kreunen (nl)
• Finnish: voihkia (fi), ähkiä (fi)
• French: gémir (fr), mugir (fr)
• German: stöhnen (de)
• Hungarian: nyög (hu)

• Italian: gemere (it)
• Japanese: 呻く (ja) (うめく, umeku)
• Latgalian: voikuot
• Latvian: vaidēt (lv)
• Polish: jęczeć (pl)
• Portuguese: gemer (pt)
• Romanian: geme (ro)
• Russian: стонать (ru) (stonátʹ)  impf.
• Spanish: gemir (es)

to complain

• Catalan: gemegar (ca), llamentar-se (ca), plànyer-se (ca)
• Dutch: klagen (nl)
• French: se plaindre, geindre
• Italian: lamentarsi (it)

• Polish: narzekać (pl)
• Portuguese: lamentar-se (pt)
• Spanish: quejar (es)

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• Jèrriais: geindre

• Kurdish: nalîn, axîn, oxîn, ofîn

See also

• murmur
• protest
• lament

External links

• moan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• moan in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Mona, noma, Oman

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Breton

Alternative forms

• moen

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmwãːn/

Adjective

moan

1. thin, slender

Synonyms

• tanav

Antonyms

• tev

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Finnish

Noun

moan

1. Genitive singular form of moa.

Anagrams

• Oman, oman