bellow

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• General-American: /ˈbɛloʊ/
  Play
• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛləʊ/
  Play
• rhymes with -ɛləʊ
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: B EH1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Metonymic occupational surname for a bellows maker.

From Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, bylgan (“to become angry, to swell with rage”), 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”). Compare billow (“wave”), of the same root, also bulge, with related etymology to swelling. Potentially related to bawl, Swedish böl (“bawl”).

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: мучене (mučene) — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Bulgarian: рев (rev) — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Catalan: rugit — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Catalan: bramul — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Czech: bučení — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Danish: brøl — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Esperanto: bleko — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Esperanto: muĝo — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: karjunta — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: mylvintä — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: ärjyntä — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: mölähtely — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: karjaisu — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: mylvähdys — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: ärjäisy — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Finnish: mölähdys — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Galician: bruído — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Galician: brúo — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• German: Röhren — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• German: Brüllen — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Ido: bramo — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Irish: géim — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Italian: ruggito — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Latin: rudor — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Malayalam: ഗർജനം (gaṟjanaṁ) — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Malayalam: അലർച്ച (alaṟcca) — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Persian: ژغند (žaġand) — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Romanian: răget — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Romanian: muget — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Russian: рёв (rjov) — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Spanish: bramido — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Spanish: berrido — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Swedish: vrål — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Swedish: böl — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Swedish: bröl — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Turkish: böğürtü — the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
• Aromanian: mudzescu — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Bulgarian: муча (muča) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Bulgarian: рева́ (revá) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Czech: bučet — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Czech: troubit — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Danish: brøle — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Dutch: brullen — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Esperanto: bleki — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Faroese: brøla — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Finnish: mylviä — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Finnish: ärjyä — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Finnish: karjua — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Finnish: mölähtää — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Finnish: mylväistä — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• French: mugir — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Galician: bruar — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Galician: burdiar — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• German: brüllen — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• German: röhren — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Ancient Greek: μυκάομαι (mukáomai) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Ido: bramar — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Irish: géim — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Italian: muggire — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Italian: ruggire — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Latin: rudō — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Latin: mūgiō — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Persian: غریدن (ġorridan) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Plautdietsch: brellen — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Portuguese: bramir — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Portuguese: rugir — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Portuguese: urrar — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Romanian: mugi — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Romanian: rage — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Russian: рыча́ть (ryčátʹ) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Russian: реве́ть (revétʹ) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Sanskrit: रोरोति (roroti) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Slovene: rjoveti — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Slovene: rjuti — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Lower Sorbian: ricaś — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Spanish: bramar — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Spanish: berrear — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Swedish: ryta — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Swedish: bröla — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Turkish: böğürmek — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Ottoman Turkish: اوكورمك (öğürmek) — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Welsh: rhuo — to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
• Bulgarian: рева (reva) — to shout in a deep voice
• Bulgarian: крещя (kreštja) — to shout in a deep voice
• Czech: řvát — to shout in a deep voice
• Danish: brøle — to shout in a deep voice
• Danish: larme — to shout in a deep voice
• Dutch: brullen — to shout in a deep voice
• Faroese: skrála — to shout in a deep voice
• Faroese: brøla — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: mylviä — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: ärjyä — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: karjua — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: mylväistä — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: ärjäistä — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: ärjähtää — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: karjaista — to shout in a deep voice
• Finnish: mölähtää — to shout in a deep voice
• French: beugler — to shout in a deep voice
• Galician: bruar — to shout in a deep voice
• German: brüllen — to shout in a deep voice
• German: grölen — to shout in a deep voice
• Ido: bramar — to shout in a deep voice
• Macedonian: урла (urla) — to shout in a deep voice
• Russian: реве́ть (revétʹ) — to shout in a deep voice
• Sanskrit: रोरोति (roroti) — to shout in a deep voice
• Slovene: tuliti — to shout in a deep voice
• Lower Sorbian: ricaś — to shout in a deep voice
• Spanish: bramar — to shout in a deep voice
• Swedish: vråla — to shout in a deep voice
• Swedish: gapa — to shout in a deep voice
• Swedish: gorma — to shout in a deep voice
• Swedish: gasta — to shout in a deep voice
• Turkish: böğürmek — to shout in a deep voice
• Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak) — to shout in a deep voice
• Ukrainian: ревіти (revity) — to shout in a deep voice
• Ukrainian: горлати (horlaty) — to shout in a deep voice