moo

See also: Moo, MOO, moʻo, Moʻo, mo'o, móó, and möö

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /muː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mu/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: mu

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Noun

moo (plural moos)

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

   You silly moo! What did you do that for?

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

     'Aurora House does not expel,' said the sanctimonious moo, 'but you will be medicated, if your behaviour warrants it, for your own protection.'

Translations

characteristic sound made by a cow or bull

• Arabic: جِوَار‎ m (jiwār)
• Aromanian: mudzit n
• Catalan: mugit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哞 (zh) (mōu)

• Czech: bučení n
• Danish: muh (da)
• Dutch: boe (nl)
• Finnish: ammunta (fi)
• French: meuglement (fr) m, beuglement (fr) m
• German: Muh n
• Greek: μουγκανητό n (mougkanitó)
• Icelandic: baul n
• Ido: mujo (io)

• Irish: géim f
• Italian: muggito (it) m
• Latin: mugitus
• Lithuanian: mūkimas m
• Malay: tenguh
• Polish: muczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: mugido (pt)
• Romanian: muget (ro) n
• Russian: мыча́ние (ru) n (myčánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mò
• Serbo-Croatian: мукање n (mukanje)
• Spanish: mugido (es), mu (es) m
• Swedish: mu (sv) n
• Turkish: mö

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

• Aromanian: mudzescu
• Catalan: mugir (ca)
• Czech: bučet
• Danish: brøle
• Dutch: loeien (nl)
• Faroese: belja
• Finnish: ammua (fi)
• French: meugler (fr), beugler (fr), mugir (fr)
• German: muhen (de)
• Greek: μουγκανίζω (el) (mougkanízo)
• Hungarian: múzik
• Icelandic: baula
• Ido: mujar (io)
• Irish: géim
• Italian: muggire (it)

• Latin: mugio
• Latvian: maut
• Lithuanian: mūkti f, mykti
• Marathi: हंबरण (humbarna)
• Norwegian: raute
• Polish: muczeć (pl)
• Portuguese: mugir (pt)
• Romanian: mugi (ro)
• Russian: мыча́ть (ru) (myčátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: мукати, mukati (sh)
• Slovak: mučať, bučeť
• Spanish: mugir (es)
• Swedish: råma (sv)
• Tagalog: umunga
• Turkish: mölemek

Interjection

moo

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

Translations

sound made by a cow or bull

• Arabic: مُو‎ (mū)
• Asturian: mu
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: bú (cs)
• Danish: muh (da)
• Dutch: boe (nl), moe (nl)
• Esperanto: mu
• Faroese: mø
• 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
• Icelandic: mu, mö

• Italian: mu
• Japanese: モー (mō)
• Khmer: ម៉ (km) (mɑɑ)
• Korean: 음메 (eum‐me)
• Lithuanian: mū
• Marathi: हम्मा (hammaa)
• Norwegian: mø (no)
• Persian: ما‎ (fa) (mâ)
• Polish: mu (pl)
• Portuguese: mu (pt)
• Romanian: mu (ro)
• Russian: му (ru) (mu), му-у-у (mu-u-u)
• Serbo-Croatian: му (mu)
• Spanish: mu (es)
• Swedish: mu (sv)
• Thai: มอ (mɔɔ)
• Turkish: mö

Anagrams

• omo-, oom

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Noun

moo

1. river

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Japanese

Romanization

moo

1. Rōmaji transcription of もお