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• /bəʊ/ UK (places)
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ̯/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɵʊ̯/
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• General-American: /ˈboʊ̯/
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• General-American: /ˈbɔʊ̯/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈbəʉ̯/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈbɐ̝ʉ̯/
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• homophone: beau
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• homophone: bo
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• /baʊ/
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• homophone: bough
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• CMU ARPABET: B AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Clipping of bow-wow

From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Booge (“arch, bow, curve”), West Frisian bôge (“arc, arch, bow”), Dutch boog (“arc, arch, bow”), German Bogen (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Luxembourgish Bou (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Vilamovian böga (“arc, arch, bend, bow, curve”), Yiddish בויגן (boygn, “arc, arch, bow, curve”), Danish bue (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Faroese and Icelandic bogi (“arch, bow, vault”), Jamtish buga (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål bue (“arc, arch, bow”), Norwegian Nynorsk boge (“arc, arch, bow”), Swedish båge (“bow”), Crimean Gothic boga (“bow”).

From Middle English bowen, buwen, buȝen, from Old English būgan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bhewgh- (“to bend”). Cognates Cognate with Scots boo, bou (“to bend, bow”), Dutch buigen (“to bow”), German biegen (“to bow”), Low German bugen (“to bow”), Luxembourgish béien (“to bow”), Danish bue (“to curve, arch”), Swedish buga (“to bow”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan, “to bend, bow”).

PIE word *bheh2ǵhús From Middle English bowe, bowgh, a borrowing from Middle Low German bôch and/or Middle Dutch boech, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European *bheh2ǵhus (“arm”). Doublet of bough. Cognates Cognate with Dutch boeg (“bow”), German Bug (“bow, prow (of a ship); shoulder joint (of an animal)”), Luxembourgish Buch, Bou (“shoulder joint (of an animal)”), Danish bov (“bow”), Icelandic bógur (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål baug (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bog (“bow; shoulder (of an animal)”).

See bough.

Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1).

Clipping of boutta, itself a contraction of about to.

711 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахыц (axəc) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Afrikaans: boog — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ainu: ク (ku) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Albanian: ber — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Albanian: hark — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Northern Altai: јаг (ǰag) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Southern Altai: јаа (ǰaa) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Western Apache: iłtį́ʼtsį́h — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Arabic: قَوْس (qaws) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Arabic: قوس (ʔōs) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Arabic: قوس (gōs) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Armenian: աղեղ (aġeġ) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Aromanian: arcu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Aromanian: duxar — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Assamese: ধনু (dhonu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Asturian: arcu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Atayal: bhunig — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Avar: чӏорбутӏ (čʼorbutʼ) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Azerbaijani: yay — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Azerbaijani: kaman — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Bashkir: йәйә (yəyə) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Basque: arku — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Bats: ატყ (aṭq̇) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Belarusian: лук (luk) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Bengali: ধনু (dhonu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Breton: gwareg — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Bulgarian: лък (lǎk) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Burmese: လေး (le:) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Catalan: arc — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Cebuano: gapasan — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chechen: ӏад (ˀad) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Cherokee: ᎦᏦᏗ (gatsodi) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chichewa: uta — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chinese Cantonese: 弓 (gung1) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chinese: гун (gun) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chinese: 弓 (keng) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chinese Mandarin: 弓 (gōng) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Choctaw: itti' tana̲po — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Choctaw: iti tanampo — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chukchi: тиӈур (tiṇur) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Chuvash: ухӑ (uh̬ă) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• West Circassian: кӏуснэщаб (kwʼusnɛśab) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Czech: luk — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Dakota: itazipe — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Danish: bue — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Dutch: boog — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Egyptian: T10:t*Z1 (pḏt) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Esperanto: arko — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Esperanto: pafarko — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Estonian: vibu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Evenki: бэр (bər) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ewe: da — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Faroese: bogi — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Finnish: jousi — weapon used for shooting arrows
• French: arc — weapon used for shooting arrows
• French: arc à flèches — weapon used for shooting arrows
• West-Frisian: bûging — weapon used for shooting arrows
