howl

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊ̯l/
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊ̯l̩/
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• /ˈhæʊ̯l/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand, fronting
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• /ˈhaːl/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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• rhymes with -aʊl
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry”), Romanian a hăuli (“to howl”), Old French ouler, German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri آلٛیر (āłir, “howl”).

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عُوَاء (ʕuwāʔ) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Azerbaijani: ulama — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Bashkir: олоу (olow) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Bulgarian: вой (voj) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Catalan: udol — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Czech: vytí — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Danish: hyl — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Dutch: gehuil — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Esperanto: hurlo — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Finnish: ulvonta — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• French: hurlement — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Galician: ouveo — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Galician: ouleo — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• German: Heulen — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Greek: ούρλιασμα (oúrliasma) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Hebrew: יְלָלָה (y'lalá) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Hungarian: vonyítás — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Hungarian: üvöltés — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Indonesian: lolong — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Italian: ululato — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Italian: uggiolio — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Italian: latrato — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Japanese: 遠吠え (tōboe) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Japanese: 叫び声 (sakebi-goe) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Kapampangan: bitaul — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Kapampangan: bitawul — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Korean: 울음 (ureum) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Korean: 울부짖음 (ulbujijeum) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Korean: 우짖음 (ujijeum) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Central Kurdish: لوورە (lûre) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Macedonian: виеж (viež) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Māori: ngawī — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Māori: ngawē — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Māori: paroro — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Old English: ġeþēot — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Polish: wycie — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Portuguese: uivo — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Russian: вой (voj) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Russian: вытьё (vytʹjó) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Serbo-Croatian: zavijanje — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Spanish: aullido — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Swedish: ylande — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Tagalog: alulong — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Tamil: ஊளை (ūḷai) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Turkish: uluma — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Turkish: inilti — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Ukrainian: вий (vyj) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Yiddish: הויל (hoyl) — protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
• Bulgarian: рев (rev) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Catalan: udol — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Czech: zavytí — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Dutch: gebrul — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Dutch: gehuil — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Dutch: gejammer — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Esperanto: hurlo — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Finnish: ulvonta — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Galician: ouveo — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Greek: ούρλιασμα (oúrliasma) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Italian: guaito — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Japanese: 嘆き (nageki) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Japanese: 絶叫 (zekkyō) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Korean: 울부짖음 (ulbujijeum) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Russian: вопль (voplʹ) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Russian: рёв (rjov) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Russian: вой (voj) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Serbo-Croatian: jauk — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Spanish: alarido — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Spanish: berrido — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Tamil: ஊளை (ūḷai) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Tamil: ஒப்பாரி (oppāri) — prolonged cry of distress or anguish
• Arabic: عَوَى (ʕawā) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Armenian: ոռնալ (oṙnal) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Azerbaijani: ulamaq — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Bashkir: олоу (olow) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Belarusian: выць (vycʹ) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Bulgarian: ви́я (víja) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Catalan: udolar — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Cherokee: ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ (getluhvsga) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Chinese: 吹狗螺 (zh-min-nan) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Chinese Mandarin: 吼 (hǒu) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Cornish: oulya — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Crimean Tatar: ulumaq — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Czech: výt — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Old Czech: výti — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Esperanto: hurli — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Finnish: ulvoa — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• French: hurler — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Galician: ouvear — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• German: heulen — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• German: jaulen — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Greek: ουρλιάζω (ourliázo) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Ancient Greek: ὀλολύζω (ololúzō) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Icelandic: ýlfra — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Ingrian: ulvoa — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Italian: ululare — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Italian: gannire — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Japanese: 遠吠えする (tōboe suru) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Japanese: 吠える (hoeru) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Korean: 울다 (ulda) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Korean: 울부짖다 (ulbujitda) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Korean: 우짖다 (ujitda) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Central Kurdish: لووراندن (lûrandin) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Latin: ululō — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Lithuanian: kaukti — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Māori: whakapū — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Māori: whakaparoro — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Māori: ngawī — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Māori: whakapuoro — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Norwegian: hyle — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Old Church Slavonic: вꙑти (vyti) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Old English: þēotan — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Polish: wyć — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Portuguese: uivar — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Quechua: ayñay — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Romanian: urla — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Romanian: rage — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Russian: выть (vytʹ) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Serbo-Croatian: zavijati — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Shuswap: awt — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Slovak: vyť — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Spanish: aullar — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Spanish: guarrear — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Spanish: otilar — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Swedish: yla — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Tagalog: umalulong — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Thai: หอน (hɔ̌ɔn) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Turkish: ulumak — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Ukrainian: ви́ти (výty) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Vietnamese: hú — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Vietnamese: tru — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Welsh: udo — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Yiddish: בילן (biln) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Yiddish: הויל (hoyl) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Yiddish: הוילן (hoyln) — to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
• Arabic: أَنَّ (ʔanna) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Bulgarian: стена (stena) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Catalan: udolar — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Cherokee: ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ (getluhvsga) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Czech: výt — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Czech: skučet — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Czech: kvílet — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Dutch: huilen — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Dutch: jammeren — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Finnish: ulvoa — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Greek: ουρλιάζω (ourliázo) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Ancient Greek: ὀλολύζω (ololúzō) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Japanese: 叫ぶ (sakebu) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Japanese: 絶叫する (zekkyō-suru) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Korean: 울부짖다 (ulbujitda) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Korean: 외치다 (oechida) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Latin: ululō — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Māori: whakapū — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Māori: tarawē — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Russian: завыва́ть (zavyvátʹ) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Russian: выть (vytʹ) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Russian: реве́ть (revétʹ) — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Serbo-Croatian: jaukati — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Spanish: gañir — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Turkish: inlemek — to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
• Bulgarian: рева (reva) — to utter with outcry
• Catalan: udolar — to utter with outcry
• Dutch: uitroepen — to utter with outcry
• Dutch: uitschreeuwen — to utter with outcry
• Finnish: ulvoa — to utter with outcry
• Japanese: 叫ぶ (sakebu) — to utter with outcry
• Korean: 외치다 (oechida) — to utter with outcry
• Latin: ululo — to utter with outcry
• Serbo-Croatian: urlati — to utter with outcry
• Serbo-Croatian: urlikati — to utter with outcry