miau

See also: miaŭ

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

miau

1. meow

Anagrams

• imua, uima, uima-

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German

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Interjection

miau

1. meow (cry of a cat)

   Synonyms: maunz, (latter dated) mau

Derived terms

• miauen

Further reading

• “miau” in Duden online

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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)

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /miˈaw/, [miˈaʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈmjaw/, [ˈmjaʊ̯]

• Hyphenation: mi‧au
• Rhymes: -aw

Interjection

miau

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

Noun

miau m (plural miaus)

1. meow (the cry of a cat)

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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.