miau

See also: miaŭ

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɑu/, [ˈmiɑ̝u]
• Rhymes: -iɑu
• Syllabification^(key): mi‧a‧u

Interjection

1. meow

Anagrams

• imua, uima, uima-

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German

Etymology

Imitative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi̯aʊ̯/, [miˈaʊ̯], [mjaʊ̯]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Interjection

miau

1. meow (cry of a cat)

   Synonyms: maunz, (latter dated) mau

Derived terms

• miauen

Further reading

• “miau” in Duden online
• “miau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmijɒu]
• Hyphenation: mi‧au
• Rhymes: -u

Interjection

miau

1. meow (cry of a cat)

See also

• miákol
• nyávog

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Interlingua

Interjection

miau

1. meow (cry of a cat)

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Lithuanian

Interjection

miau

1. meow (cry of a cat)

Related terms

• miaukimas

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Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjaw/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: miau
• Homophone: miał

Interjection

miau

1. meow (cry of a cat)

Derived terms

verbs

• miauczeć
• miauknąć

 

Further reading

• miau in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• miau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈaw/ [mɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjaw/ [ˈmjaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmjaw/

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: mi‧au

Interjection

1. meow (onomatopoeia of the cry of a cat)

Noun

miau m (plural miaus)

1. meow (the cry of a cat)
2. (childish, informal) puss (cat)

Related terms

• miar

Further reading

• “miau”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “miau”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “miau” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “miau”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “miau”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “miau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjaw/

Interjection

miau

1. meow (cry of a cat)

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Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjau/ [ˈmjau̯]

Noun

miau m (plural miaus)

1. meow

Interjection

miau

1. meow (the sound a cat makes)

   Synonym: ñau

Further reading

• “miau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014