Standard Lemma guide

exclaim

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛkˈskleɪm/
  • /ɪkˈskleɪm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪm
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S K L EY1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Exclamation; outcry, clamor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To say suddenly and with strong emotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `I won!' he exclaimed
  • `Help!' she cried
  • `I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to

Narrower terms: gee, ooh, aah

5

verb

Meaning 5

state or announce

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed
  • The King will proclaim an amnesty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: proclaim, promulgate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: declare

Narrower terms: declare, trumpet, clarion

History

Etymology

From Middle French exclamer, from Latin exclāmō, exclāmāre (“call out”), from ex- + clāmō (“to call”).

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bërtas — to cry out
  • Albanian: thërras — to cry out
  • Arabic: صَاحَ (ṣāḥa) — to cry out
  • Arabic: صَرَخَ (ṣaraḵa) — to cry out
  • Armenian: բացականչել (bacʻakančʻel) — to cry out
  • Belarusian: ускліка́ць (usklikácʹ) — to cry out
  • Belarusian: усклі́кнуць (usklíknucʹ) — to cry out
  • Belarusian: выгу́кваць (vyhúkvacʹ) — to cry out
  • Belarusian: вы́гукнуць (výhuknucʹ) — to cry out
  • Bulgarian: възклица́вам (vǎzklicávam) — to cry out
  • Bulgarian: възкли́квам (vǎzklíkvam) — to cry out
  • Catalan: exclamar — to cry out
  • Chinese Mandarin: 感嘆 /感叹 (gǎntàn) — to cry out
  • Chinese Mandarin: 呼喊 (hūhǎn) — to cry out
  • Czech: zvolat — to cry out
  • Czech: vykřikovat — to cry out
  • Czech: vykřiknout — to cry out
  • Danish: udbryde — to cry out
  • Dutch: uitroepen — to cry out
  • Estonian: hüüdma — to cry out
  • Estonian: hüüatama — to cry out
  • Finnish: huudahtaa — to cry out
  • French: exclamer — to cry out
  • Georgian: წამოძახება (c̣amoʒaxeba) — to cry out
  • German: ausrufen — to cry out
  • Greek: αναφωνώ (anafonó) — to cry out
  • Hindi: चिल्लाना (cillānā) — to cry out
  • Hungarian: felkiált — to cry out
  • Ingrian: äänehtiä — to cry out
  • Interlingua: exclamar — to cry out
  • Irish: scread — to cry out
  • Italian: esclamare — to cry out
  • Japanese: 叫ぶ (sakebu) — to cry out
  • Kazakh: айқайлау (aiqailau) — to cry out
  • Khmer: ឧទាន (ʼutiən) — to cry out
  • Korean: 외치다 (oechida) — to cry out
  • Korean: 소리치다 (sorichida) — to cry out
  • Kyrgyz: кыйкырып жиберүү (kıykırıp jiberüü) — to cry out
  • Lao: ອຸທານ (ʼu thān) — to cry out
  • Latin: exclāmō — to cry out
  • Latvian: izsaukties — to cry out
  • Lithuanian: sušukti — to cry out
  • Macedonian: извикува (izvikuva) — to cry out
  • Macedonian: извика (izvika) — to cry out
  • Marathi: उद्गारणे (udgārṇe) — to cry out
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utbryte — to cry out
  • Persian: بانگ زدن (bâng kardan) — to cry out
  • Persian: اعلام کردن (e'lâm kardan) — to cry out
  • Polish: wołać — to cry out
  • Polish: zawołać — to cry out
  • Polish: wykrzykiwać — to cry out
  • Polish: wykrzyknąć — to cry out
  • Portuguese: exclamar — to cry out
  • Romanian: a exclama — to cry out
  • Russian: восклица́ть (vosklicátʹ) — to cry out
  • Russian: воскли́кнуть (vosklíknutʹ) — to cry out
  • Russian: вскрича́ть (vskričátʹ) — to cry out
  • Russian: вскри́кивать (vskríkivatʹ) — to cry out
  • Serbo-Croatian: узвики́вати — to cry out
  • Serbo-Croatian: узви́кнути — to cry out
  • Serbo-Croatian: uzvikívati — to cry out
  • Serbo-Croatian: uzvíknuti — to cry out
  • Slovak: zvolať — to cry out
  • Slovak: vykríknuť — to cry out
  • Slovene: vzklikati — to cry out
  • Slovene: vzklikniti — to cry out
  • Spanish: exclamar — to cry out
  • Swedish: utbrista — to cry out
  • Swedish: utropa — to cry out
  • Tajik: хитоб кардан (xitob kardan) — to cry out
  • Tajik: нидо кардан (nido kardan) — to cry out
  • Thai: อุทาน (ù-taan) — to cry out
  • Turkish: haykırmak — to cry out
  • Ukrainian: вигу́кувати (vyhúkuvaty) — to cry out
  • Ukrainian: ви́гукнути (výhuknuty) — to cry out
  • Ukrainian: скри́кувати (skrýkuvaty) — to cry out
  • Ukrainian: скри́кнути (skrýknuty) — to cry out
  • Urdu: چِلّانا (cillānā) — to cry out
  • Uzbek: xitob qilmoq — to cry out
  • Uzbek: hayqirmoq — to cry out
  • Vietnamese: kêu lên — to cry out
  • Vietnamese: la lên — to cry out
  • Vietnamese: thốt lên — to cry out
  • Welsh: ebychu — to cry out