• West-Frisian: bôge — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Friulian: arc — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Galician: arco — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Georgian: მშვილდი (mšvildi) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• German: Bogen — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Bavarian German: Bogn — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Greek: τόξο (tóxo) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ancient Greek: τόξον (tóxon) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת (késhet) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Hindi: धनुष (dhanuṣ) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Hindi: कमान (kamān) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• White Hmong: hneev nti — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Hungarian: íj — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Icelandic: bogi — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ido: armarko — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ido: arko — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Indonesian: busur — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ingrian: pankapyssy — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ingrian: vannepyssy — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ingush: ӏад (ˀad) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Interlingua: arco — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Irish: bogha — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Italian: arco — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Japanese: 弓 (yumi) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Jarai: hraŏ diu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Kaingang: vyj — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Kaitag: бере́кка (berékka) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Kanakanabu: rupacʉ — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Karok: xuskáamhar — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Kazakh: жақ (jaq) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Kazakh: садақ (sadaq) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ket: ӄыʼт — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Khmer: ធ្នូ (thnuu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Khmer: ធនុ (thĕəʼnuʼ) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Korean: 활 (hwal) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Korean: 궁 (gung) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Central Kurdish: کەوان (kewan) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Northern Kurdish: kevan — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Kyrgyz: жаа (jaa) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Lakota: itázipa — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Lao: ຄັນທະນູ (khan tha nū) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Lao: ທະນຸ (tha nu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Latgalian: lūks — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Latin: arcus — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Latvian: loks — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Laz: ტოკსარი (ťoǩsari) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Laz: მშვილდი (mşvildi) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Lithuanian: lankas — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Lokono: simarabo — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Luba-Kasai: buta — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Luba-Katanga: buta — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Macedonian: лак (lak) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Malay: busur — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Malay: panah — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Malayalam: വില്ല് (villŭ) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Maltese: qaws — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Manchu: ᠪᡝᡵᡳ (beri) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Mansaka: bosog — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Manx: bow — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Māori: whana — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Maranao: pana' — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Mingrelian: შქვილი (škvili) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Mon: တ္ၚ — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Mongolian: нум (num) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Mongolian: ᠨᠤᠮᠤ (numu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Muna: pana — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Nanai: бури (buri) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Navajo: ałtį́į́ʼ — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Nawdm: tab — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Nepali: धनुष (dhanuṣ) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Nivkh: пуньдь (puņd̦) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Norwegian Bokmål: bue — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Norwegian Bokmål: boge — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Norwegian Nynorsk: boge — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Occitan: arc — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Odia: କୋଦଣ୍ଡ (kodaṇḍa) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ojibwe: mitigwaab — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Church Slavic: лѫкъ (lǫkŭ) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Old English: boga — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Old Norse: bogi — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ossetian: ӕрдӕн (ærdæn) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Pali: dhanu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Pashto: ليندۍ (lindᶕy) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Persian: کَمان (kamân) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭬𐭠𐭭 — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Plautdietsch: Boage — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Polish: łuk — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Portuguese: arco — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Quechua: t'iwka — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Romanian: arc — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Romansh: artg — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Romansh: arch — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Russian: лук (luk) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Northern Sami: dávgi — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Samoan: ʻaufana — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sanskrit: धनु (dhanu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sanskrit: