moo

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• /muː/
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• rhymes with -uː
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• homophone: moue
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• CMU ARPABET: M UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Onomatopoeic.

Borrowed from Chinese, including Cantonese 巫 (mou4) and others.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُو (mū) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Asturian: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Bulgarian: муу (muu) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Catalan: mmm — sound made by a cow or bull
• Catalan: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Chinese Mandarin: 哞 (mōu) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Chinese Mandarin: 哞哞叫 (mōumōu jiào) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Czech: bú — sound made by a cow or bull
• Danish: muh — sound made by a cow or bull
• Dutch: boe — sound made by a cow or bull
• Dutch: moe — sound made by a cow or bull
• Esperanto: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Faroese: mø — sound made by a cow or bull
• Finnish: muu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Finnish: ammuu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Finnish: möö — sound made by a cow or bull
• French: meuh — sound made by a cow or bull
• German: muh — sound made by a cow or bull
• Greek: μου (mou) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Greek: μουγκανίζω (mougkanízo) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Greek: μουγκρίζω (mougkrízo) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Hebrew: מו — sound made by a cow or bull
• Hungarian: mú — sound made by a cow or bull
• Icelandic: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Icelandic: mö — sound made by a cow or bull
• Ingrian: muu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Italian: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Japanese: モー (mō) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Khmer: ម៉ (mɑɑ) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Korean: 음매 (eummae) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Lithuanian: mū — sound made by a cow or bull
• Marathi: हम्मा (hammā) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Mongolian: хоо (xoo) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Norwegian: mø — sound made by a cow or bull
• Persian: ما (mâ) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Polish: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Portuguese: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Romanian: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Russian: му (mu) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Russian: му-у-у (mu-u-u) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Serbo-Croatian: му — sound made by a cow or bull
• Serbo-Croatian: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Spanish: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Swedish: mu — sound made by a cow or bull
• Thai: มอ (mɔɔ) — sound made by a cow or bull
• Turkish: mö — sound made by a cow or bull
• Arabic: خُوَار (ḵuwār) — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Aromanian: mudzit — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Bulgarian: мучене (mučene) — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Catalan: mugit — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Chinese Mandarin: 哞 (mōu) — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Czech: bučení — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Danish: muh — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Dutch: boe — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Finnish: ammunta — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• French: meuglement — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• French: beuglement — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Galician: bruio — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Galician: brúo — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• German: Muhen — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Greek: μου (mou) — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Greek: μουκανητό (moukanitó) — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Hawaiian: umō — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Icelandic: baul — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Ido: bramo — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Irish: géim — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Italian: muggito — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Latin: mugitus — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Lithuanian: mūkimas — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Malay: tenguh — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• North Marquesan: ue — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Navajo: muu — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Norwegian: raut — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Norwegian: mø — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Old English: ġehlōw — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Polish: muczenie — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Portuguese: mugido — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Romanian: muget — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Russian: мыча́ние (myčánije) — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Scottish Gaelic: mò — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Serbo-Croatian: мукање — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Serbo-Croatian: mukanje — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Spanish: mugido — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Spanish: mu — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Swedish: mu — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Tagalog: unga — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Tahitian: ʻūmō — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Tuamotuan: mū — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Tuamotuan: tangi — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Turkish: möö — characteristic sound made by a cow or bull
• Finnish: lehmä — foolish woman
• Polish: krowa — foolish woman
• Arabic: خَارَ (ḵāra) — to make a lowing sound
• Aromanian: mudzescu — to make a lowing sound
• Azerbaijani: movuldamaq — to make a lowing sound
• Azerbaijani: böyürmək — to make a lowing sound
• Belarusian: му́каць (múkacʹ) — to make a lowing sound
• Bulgarian: муча (muča) — to make a lowing sound
• Catalan: mugir — to make a lowing sound
• Czech: bučet — to make a lowing sound
• Danish: brøle — to make a lowing sound
• Dutch: loeien — to make a lowing sound
• Esperanto: muĝi — to make a lowing sound
• Faroese: belja — to make a lowing sound
• Finnish: ammua — to make a lowing sound
• French: meugler — to make a lowing sound
• French: beugler — to make a lowing sound
• French: mugir — to make a lowing sound
• Galician: bruar — to make a lowing sound
• Galician: muar — to make a lowing sound
• German: muhen — to make a lowing sound
• Greek: μουγκανίζω (mougkanízo) — to make a lowing sound
• Ancient Greek: μυκάομαι (mukáomai) — to make a lowing sound
• Ancient Greek: μέμυκα (mémuka) — to make a lowing sound
• Hungarian: múzik — to make a lowing sound
• Icelandic: baula — to make a lowing sound
• Ido: bramar — to make a lowing sound
• Ingrian: myykkiä — to make a lowing sound
• Ingrian: ammua — to make a lowing sound
• Irish: géim — to make a lowing sound
• Italian: muggire — to make a lowing sound
• Kyrgyz: мөөрөө (mööröö) — to make a lowing sound
• Latin: mūgiō — to make a lowing sound
• Latvian: maut — to make a lowing sound
• Lithuanian: mūkti — to make a lowing sound
• Lithuanian: mykti — to make a lowing sound
• Māori: mū — to make a lowing sound
• Marathi: हंबरण (hambraṇ) — to make a lowing sound
• Norwegian: raute — to make a lowing sound
• Old English: hlōwan — to make a lowing sound
• Polish: muczeć — to make a lowing sound
• Polish: zamuczeć — to make a lowing sound
• Portuguese: mugir — to make a lowing sound
• Romanian: mugi — to make a lowing sound
• Russian: мыча́ть (myčátʹ) — to make a lowing sound
• Serbo-Croatian: мукати — to make a lowing sound
• Serbo-Croatian: mukati — to make a lowing sound
• Slovak: mučať — to make a lowing sound
• Slovak: bučeť — to make a lowing sound
• Spanish: mugir — to make a lowing sound
• Swedish: råma — to make a lowing sound
• Tagalog: umunga — to make a lowing sound
• Turkish: möölemek — to make a lowing sound
• Ukrainian: му́кати (múkaty) — to make a lowing sound
• Yiddish: מוקען (muken) — to make a lowing sound