bellow

See also: Bellow

English

Alternative forms

• (US, dialectal) beller

Etymology

From Middle English belwen, from Old English bylgian, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”), whence also belg (“leather bag”), bellan (“to roar”), blāwan (“to blow”). Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “baa, bleat”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛləʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

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Noun

bellow (plural bellows)

Examples
The bellow of an elk (file)

1. The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     There was a tap at a door, a bull's bellow from within, and I was face to face with the Professor.

Translations

the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise

• Bulgarian: мучене (bg) (mučene)
• Catalan: rugit (ca), bramul (ca) m
• Czech: bučení
• Danish: brøl n
• Esperanto: bleko, bleko, muĝo
• Finnish: karjunta (fi), mylvintä (fi), ärjyntä (fi), mölähtely (repeating); karjaisu (fi), mylvähdys (fi), ärjäisy (fi), mölähdys (individual)
• Galician: bruído m, brúo m
• Ido: bramo (io)
• Irish: géim f
• Italian: ruggito (it) m
• Latin: rudor m
• Persian: ژغند‎ (fa) (žağand)
• Romanian: răget (ro) n, muget (ro) n
• Russian: рёв (ru) m (rjov)
• Spanish: bramido (es) m, berrido m
• Swedish: vrål (sv) n, böl n, bröl n
• Turkish: böğürtü (tr)

Verb

bellow (third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed)

1. To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     the bellowing voice of boiling seas

2. To shout in a deep voice.
   • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.

Translations

to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal

• Aromanian: mudzescu
• Bulgarian: муча (muča)
• Danish: brøle
• Dutch: brullen (nl)
• Esperanto: bleki
• Finnish: mylviä (fi), ärjyä (fi), karjua (fi); mölähtää, mylväistä (shortly)
• French: mugir (fr)
• Galician: bruar (gl), burdiar
• German: brüllen (de), röhren (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: μυκάομαι (mukáomai)

• Ido: bramar (io)
• Irish: géim
• Italian: muggire (it), ruggire (it)
• Latin: rudō, mūgiō
• Persian: غریدن‎ (fa) (ğorridan)
• Portuguese: bramir (pt), rugir (pt), urrar (pt)
• Romanian: mugi (ro), rage (ro)
• Russian: рыча́ть (ru) (ryčátʹ), реве́ть (ru) (revétʹ)
• Sanskrit: रोरोति (roroti)
• Slovene: rjoveti (sl), rjuti
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: ricaś impf

• Spanish: bramar (es), berrear (es)
• Swedish: ryta (sv), bröla (sv)
• Turkish: böğürmek (tr)
• Welsh: rhuo (cy)

to shout in a deep voice

• Bulgarian: рева (bg) (reva), крещя (bg) (kreštja)
• Danish: brøle, larme (da)
• Dutch: brullen (nl)
• Faroese: skrála, brøla
• Finnish: mylviä (fi), ärjyä (fi), karjua (fi); mylväistä, ärjäistä, ärjähtää, karjaista, mölähtää (shortly)
• French: beugler (fr)
• Galician: bruar (gl)
• German: brüllen (de), grölen (de)
• Ido: bramar (io)
• Russian: реве́ть (ru) (revétʹ)
• Sanskrit: रोरोति (roroti)
• Slovene: tuliti
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: ricaś impf

• Spanish: bramar (es)
• Swedish: vråla (sv), gapa (sv), gorma (sv), gasta (sv)
• Turkish: böğürmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: ревіти (uk) (revity), горлати (uk) (horlaty)