चाप (cāpa) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sardinian: alcu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sardinian: arcu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Scottish Gaelic: bogha — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Scottish Gaelic: bogha-saighde — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Serbo-Croatian: лу̑к — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Serbo-Croatian: lȗk — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sicilian: arcu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sikaiana: kavusu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Slovak: luk — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Slovene: lok — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sougb: inyomus — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Spanish: arco — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sumerian: 𒄑𒉼 (pana) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Sundanese: gondéwa — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Svan: ჴემა̈დ (qemäd) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Swahili: upinde — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Swahili: uta — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Swedish: båge — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Swedish: pilbåge — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tagalog: busog — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tagalog: pana — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tajik: камон (kamon) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tamil: வில் (vil) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Taos: xwílena — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tauya: 'ipai aniyamo — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Telugu: విల్లు (villu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Telugu: ధనుస్సు (dhanussu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tewa: á — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Thai: ธนู (tá-nuu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tibetan: གཞུ (gzhu) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tumbuka: uta — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Turkish: yay — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Turkmen: ýaý — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Tuvan: ча (ça) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Udmurt: пукыӵ (pukyč) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎌𐎚 (qšt) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Ukrainian: лук (luk) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Urdu: کَمان (kamān) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Urdu: دَھنُش (dhanuś) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Uyghur: يا (ya) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Uzbek: yoy — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Uzbek: kamon — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Vietnamese: cung — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Volapük: bob — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Walloon: air — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Walloon: årbalesse — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Welsh: bwa — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Welsh: bwâu — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Yiddish: בויגן (boygn) — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Zhuang: gung — weapon used for shooting arrows
• Bulgarian: изви́вка (izvívka) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Catalan: corba — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 彎曲 /弯曲 (wānqū) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Czech: ohyb — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Danish: bue — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Dutch: boog — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Finnish: kaari — bend in a rod or planar surface
• French: arc — bend in a rod or planar surface
• German: Bogen — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Bavarian German: Bogn — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Greek: τόξο (tóxo) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Greek: αψίδα (apsída) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת (késhet) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Icelandic: bogi — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Italian: arco — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Macedonian: свиок (sviok) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Persian: خَم (xam) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Polish: zgięcie — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Polish: zagięcie — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Portuguese: curva — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Russian: излу́чина (izlúčina) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Russian: изги́б (izgíb) — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Scottish Gaelic: bogha — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Serbo-Croatian: за́вој — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Serbo-Croatian: závoj — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Swedish: båge — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Swedish: krökning — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Swedish: rundning — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Walloon: åtche — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Walloon: coube — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Walloon: tournant — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Walloon: arondi — bend in a rod or planar surface
• Afrikaans: strykstok — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Arabic: قَوْس (qaws) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Arabic: عصاية (ʕaṣāya) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Asturian: arcu — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Belarusian: смычо́к (smyčók) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Belarusian: смык (smyk) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Breton: gwareg — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Bulgarian: лък (lǎk) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Catalan: arc — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Chinese Mandarin: 弦樂器的弓 /弦乐器的弓 (xuányuèqì de gōng) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Chinese Mandarin: 琴弓 (qíngōng) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Czech: smyčec — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Danish: bue — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Dutch: strijkstok — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Esperanto: