groan

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ̯n/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ̯n/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɹoʊ̯n/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɹɔʊ̯n/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹəʉ̯n/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹɐʉ̯n/
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• Scotland: /ɡɾon/
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• Wales: /ɡɾoːn/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -əʊn
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• homophone: grown (toe–tow merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: G R OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”). Cognate with Scots grain (“to cry, scream”), Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”). The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: آهَة (ʔāha) — low mournful uttered sound
• Arabic: أَنِين (ʔanīn) — low mournful uttered sound
• Arabic: أَنِين (ʔanīn) — low mournful uttered sound
• Azerbaijani: inilti — low mournful uttered sound
• Azerbaijani: zarıltı — low mournful uttered sound
• Azerbaijani: vayıltı — low mournful uttered sound
• Bulgarian: пъ́шкане (pǎ́škane) — low mournful uttered sound
• Bulgarian: охкане (ohkane) — low mournful uttered sound
• Bulgarian: стон (ston) — low mournful uttered sound
• Catalan: gemec — low mournful uttered sound
• Czech: sten — low mournful uttered sound
• Esperanto: ĝemo — low mournful uttered sound
• Finnish: urina — low mournful uttered sound
• French: râle — low mournful uttered sound
• French: râlement — low mournful uttered sound
• French: gémissement — low mournful uttered sound
• Galician: laio — low mournful uttered sound
• Galician: alaio — low mournful uttered sound
• German: Stöhnen — low mournful uttered sound
• Ancient Greek: στεναγμός (stenagmós) — low mournful uttered sound
• Irish: ochlán — low mournful uttered sound
• Japanese: 呻き (umeki) — low mournful uttered sound
• Japanese: 呻き声 (umekigoe) — low mournful uttered sound
• Kabuverdianu: jemidu — low mournful uttered sound
• Korean: 신음 (sineum) — low mournful uttered sound
• Latin: gemitus — low mournful uttered sound
• Māori: ngū — low mournful uttered sound
• Polish: jęk — low mournful uttered sound
• Portuguese: gemido — low mournful uttered sound
• Russian: стон (ston) — low mournful uttered sound
• Spanish: quejido — low mournful uttered sound
• Swedish: stön — low mournful uttered sound
• Turkish: inilti — low mournful uttered sound
• Turkish: inleme — low mournful uttered sound
• Ottoman Turkish: زار (zar) — low mournful uttered sound
• Ukrainian: сто́гін (stóhin) — low mournful uttered sound
• Bulgarian: стон (ston) — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• Bulgarian: тежка въздишка (težka vǎzdiška) — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• Catalan: sospir — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• Catalan: rondineig — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• Finnish: urina — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• French: grognement — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• French: grondement — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• French: gémissement — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• German: Seufzen — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• German: Ächzen — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• Portuguese: suspiro — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• Ottoman Turkish: زار (zar) — low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval
• Catalan: cruixit — low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight
• German: Knarren — low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight
• Arabic: تَأَوَّهَ (taʔawwaha) — to make a groan
• Arabic: أَنَّ (ʔanna) — to make a groan
• Arabic: آنّ (ʔēnn) — to make a groan
• Aromanian: dzem — to make a groan
• Aromanian: shcljimur — to make a groan
• Belarusian: е́нчыць (jénčycʹ) — to make a groan
• Bau Bidayuh: bidoing — to make a groan
• Bulgarian: пъшкам (pǎškam) — to make a groan
• Bulgarian: охкам (ohkam) — to make a groan
• Bulgarian: стена (stena) — to make a groan
• Catalan: gemegar — to make a groan
• Chinese Mandarin: 呻吟 (shēnyín) — to make a groan
• Czech: sténat — to make a groan
• Danish: stønne — to make a groan
• Dutch: zuchten — to make a groan
• Esperanto: ĝemi — to make a groan
• Finnish: urista — to make a groan
• French: râler — to make a groan
• French: gronder — to make a groan
• French: grogner — to make a groan
• French: gémir — to make a groan
• Friulian: gemi — to make a groan
• Galician: laiar — to make a groan
• Galician: xemer — to make a groan
• Galician: xumiar — to make a groan
• Galician: impar — to make a groan
• Galician: lanxir — to make a groan
• Galician: cuincar — to make a groan
• Galician: arquexar — to make a groan
• Galician: aruixar — to make a groan
• German: ächzen — to make a groan
• German: stöhnen — to make a groan
• Ancient Greek: στενάζω (stenázō) — to make a groan
• Hungarian: nyög — to make a groan
• Italian: gemere — to make a groan
• Japanese: 呻く (umeku) — to make a groan
• Korean: 신음(呻吟)하다 (sineumhada) — to make a groan
• Central Kurdish: ناڵاندن (nallandin) — to make a groan
• Latin: gemō — to make a groan
• Lushootseed: ʔagəq — to make a groan
• Māori: ngū — to make a groan
• Māori: wheo — to make a groan
• Māori: wheowheo — to make a groan
• Māori: hāware — to make a groan
• Māori: aurere — to make a groan
• Norman: honner — to make a groan
• Norwegian: stønne — to make a groan
• Occitan: gemegar — to make a groan
• Persian: نالیدن (nâlidan) — to make a groan
• Polish: jęczeć — to make a groan
• Portuguese: gemer — to make a groan
• Romanian: geme — to make a groan
• Russian: стона́ть (stonátʹ) — to make a groan
• Sardinian: tunchiare — to make a groan
• Serbo-Croatian: stenjati — to make a groan
• Spanish: soltar un quejido — to make a groan
• Swedish: stöna — to make a groan
• Swedish: kvida — to make a groan
• Swedish: jämra — to make a groan
• Turkish: inlemek — to make a groan
• Ukrainian: стогна́ти (stohnáty) — to make a groan
• Vietnamese: rên — to make a groan