phew

English

Etymology

An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation one makes when some trying situation is over.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɧu˥˩/
• Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

phew

1. Used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust.
   • Phew, that took a long time to define!

See also

• whew
• φεῦ

Translations

Used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese: trad. and simpl. 哟 (pinyin: yo)
• Czech: uf (cs)
• Dutch: oef
• Finnish: huh (fi)
• French: pfou
• German: puh!, pfui (de)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: püh

• Italian: uff (it) (heat, tiredness), uh (it) (relief, surprise)
• Japanese: ふぅ (ja) (fū)
• Navajo: hwááh
• Polish: uff (pl)
• Portuguese: ufa (pt)
• Russian: уф! (uf), фуф (ru) (fuf)
• Spanish: ¡fíu! (es), ¡menos mal! (es)
• Swedish: puh (sv), fy (sv)