arĉo — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Finnish: jousi — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• French: archet — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• West-Frisian: strykstôk — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• German: Bogen — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Bavarian German: Bogn — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Greek: δοξάρι (doxári) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Greenlandic: tagiut — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת (késhet) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Hungarian: vonó — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Icelandic: bogi — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Ido: arketo — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Irish: bogha — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Italian: arco — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Italian: archetto — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Japanese: 弓 (yumi) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Kazakh: қияқ (qiäq) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Kazakh: ысқы (ysqy) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Khmer: ឆាក (chaak) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Korean: 활 (hwal) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Kyrgyz: смычок (smıcok) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Latvian: lociņš — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Lithuanian: smičius — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Lithuanian: strykas — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Macedonian: гудало (gudalo) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Manx: bow — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Māori: kōpere — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Māori: whana — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Norman: artchet — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Norwegian Bokmål: bue — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Norwegian Nynorsk: boge — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Ojibwe: naazhaabike'iganaak — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Persian: آرشِه (ârše) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Polish: smyczek — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Portuguese: arco — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Romanian: arcuș — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Russian: смычо́к (smyčók) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Scottish Gaelic: bogha — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Scottish Gaelic: slatag — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̀дало — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Serbo-Croatian: gùdalo — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Slovak: sláčik — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Slovene: lok — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Spanish: arco — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Swedish: stråke — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Thai: คันชัก (kan-chák) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Turkish: yay — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Ottoman Turkish: زخمه (zahme) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Ukrainian: смичо́к (smyčók) — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Uzbek: kamoncha — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Vietnamese: vĩ — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Walloon: airçon — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Welsh: bwa — rod used for playing stringed instruments
• Arabic: اَنْشُوطَة (anšūṭa) — type of knot with two loops
• Arabic: فيونكة (feyōnka) — type of knot with two loops
• Arabic: ببيونة (bebyōna) — type of knot with two loops
• Bulgarian: па́нделка (pándelka) — type of knot with two loops
• Catalan: llaç — type of knot with two loops
• Chinese Mandarin: 蝴蝶結 /蝴蝶结 (húdiéjié) — type of knot with two loops
• Crimean Tatar: bağ — type of knot with two loops
• Crimean Tatar: dügüm — type of knot with two loops
• Czech: klička — type of knot with two loops
• Danish: sløjfe — type of knot with two loops
• Dutch: strik — type of knot with two loops
• Esperanto: banto — type of knot with two loops
• Finnish: rusetti — type of knot with two loops
• Finnish: nauharuusuke — type of knot with two loops
• German: Schleife — type of knot with two loops
• Greek: φιόγκος (fiógkos) — type of knot with two loops
• Hungarian: masni — type of knot with two loops
• Icelandic: slaufa — type of knot with two loops
• Ingrian: bantta — type of knot with two loops
• Italian: fiocco — type of knot with two loops
• Japanese: 蝶結び (chōmusubi) — type of knot with two loops
• Korean: 나비매듭 (nabimaedeup) — type of knot with two loops
• Lithuanian: kaspinas — type of knot with two loops
• Lithuanian: kaspinėlis — type of knot with two loops
• Macedonian: панделка (pandelka) — type of knot with two loops
• Maltese: ċoff — type of knot with two loops
• Manx: kiangle — type of knot with two loops
• Norwegian Bokmål: sløyfe — type of knot with two loops
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sløyfe — type of knot with two loops
• Ojibwe: gashka'oojigan — type of knot with two loops
• Polish: kokarda — type of knot with two loops
• Portuguese: laço — type of knot with two loops
• Russian: ба́нтик (bántik) — type of knot with two loops
• Russian: бант (bant) — type of knot with two loops
• Russian: ба́бочка (bábočka) — type of knot with two loops
• Serbo-Croatian: машна — type of knot with two loops
• Serbo-Croatian: mašna — type of knot with two loops
• Spanish: lazo — type of knot with two loops
• Spanish: lacito — type of knot with two loops
• Swedish: rosett — type of knot with two loops
• Thai: โบ (boo) — type of knot with two loops
• Thai: โบว์ (boo) — type of knot with two loops
• Turkish: fiyonk — type of knot with two loops
• Ottoman Turkish: دوگوم (düğüm) — type of knot with two loops
• Walloon: fernuk — type of knot with two loops
• Welsh: bwa — type of knot with two loops
• Bulgarian: дъга (dǎga) — anything bent or curved
• Māori: torowhiti — anything bent or curved
