moo

See also möö, MOO, Moʻo, and moʻo

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /muː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: mu

Noun

moo (plural moos)

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.
2. (UK, slang, mildly derogatory) A foolish woman.

   You silly moo! What did you do that for?

Translations

characteristic sound made by a cow or bull

• Arabic: جوار (ar) (jiwaar) m
• Catalan: mugit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哞 (cmn) (mōu)

• Danish: muh (da)
• Dutch: boe (nl)
• Finnish: ammunta (fi)
• French: meuglement (fr) m, beuglement (fr) m
• German: Muh (de) n
• Greek: μουγκανητό (el) (mougkanitó) n
• Icelandic: baul (is) n
• Irish: géim (ga) f
• Italian: muggito (it) m

• Latin: mugitus (la)
• Lithuanian: mūkimas (lt) m
• Malay: tenguh (ms)
• Polish: muczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: mugido (pt)
• Romanian: muget (ro) n
• Russian: мычание (ru) (myčánije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: mò (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: мукање (sh) (mukanje) n
• Spanish: mugido (es), mu (es) m
• Turkish: mö (tr)

Verb

moo (third-person singular simple present moos, present participle mooing, simple past and past participle mooed)

1. (intransitive) Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

Synonyms

• low

Translations

to make a lowing sound

• Catalan: mugir (ca)
• Czech: bučet (cs)
• Danish: brøle (da)
• Dutch: loeien (nl)
• Faroese: belja (fo)
• Finnish: ammua (fi)
• French: meugler (fr), beugler (fr), mugir (fr)
• German: muhen (de)
• Greek: μουγκανίζω (el) (mougkanízo)
• Hungarian: múzni (múzik múzott)
• Icelandic: baula (is)
• Irish: géim (ga)
• Italian: muggire (it)

• Latin: mugio (la)
• Latvian: maut (lv)
• Lithuanian: mūkti (lt) f, mykti (lt)
• Marathi: हंबरण (mr) (humbarna)
• Norwegian: raute (no)
• Polish: muczeć (pl)
• Portuguese: mugir (pt)
• Romanian: mugi (ro)
• Russian: мычать (ru) (myčátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: мукати (sh), mukati (sh)
• Slovak: mučať (sk), bučeť (sk)
• Spanish: mugir (es)
• Turkish: mölemek (tr)

Interjection

moo

1. The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

Translations

sound made by a cow or bull

• Asturian: mu (ast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哞 (cmn) (mōu), 哞哞叫 (cmn) (mōumōu jiào)

• Danish: muh (da)
• Dutch: boe (nl)
• Faroese: mø (fo)
• Finnish: muu!, ammuu!
• French: meuh !
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: muh!
• Greek: μου (el) (mou) (usually with a prolonged ου)
• Hebrew: מו (he) m
• Hungarian: mú (hu)

• Icelandic: mu (is), mö (is)
• Japanese: モー (ja) (mō)
• Lithuanian: mū (lt)
• Marathi: हम्मा (hammaa)
• Norwegian: mø (no)
• Persian: ما (fa) (mâ)
• Polish: mu (pl)
• Romanian: mu (ro)
• Russian: му (ru) (mu)
• Serbo-Croatian: му (sh) (mu)
• Spanish: mu (es)
• Swedish: mu (sv)
• Turkish: mö (tr)

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Noun

moo

1. river