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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ/
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• Scotland: /ˈlo/
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• Wales: /ˈlou/ without the toe–tow merger
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• Northumbria, dialectal: /ˈlaː/
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• US: /ˈloʊ/
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• Canada: /ˈloʊ/
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• Canada: [ˈloː]
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• homophone: Lowe
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• homophone: lo (toe–tow merger)
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ləʊ/
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• US: /loʊ/
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• homophone: lo
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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /laʊ/
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• CMU ARPABET: L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legh- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *léghyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Proto-Germanic *lēgaz Old Norse lágrbor. Middle English lāh English low From Middle English lowe, lohe, lāh, from Old Norse lágr (“low”), from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“lying, flat, situated near the ground, low”), from Proto-Indo-European *legh- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots laich (“low”), Saterland Frisian läich (“low”), West Frisian leech (“low”), Dutch laag (“low”), obsolete German läg (“low”), German Low German leeg, leeg' (“low”), Danish lav (“low”), Faroese, Icelandic lágur (“low”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish låg (“low”). More at lie.

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the obsolete noun low (“mound, barrow”). * Also as an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective low. * Also as an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman leu (“wolf”). * Also as a Scottish surname, from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry. * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Löwe, Lowe, Loew. * As a Chinese surname, variant of Lau, Lou; also Li, Luo.

From Middle English lowe, loghe, from Old Norse logi (“fire, flame, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Icelandic logi (“flame”), Swedish låga (“flame”), Danish lue (“flame”), German Lohe (“blaze, flames”), North Frisian leag (“fire, flame”), Old English līeġ (“fire, flame, lightning”). More at More at leye and More at light.

From Old English hlāw, hlǣw (“burial mound”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw. Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.

From Middle English lough, from Old English hlōh, first and third person singular preterite of hliehhan (“to laugh”). More at laugh.

From Middle English lowen (“to low”), from Old English hlōwan (“to low; to bellow; to roar”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōaną (“to call; shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh1- (“to call”). Cognate with Dutch loeien (“to low”), Middle High German lüejen (“to roar”), dialectal Swedish lumma (“to roar”), Latin calō (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Latin clāmō (“to shout, claim”). More at claim.

Apheretic form of allow.