• Arabic: اِنْحِنَاءَة (inḥināʔa) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Arabic: اِلْتِوَاءَة (iltiwāʔa) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Asturian: reverencia — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Belarusian: пакло́н (paklón) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Belarusian: укло́н (uklón) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Bulgarian: покло́н (poklón) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Catalan: reverència — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Catalan: inclinació — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞠躬 (jūgōng) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Czech: poklona — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Danish: buk — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Dutch: buiging — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Erzya: сюконявкс (śukońavks) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Esperanto: klino — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Finnish: kumarrus — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• French: révérence — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Galician: reverencia — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• German: Verbeugung — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Greek: υπόκλιση (ypóklisi) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Hebrew: קידה (kidá) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Hindi: नमन (naman) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Hungarian: meghajlás — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Icelandic: hneiging — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Italian: inchino — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Japanese: 辞儀 (jigi) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Japanese: お辞儀 (o-jigi) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Korean: 절 (jeol) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Latvian: paklanīšanās — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Macedonian: поклон (poklon) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Malayalam: കുനിയുക (kuniyuka) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Maltese: inkin — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Manx: croymmey — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Manx: imlaght — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Manx: lhoobey — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Persian: تعظیم (ta'zim) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Persian: کرنش (korneš) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Persian: نماز (namâz) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Polish: ukłon — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Polish: pokłon — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Portuguese: reverência — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Portuguese: vénia — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Russian: покло́н (poklón) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Sanskrit: नमस् (namas) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Scots: boo — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Scottish Gaelic: ùmhlachd — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Serbo-Croatian: на́клон — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Serbo-Croatian: náklon — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Slovak: poklona — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Slovene: poklon — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: reverencia — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: zalema — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: mocha — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: caravana — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: prosternación — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: inclinación — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: quiebro — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Spanish: agobio — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Swedish: bockning — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Swedish: bugning — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Thai: การโค้ง — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Thai: การคํานับ — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Ukrainian: поклі́н (poklín) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Ukrainian: уклі́н (uklín) — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Welsh: ymgrymiad — gesture made by bending forward at the waist
• Afrikaans: boeg — front of a boat or ship
• Albanian: bash — front of a boat or ship
• Arabic: قَيْدُوم (qaydūm) — front of a boat or ship
• Basque: branka — front of a boat or ship
• Belarusian: нос (nos) — front of a boat or ship
• Bulgarian: нос (nos) — front of a boat or ship
• Catalan: proa — front of a boat or ship
• Catalan: prora — front of a boat or ship
• Chinese Mandarin: 船首 (chuánshǒu) — front of a boat or ship
• Chinese Mandarin: 船頭 /船头 (chuántóu) — front of a boat or ship
• Czech: příď — front of a boat or ship
• Danish: bov — front of a boat or ship
• Dutch: boeg — front of a boat or ship
• Erzya: венчбря (venčbŕa) — front of a boat or ship
• Esperanto: pruo — front of a boat or ship
• Esperanto: ŝipbeko — front of a boat or ship
• Estonian: vöör — front of a boat or ship
• Estonian: käil — front of a boat or ship
• Faroese: bógvur — front of a boat or ship
• Finnish: keula — front of a boat or ship
• Finnish: kokka — front of a boat or ship
• French: proue — front of a boat or ship
• West-Frisian: boech — front of a boat or ship
• Galician: proa — front of a boat or ship
• German: Bug — front of a boat or ship
• Greek: πρώρα (próra) — front of a boat or ship
• Greek: πλώρη (plóri) — front of a boat or ship
• Ancient Greek: πρώρα (prṓra) — front of a boat or ship
• Hebrew: לְחִי הַחַרְטוֹם (lekhi hakhartom) — front of a boat or ship
• Hungarian: hajóorr — front of a boat or ship
• Icelandic: bógur — front of a boat or ship
• Icelandic: stefni — front of a boat or ship
• Ido: pruo — front of a boat or ship
• Indonesian: haluan — front of a boat or ship
• Ingrian: esinukka — front of a boat or ship
• Irish: ceann — front of a boat or ship
• Irish: gob — front of a boat or ship
• Irish: srón — front of a boat or ship
• Irish: tosach — front of a boat or ship
• Istriot: prùa — front of a boat or ship
• Italian: prua — front of a boat or ship
• Italian: prora — front of a boat or ship
• Japanese: 船首 (senshu) — front of a boat or ship
• Japanese: 舳先 (hesaki) — front of a boat or ship
• Korean: 이물 (imul) — front of a boat or ship
• Korean: 선수 (seonsu) — front of a boat or ship
• Lakota: walpȟá — front of a boat or ship
• Latin: rostrum — front of a boat or ship
• Latvian: priekšgals — front of a boat or ship
• Malay: haluan — front of a boat or ship
• Manx: toshiaght — front of a boat or ship
• Manx: boogh — front of a boat or ship
• Manx: kione toshee — front of a boat or ship
• Manx: gob — front of a boat or ship
• Māori: ihu — front of a boat or ship
• Māori: tauihu — front of a boat or ship
• Māori: punake — front of a boat or ship
• Māori: puneke — front of a boat or ship
