awe

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• Received-Pronunciation: ô
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɔː/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /oː/
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• US: ô without the cot–caught merger
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• US: /ɔ/ without the cot–caught merger
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• US, cot-caught-merger: ä
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• US, cot-caught-merger: /ɑ/
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• Scotland: /ɔ/
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• homophone: aw
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• homophone: or (non-rhotic)
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• homophone: oar
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• homophone: ore
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• homophone: o'er (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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• rhymes with -ɔː
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AO1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2egh- (“to be upset, afraid”). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.

Borrowed from French auve.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَيْبَة (hayba) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Bulgarian: страхопочитание (strahopočitanie) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Bulgarian: благоговение (blagogovenie) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Catalan: temor — feeling of fear and reverence
• Catalan: paüra — feeling of fear and reverence
• Chinese Mandarin: 敬畏 (jìngwèi) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Czech: strach — feeling of fear and reverence
• Czech: hrůza — feeling of fear and reverence
• Danish: ærefrygt — feeling of fear and reverence
• Dutch: ontzag — feeling of fear and reverence
• Dutch: vrees — feeling of fear and reverence
• Finnish: syvä kunnioitus — feeling of fear and reverence
• Finnish: kunnioittava pelko — feeling of fear and reverence
• Finnish: pelko — feeling of fear and reverence
• Finnish: pelonsekainen kunnioitus — feeling of fear and reverence
• French: crainte — feeling of fear and reverence
• French: révérence — feeling of fear and reverence
• German: Ehrfurcht — feeling of fear and reverence
• Greek: δέος (déos) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Greek: σέβας (sévas) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Ancient Greek: ἄγος (ágos) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Hungarian: áhítat — feeling of fear and reverence
• Hungarian: félelem — feeling of fear and reverence
• Hungarian: tisztelet — feeling of fear and reverence
• Hungarian: megilletődés — feeling of fear and reverence
• Hungarian: megilletődöttség — feeling of fear and reverence
• Italian: timore — feeling of fear and reverence
• Latin: formido — feeling of fear and reverence
• Macedonian: стравопо́чит (stravopóčit) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærefrykt — feeling of fear and reverence
• Polish: groza — feeling of fear and reverence
• Polish: trwoga — feeling of fear and reverence
• Polish: respekt — feeling of fear and reverence
• Polish: podziw — feeling of fear and reverence
• Portuguese: temor — feeling of fear and reverence
• Russian: благогове́ние (blagogovénije) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Russian: тре́пет (trépet) — feeling of fear and reverence
• Serbo-Croatian: strahopoštovanje — feeling of fear and reverence
• Slovak: bázeň — feeling of fear and reverence
• Slovak: úcta hraničiaca so strachom — feeling of fear and reverence
• Spanish: pavor — feeling of fear and reverence
• Spanish: temor — feeling of fear and reverence
• Spanish: medrosía — feeling of fear and reverence
• Swedish: fruktan — feeling of fear and reverence
• Swedish: bävan — feeling of fear and reverence
• Turkish: huşu — feeling of fear and reverence
• Arabic: ذُهُول (ḏuhūl) — feeling of amazement
• Catalan: esbalaïment — feeling of amazement
• Catalan: astorament — feeling of amazement
• Czech: úžas — feeling of amazement
• Czech: údiv — feeling of amazement
• Czech: ohromení — feeling of amazement
• Danish: ærefrygt — feeling of amazement
• Esperanto: miro — feeling of amazement
• Esperanto: admirego — feeling of amazement
• Finnish: hämmästys — feeling of amazement
• Finnish: ällistys — feeling of amazement
• French: admiration — feeling of amazement
• German: Staunen — feeling of amazement
• Greek: κατάπληξη (katáplixi) — feeling of amazement
• Hungarian: bámulat — feeling of amazement
• Hungarian: csodálat — feeling of amazement
• Hungarian: lenyűgözöttség — feeling of amazement
• Persian: تعجب — feeling of amazement
• Polish: zachwyt — feeling of amazement
• Portuguese: espanto — feeling of amazement
• Portuguese: admiração — feeling of amazement
• Russian: изумле́ние (izumlénije) — feeling of amazement
• Slovak: úžas — feeling of amazement
• Spanish: asombro — feeling of amazement
• Swedish: häpnad — feeling of amazement
• Swedish: förundran — feeling of amazement
• Swedish: förvåning — feeling of amazement
• Swedish: bestörtning — feeling of amazement
• Swedish: extas — feeling of amazement
• Turkish: huşu — feeling of amazement
• Bulgarian: внушавам страхопочитание (vnušavam strahopočitanie) — to inspire fear and reverence
• Czech: vyděsit — to inspire fear and reverence
• Czech: vyvolat hrůzu — to inspire fear and reverence
• Dutch: ontzag inboezemen — to inspire fear and reverence
• Finnish: pelottaa — to inspire fear and reverence
• Finnish: herättää pelkoa — to inspire fear and reverence
• Finnish: herättää kunnioitusta — to inspire fear and reverence
• Greek: προκαλώ δέος (prokaló déos) — to inspire fear and reverence
• Greek: καταπλήσσω (kataplísso) — to inspire fear and reverence
• Hungarian: tiszteletet parancsol — to inspire fear and reverence
• Hungarian: lenyűgöz — to inspire fear and reverence
• Persian: نهازیدن (nehâzidan) — to inspire fear and reverence
• Polish: zachwycać — to inspire fear and reverence
• Polish: zachwycić — to inspire fear and reverence
• Russian: внуша́ть тре́пет (vnušátʹ trépet) — to inspire fear and reverence
• Russian: внуша́ть благогове́ние (vnušátʹ blagogovénije) — to inspire fear and reverence
• Slovak: budiť rešpekt — to inspire fear and reverence
• Spanish: asombrar — to inspire fear and reverence
• Spanish: abrumar — to inspire fear and reverence
• Spanish: zozobrar — to inspire fear and reverence
• Spanish: desasosegar — to inspire fear and reverence
• Spanish: desosegar — to inspire fear and reverence
• Turkish: huşu uyandırmak — to inspire fear and reverence
• Turkish: huşulandırmak — to inspire fear and reverence
• Finnish: pelotella — to control by inspiring dread
• German: einschüchtern — to control by inspiring dread
• Greek: εκφοβίζω (ekfovízo) — to control by inspiring dread
• Hungarian: megfélemlít — to control by inspiring dread
• Polish: trwożyć — to control by inspiring dread
• Polish: strwożyć — to control by inspiring dread