331 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: laag — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Albanian: i ulët — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Southern Altai: јабыс (ǰabïs) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Arabic: مُنْخَفِض (munḵafiḍ) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Arabic: واطي (wāṭi) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Arabic: واطي (wāṭi) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Armenian: ցածր (cʻacr) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Asturian: baxu — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Azerbaijani: alçaq — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Azerbaijani: aşağı — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Bashkir: түбән (tübən) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Bashkir: тәпәш (təpəş) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Belarusian: ні́зкі (nízki) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Bengali: নিম্ন (nimno) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Breton: izel — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Bulgarian: ни́сък (nísǎk) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Burmese: နိမ့်သေ (nim.se) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Catalan: baix — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Cebuano: ubos — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Chamicuro: c̈hijtawa — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Chechen: лоха (loxa) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Chinese Cantonese: 低 (dai1) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Chinese: ди (di) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 低 (dī) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Czech: nízký — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Danish: lav — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Dutch: laag — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Dutch: lage — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Esperanto: malalta — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Estonian: madal — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Evenki: нэптэкун (nəptəkun) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Extremaduran: bahu — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Fala: baxiu — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Faroese: lágur — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Finnish: matala — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Finnish: alhainen — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• French: bas — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Galician: baixo — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Georgian: დაბალი (dabali) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• German: niedrig — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (hauns) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Greek: χαμηλός (chamilós) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ancient Greek: ταπεινός (tapeinós) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ancient Greek: χθαμαλός (khthamalós) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Hebrew: נָמוּךְ (namúkh) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Hindi: नीचा (nīcā) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Hungarian: alacsony — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Icelandic: lágur — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ido: basa — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ingrian: matala — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ingrian: matalain — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ingush: лохе (loxe) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Interlingua: basse — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Irish: íseal — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Italian: basso — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Japanese: 低い (hikui) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Kabuverdianu: baxu — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Kabuverdianu: bóxe — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Kazakh: аласа (alasa) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Khmer: ទាប (tiəp) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Korean: 낮다 (natda) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Central Kurdish: نزم (nizm) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Northern Kurdish: nizm — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Kyrgyz: аласа (alasa) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Kyrgyz: жапыз (japız) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Lak: лагьну (lahnu) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Lao: ຕ່ໍາ (tam) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Latgalian: zams — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Latin: humilis — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Latvian: zems — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Lithuanian: žemas — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Lombard: bass — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Macedonian: низок (nizok) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Malay: rendah — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Manchu: ᡶᡝᠴᡠᡥᡠᠨ (fecuhun) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Maranao: mababa' — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Nanai: нэктэ (nekte) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Neapolitan: vascio — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Norwegian Bokmål: lav — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Norwegian Nynorsk: låg — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Occitan: bas — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Old English: niþerlīċ — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Persian: پست — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Plautdietsch: läach — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Polish: niski — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Portuguese: baixo — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Rohingya: niso — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Romanian: jos — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Sanskrit: अधर (adhara) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Sanskrit: नीचै (nīcai) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Sanskrit: निम्न (nimna) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Scottish Gaelic: ìosal — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Scottish Gaelic: ìseal — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: низак — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: nizak — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Sicilian: vasciu — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Slovak: nízky — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Slovene: nizek — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Lower Sorbian: niski — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Spanish: bajo — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Swedish: låg — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Tagalog: mababa — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Tajik: паст — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Thai: ต่ํา (dtàm) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Turkish: alçak — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Turkmen: alçak — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ukrainian: низьки́й (nyzʹkýj) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Ukrainian: невисо́кий (nevysókyj) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Urdu: نیچا (nīcā) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Uyghur: پەس (pes) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Uzbek: past — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Uzbek: boʻyi — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Vietnamese: thấp — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Welsh: isel — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Yiddish: נידעריק (niderik) — in a position comparatively close to the ground
• Armenian: ցածրահասակ (cʻacrahasak) — small in height
• Bashkir: тәпәш (təpəş) — small in height
• Bengali: নিচু (nicu) — small in height
• Bulgarian: нисък (nisǎk) — small in height
• Burmese: နိမ့် (nim.) — small in height
• Catalan: baix — small in height
• Chamicuro: c̈hijtawa — small in height
• Chinese Mandarin: 矮 (ǎi) — small in height
• Czech: nízký — small in height
• Danish: lav — small in height
• Finnish: matala — small in height
• French: bas — small in height
• Galician: baixo — small in height
• Greek: κοντός (kontós) — small in height
• Irish: íseal — small in height
• Italian: basso — small in height
• Kabuverdianu: baxu — small in height
• Kabuverdianu: bóxe — small in height
• Khmer: ទាប (tiəp) — small in height
• Central Kurdish: نزم (nizm) — small in height
• Northern Kurdish: nizm — small in height
• Latin: humilis — small in height
• Latvian: zems — small in height
• Old Galician-Portuguese: baixo — small in height
• Persian: کوتاه (kutâh) — small in height
• Portuguese: baixo — small in height
• Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — small in height
• Russian: невысо́кий (nevysókij) — small in height
• Scottish Gaelic: ìosal — small in height
• Scottish Gaelic: ìseal — small in height
• Serbo-Croatian: низак — small in height
• Serbo-Croatian: nizak — small in height
• Swedish: kort — small in height
• Swedish: låg — small in height
• Turkish: alçak — small in height
• Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — small in height
• Ukrainian: низьки́й (nyzʹkýj) — small in height
• Ukrainian: невисо́кий (nevysókyj) — small in height
• Woiwurrung: morrt — small in height
• Albanian: nën — situated below the normal level
• Azerbaijani: aşağı — situated below the normal level
• Bengali: নিম্ন (nimno) — situated below the normal level
• Bengali: নিচু (nicu) — situated below the normal level
• Bulgarian: нисък (nisǎk) — situated below the normal level
• Finnish: alhainen — situated below the normal level
• Māori: hāro — situated below the normal level
• Swedish: låg — situated below the normal level
• Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — situated below the normal level
• Arabic: حَزين — depressed, sad
• Azerbaijani: tutqun — depressed, sad
• Azerbaijani: məyus — depressed, sad
• Azerbaijani: kədərli — depressed, sad
• Bulgarian: унил (unil) — depressed, sad
• Danish: nede — depressed, sad
• Finnish: alakuloinen — depressed, sad
• French: déprimé — depressed, sad
• German: niedergeschlagen — depressed, sad
• Greek: στα κάτω μου (sta káto mou) — depressed, sad
• Greek: κατηφής (katifís) — depressed, sad
• Japanese: 惨め (mijime) — depressed, sad
• Japanese: 悲しい (kanashii) — depressed, sad
• Khmer: ព្រួយ (pruəy) — depressed, sad
• Northern Kurdish: bêmad — depressed, sad
• Russian: пода́вленный (podávlennyj) — depressed, sad
• Spanish: decaído — depressed, sad
• Spanish: cabizbajo — depressed, sad
• Spanish: abatido — depressed, sad
• Spanish: de capa caída — depressed, sad
• Swedish: nere — depressed, sad
• Bulgarian: нисък (nisǎk) — not high in amount or quantity
• Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — not high in amount or quantity
• Danish: lav — not high in amount or quantity
• Finnish: alhainen — not high in amount or quantity
• Finnish: matala — not high in amount or quantity
• French: bas — not high in amount or quantity
• French: faible — not high in amount or quantity
• French: petit — not high in amount or quantity
• German: niedrig — not high in amount or quantity
• German: schwach — not high in amount or quantity
• Khmer: ថោក (thaok) — not high in amount or quantity
• Latvian: zems — not high in amount or quantity
• Spanish: módico — not high in amount or quantity
• Spanish: bajo — not high in amount or quantity
• Ukrainian: низьки́й (nyzʹkýj) — not high in amount or quantity
• Ukrainian: невисо́кий (nevysókyj) — not high in amount or quantity
• Bulgarian: нисък (nisǎk) — of pitch
• Dutch: laag — of pitch
• Dutch: diep — of pitch
• Esperanto: basa — of pitch
• Estonian: madal — of pitch
• Estonian: jäme — of pitch
• Finnish: matala — of pitch
• French: grave — of pitch
• German: tief — of pitch
• Japanese: 低音 (teion) — of pitch
• Māori: mārū — of pitch
• Russian: басистый (basistyj) — of pitch
• Russian: низкочастотный (nizkočastotnyj) — of pitch
• Arabic: خافِت — quiet; soft; not loud
• Arabic: مُنْخَفِض — quiet; soft; not loud
• Bulgarian: тих (tih) — quiet; soft; not loud
• Esperanto: mallaŭta — quiet; soft; not loud
• Finnish: hiljainen — quiet; soft; not loud
• Finnish: matala — quiet; soft; not loud
• French: bas — quiet; soft; not loud
• French: calme — quiet; soft; not loud
• German: leise — quiet; soft; not loud
• Hungarian: halk — quiet; soft; not loud
• Japanese: 小さい (chiisai) — quiet; soft; not loud
• Japanese: 静か (shizuka) — quiet; soft; not loud
• Kabuverdianu: baxu — quiet; soft; not loud
• Kabuverdianu: bóxe — quiet; soft; not loud
• Russian: тихий (tixij) — quiet; soft; not loud
• Russian: негромкий (negromkij) — quiet; soft; not loud
• Azerbaijani: alçaq — despicable
• Finnish: alhainen — despicable
• Finnish: ala-arvoinen — despicable
• French: bas — despicable
• French: petit — despicable
• French: abject — despicable
• German: gemein — despicable
• German: niederträchtig — despicable
• Greek: ποταπός (potapós) — despicable
• Ancient Greek: ταπεινός (tapeinós) — despicable
• Japanese: 最低 (saitei) — despicable
• Khmer: គួរឲ្យស្អប់ (kuə aoy s’ɑp) — despicable
• Latvian: zemisks — despicable
• Latvian: zems — despicable
• Portuguese: baixo — despicable
• Portuguese: vil — despicable
• Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — despicable
• Russian: по́длый (pódlyj) — despicable
• Sanskrit: अधर (adhara) — despicable
• Spanish: bajo — despicable
• Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — despicable
• Ottoman Turkish: رذیل (rezil) — despicable
• Ottoman Turkish: ذلیل (zelil) — despicable
• Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak
• Finnish: alhainen — lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak
• Finnish: heikko — lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak
• French: faible — lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak
• Finnish: matala — being near the equator
• Bulgarian: прост (prost) — humble in character or status
• Finnish: vaatimaton — humble in character or status
• Finnish: vaatimaton — humble in character or status
• Finnish: alhainen — humble in character or status
• Bulgarian: прост (prost) — simple in complexity or development
• Finnish: yksinkertainen — simple in complexity or development
• Finnish: alhainen — simple in complexity or development
• Finnish: pieni — designed for the slowest speed
• Finnish: ala- — phonetics: articulated with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate
• Russian: открытый (otkrytyj) — phonetics: articulated with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate
• Finnish: niukka — not rich; plain; simple
• Bulgarian: ниско (nisko) — close to the ground
• Catalan: baix — close to the ground
• Czech: nízko — close to the ground
• Finnish: matala — close to the ground
• German: tief — close to the ground
• Greek: χαμηλά (chamilá) — close to the ground
• Latvian: zemu — close to the ground
• Latvian: zemi — close to the ground
• Navajo: wóyah — close to the ground
• Portuguese: baixo — close to the ground
• Lower Sorbian: nisko — close to the ground
• Spanish: bajo — close to the ground
• Catalan: baix — at a lower frequency
• Czech: nízko — at a lower frequency
• Finnish: matala — at a lower frequency
• German: tief — at a lower frequency
• Greek: χαμηλά (chamilá) — at a lower frequency
• Latvian: zemu — at a lower frequency
• Latvian: zemi — at a lower frequency
• Spanish: bajo — at a lower frequency
• Bulgarian: тихо (tiho) — with a low voice or sound
• Catalan: baix — with a low voice or sound
• Finnish: hiljaa — with a low voice or sound
• German: leise — with a low voice or sound
• Latvian: zemu — with a low voice or sound
• Latvian: zemi — with a low voice or sound
• Portuguese: baixo — with a low voice or sound
• Spanish: bajo — with a low voice or sound
• Turkish: düşük — with a low voice or sound
• Bulgarian: евтино (evtino) — at a low price
• Finnish: halvalla — at a low price
• Czech: nejnižší úroveň — something that is low
• Czech: minimum — something that is low
• Esperanto: malaltejo — something that is low
• Finnish: pohja — something that is low
• Greek: χαμηλό (chamiló) — something that is low
• Greek: ναδίρ (nadír) — something that is low
• Swedish: lågvattenmärke — something that is low
• Bulgarian: униние (uninie) — depressed mood or situation
• Finnish: alakulo — depressed mood or situation
• French: dépression — depressed mood or situation
• Spanish: bajón — depressed mood or situation
• Czech: tlaková níže — area of low pressure
• Dutch: lagedrukgebied — area of low pressure
• Dutch: depressie — area of low pressure
• Finnish: matala — area of low pressure
• Finnish: matalapaine — area of low pressure
• French: dépression — area of low pressure
• French: basse pression — area of low pressure
• German: Tief — area of low pressure
• German: Tiefdruckgebiet — area of low pressure
• Greek: χαμηλό (chamiló) — area of low pressure
• Icelandic: lágþrýstisvæði — area of low pressure
• Norwegian: lågtrykksområde — area of low pressure
• Norwegian Bokmål: lavtrykk — area of low pressure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lågtrykk — area of low pressure
• Bulgarian: първа скорост (pǎrva skorost) — lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system
• Finnish: ykkönen — lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system
• Finnish: ykkösvaihde — lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system
• French: première — lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system
• Greek: πρώτη (próti) — lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system