• Classical Nahuatl: ācalyacatl — front of a boat or ship
• Norman: avant — front of a boat or ship
• Norwegian Bokmål: baug — front of a boat or ship
• Norwegian Nynorsk: baug — front of a boat or ship
• Persian: سینِه (sine) — front of a boat or ship
• Plautdietsch: Bug — front of a boat or ship
• Polish: dziób — front of a boat or ship
• Portuguese: proa — front of a boat or ship
• Russian: нос (nos) — front of a boat or ship
• Scots: bou — front of a boat or ship
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — front of a boat or ship
• Serbo-Croatian: пра́мац — front of a boat or ship
• Serbo-Croatian: prámac — front of a boat or ship
• Slovak: prova — front of a boat or ship
• Slovak: čelo — front of a boat or ship
• Slovene: premec — front of a boat or ship
• Spanish: proa — front of a boat or ship
• Swahili: gubeti — front of a boat or ship
• Swahili: omo — front of a boat or ship
• Swedish: bog — front of a boat or ship
• Swedish: för — front of a boat or ship
• Swedish: stäv — front of a boat or ship
• Tagalog: duong — front of a boat or ship
• Tagalog: doong — front of a boat or ship
• Tagalog: proa — front of a boat or ship
• Turkish: pruva — front of a boat or ship
• Ukrainian: ніс (nis) — front of a boat or ship
• Venetan: pròva — front of a boat or ship
• Venetan: pròda — front of a boat or ship
• Welsh: blaen — front of a boat or ship
• Welsh: pen blaen — front of a boat or ship
• Welsh: trwyn — front of a boat or ship
• Chinese Mandarin: 用弓拉曲 (yòng gōng lā qǔ) — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Danish: stryge — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Dutch: strijken — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Finnish: soittaa — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• German: streichen — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Icelandic: strjúka — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Japanese: 弾く (hiku) — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Japanese: 弾奏する (dansou suru) — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Macedonian: гуди (gudi) — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Polish: prowadzić smyczek — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Portuguese: tocar (com arco) — to play music on an instrument using a bow
• Arabic: اِنْحَنَى (inḥanā) — to become bent
• Bulgarian: изви́вам се (izvívam se) — to become bent
• Bulgarian: изви́я се (izvíja se) — to become bent
• Catalan: corbar-se — to become bent
• Catalan: doblegar-se — to become bent
• Catalan: vinclar-se — to become bent
• Catalan: blincar-se — to become bent
• Cherokee: ᎠᏗᏍᏚᏍᎦ (adisdusga) — to become bent
• Chinese Mandarin: 彎曲 /弯曲 (wānqū) — to become bent
• Crimean Tatar: qambıraymaq — to become bent
• Czech: ohnout se — to become bent
• Danish: bue — to become bent
• Dutch: buigen — to become bent
• Egyptian: k-s-A16 (ksj) — to become bent
• Esperanto: kliniĝi — to become bent
• Finnish: taipua — to become bent
• Finnish: kaartua — to become bent
• Finnish: vääntyä — to become bent
• French: fléchir — to become bent
• French: courber — to become bent
• West-Frisian: bûge — to become bent
• West-Frisian: in bûging meitsjen — to become bent
• German: sich biegen — to become bent
• German: sich verbiegen — to become bent
• Greek: κυρτώνω (kyrtóno) — to become bent
• Greek: λυγίζω (lygízo) — to become bent
• Hebrew: התכופף (hitkoféf) — to become bent
• Hungarian: hajlik — to become bent
• Hungarian: meghajlik — to become bent
• Icelandic: bogna — to become bent
• Icelandic: svigna — to become bent
• Icelandic: bugast — to become bent
• Italian: curvarsi — to become bent
• Italian: piegarsi — to become bent
• Italian: incurvarsi — to become bent
• Macedonian: се свиткува (se svitkuva) — to become bent
• Manx: croym — to become bent
• Persian: خمیدن (xamidan) — to become bent
• Polish: wygiąć się — to become bent
• Portuguese: curvar — to become bent
• Portuguese: arquear — to become bent
• Quechua: k'umuy — to become bent
• Russian: гну́ться (gnútʹsja) — to become bent
• Scots: boo — to become bent
• Scottish Gaelic: crom — to become bent
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — to become bent
• Slovak: ohnúť sa — to become bent
• Spanish: arquearse — to become bent
• Spanish: curvar — to become bent
• Swedish: böja — to become bent
• Swedish: kröka — to become bent
• Swedish: bågna — to become bent
• Swedish: böjas — to become bent
• Swedish: krokna — to become bent
• Bulgarian: изви́вам (izvívam) — to bend a thing
• Bulgarian: сви́вам (svívam) — to bend a thing
• Bulgarian: изви́я (izvíja) — to bend a thing
• Bulgarian: сви́я (svíja) — to bend a thing
• Catalan: corbar — to bend a thing
• Catalan: doblegar — to bend a thing
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄彎 /弄弯 (nòngwān) — to bend a thing
• Czech: ohnout — to bend a thing
• Danish: bøje — to bend a thing
• Dutch: buigen — to bend a thing
• Finnish: taivuttaa — to bend a thing
• Finnish: vääntää — to bend a thing
• French: courber — to bend a thing
• West-Frisian: bûge — to bend a thing
• German: biegen — to bend a thing
• German: verbiegen — to bend a thing
• German: beugen — to bend a thing
• Greek: λυγίζω (lygízo) — to bend a thing
• Hebrew: כופף (koféf) — to bend a thing
• Hungarian: hajlít — to bend a thing
• Hungarian: meghajlít — to bend a thing
• Hungarian: elhajlít — to bend a thing
• Hungarian: behajlít — to bend a thing
• Icelandic: beygja — to bend a thing
• Icelandic: sveigja — to bend a thing
• Italian: curvare — to bend a thing
• Italian: piegare — to bend a thing
• Italian: incurvare — to bend a thing
• Japanese: 曲げる (mageru) — to bend a thing
• Korean: 구부리다 (guburida) — to bend a thing
• Macedonian: свиткува (svitkuva) — to bend a thing
• Persian: خماندن (xamândan) — to bend a thing
• Persian: خم کردن (xam kardan) — to bend a thing
• Polish: zgiąć — to bend a thing
• Portuguese: curvar — to bend a thing
• Portuguese: arquear — to bend a thing
• Russian: гнуть (gnutʹ) — to bend a thing
• Scots: boo — to bend a thing
• Scottish Gaelic: crom — to bend a thing
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — to bend a thing
• Spanish: doblar — to bend a thing
• Swedish: böja — to bend a thing
• Swedish: kröka — to bend a thing
• Welsh: bwa — to bend a thing
• Albanian: përul — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Arabic: اِنْحَنَى لِلتَّحِيَّة (inḥanā li-t-taḥiyya) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Arabic: اِنْحَنَى (inḥanā) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Arabic: رَكَعَ (rakaʕa) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Armenian: խոնարհվել (xonarhvel) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Aromanian: mi-ncljin — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Belarusian: кла́няцца (klánjacca) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Belarusian: паклані́цца (paklanícca) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Bulgarian: покла́ням се (poklánjam se) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Bulgarian: поклоня́ се (poklonjá se) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Catalan: corbar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Catalan: doblegar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Catalan: vinclar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Catalan: blincar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞠躬 (jūgōng) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Chinese Mandarin: 躬 (gōng) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈腰 (hāyāo) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Czech: klanět se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Czech: uklonit se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Danish: bukke — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Danish: bøje sig — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Dutch: een buiging maken — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Dutch: zich buigen — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Esperanto: riverenci — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Esperanto: kliniĝi — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Finnish: kumartaa — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Finnish: kumartua — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• French: s'incliner — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• French: faire une révérence — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Friulian: pleâsi — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Galician: agochar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• German: sich verbeugen — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• German: eine Verbeugung machen — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• German: sich verneigen — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (anahneiwan) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Greek: υποκλίνομαι (ypoklínomai) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Hebrew: קד (kad) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Hungarian: meghajol — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Icelandic: hneigja sig — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Ingrian: kummartaa — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Interlingua: inclinar se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Italian: inchinarsi — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Italian: chinarsi — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Japanese: 辞儀する (jigi suru) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Japanese: お辞儀する (o-jigi suru) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Korean: 절하다 (jeolhada) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Korean: 절을 하다 (jeoreul hada) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Lakota: pathúžA — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Latvian: paklanīties — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Macedonian: се поклонува (se poklonuva) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Macedonian: се клања (se klanja) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Manx: croym — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Occitan: far l'abaissada — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Occitan: s'inclinar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Occitan: se doblar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Occitan: se corbar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Old English: būgan — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Old English: hnīgan — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Polish: kłaniać się — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Polish: skłonić się — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Polish: pokłonić się — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Portuguese: curvar-se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Portuguese: inclinar-se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Romanian: a se apleca — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Romanian: a se închina — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Russian: поклони́ться (poklonítʹsja) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Russian: кла́няться (klánjatʹsja) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Sanskrit: नमति (namati) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Scots: boo — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Serbo-Croatian: кла̏њати се — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Serbo-Croatian: klȁnjati se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Slovak: klaňať sa — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Slovak: pokloniť sa — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Slovak: ukláňať sa — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Slovak: ukloniť sa — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Slovene: klanjati se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Slovene: prikloniti se — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Spanish: inclinarse — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Spanish: enarcarse — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Spanish: arquearse — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Spanish: prosternarse — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Spanish: debruzar — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Spanish: debruzarse — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Spanish: agobiarse — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Swedish: bocka (sig) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Swedish: buga (sig) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Thai: โค้ง (kóong) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Thai: คํานับ — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Ottoman Turkish: اكمك (eğmek) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Tuvan: мөгейип мендилежир (mögeyip mendilejir) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Ukrainian: кла́нятися (klánjatysja) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Ukrainian: поклони́тися (poklonýtysja) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Ukrainian: вклони́тися (vklonýtysja) — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Vietnamese: cúi — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Vietnamese: cúi chào — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
• Welsh: ymgrymu — to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference