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• /aʊ(ə)l/
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From Middle English howle, oul, oule, owle, owlle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ (“owl”), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up- (“to cry out”). Cognates Cognate with Scots oul (“owl”), Saterland Frisian Ule (“owl”), West Frisian ûle (“owl”), Cimbrian aul (“owl”), Dutch uil (“owl”), German Eule (“owl”), Low German Uul (“owl”), Luxembourgish Eil (“owl”), Vilamovian aojł (“own”), Yiddish אײַל (ayl, “owl”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ugle (“owl”), Faroese ugla (“owl”), Icelandic uggla, ugla (“owl”), Norwegian Nynorsk ugla, ule (“owl”), Swedish uggla, uv (“owl”); also Bulgarian вопъл (vopǎl, “cry, howl, scream”), въпия (vǎpija, “to weep, yell”), Czech úpět (“to howl, wail”), Russian вопи́ть (vopítʹ, “to howl, scream, yell”), вопия́ть (vopijátʹ, “to appeal; to scream, yell; to lament, wail”), вопль (voplʹ, “cry, scream, wail”), Serbo-Croatian ва̀пити, vàpiti (“to cry out; to scream”), Slovene vpíti (“to scream, yell”).

Named from the Owlerton stadium where they used to play.

395 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аты (atʼə) — bird
• Acehnese: jampôk — bird
• Afrikaans: uil — bird
• Ainu: チカㇷ゚ (cikap) — bird
• Albanian: kukuvajkë — bird
• Albanian: buf — bird
• Albanian: hut — bird
• Algonquin: kòkòkòhò — bird
• Southern Altai: мечиртке (mečirtke) — bird
• Southern Altai: ӱкӱ (ükü) — bird
• Amharic: ጉጉት (gugut) — bird
• Western Apache: múh — bird
• Arabic: بُومَة (būma) — bird
• Arabic: بومة (būma) — bird
• Arabic: قويق (ʔuwēʔ) — bird
• Arabic: بومة (būma) — bird
• Arabic: بومة (būme) — bird
• Aragonese: bobón — bird
• Aragonese: baueso — bird
• Aragonese: craberet — bird
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܦܬܵܐ (quptā) — bird
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁōḏā) — bird
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܼܡܵܐ (būmā) — bird
• Aramaic: ܒܘܡܐ (būmā) — bird
• Armenian: բու (bu) — bird
• Assamese: ফেঁচা (phẽsa) — bird
• Asturian: curuxa — bird
• Aymara: juku — bird
• Azerbaijani: bayquş — bird
• West Coast Bajau: puok — bird
• Banjarese: kukulai — bird
• Bashkir: ябалаҡ (yabalaq) — bird
• Basque: mozo — bird
• Basque: hontz — bird
• Basque: gauhontz — bird
• Basque: hontza — bird
• Belarusian: сава́ (savá) — bird
• Bengali: পেঁচা (pẽca) — bird
• Bengali: উলূক (uluk) — bird
• Bengali: পেচক (pecok) — bird
• Bhojpuri: कुचकुचवा (kucəkucəvā) — bird
• Bhojpuri: उरुआ (uruā) — bird
• Bhojpuri: उल्लू (ullū) — bird
• Bau Bidayuh: buwo — bird
• Central Bontoc: koop — bird
• Borôro: tagogo — bird
• Bouyei: rogyahheh — bird
• Bouyei: rogjaucmyaus — bird
• Breton: toud — bird
• Breton: kaouenn — bird
• Bulgarian: со́ва (sóva) — bird
• Buryat: бэгсэргэ (begserge) — bird
• Carpathian Rusyn: совы (sovŷ) — bird
• Catalan: òliba — bird
• Catalan: mussol — bird
• Cebuano: ngiwngiw — bird
• Cebuano: mingok — bird
• Cebuano: bukaw — bird
• Chamicuro: ma'sheti — bird
• Chechen: бухӏа (buha) — bird
• Cherokee: ᏩᎱᎯ (wahuhi) — bird
• Cherokee: ᎤᎫᎫ (ugugu) — bird
• Cheyenne: vé'kėséhemėstaa'e — bird
• Chickasaw: oopa — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 貓頭鷹 /猫头鹰 (maau1 tau4 jing1) — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 鴞 /鸮 (hiu1) — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 鴟鴞 /鸱鸮 (ci1 hiu1) — bird
• Eastern Min Chinese: 貓王鳥 /猫王鸟 (mà-uòng-cēu) — bird
• Hakka Chinese: 貓頭鳥 /猫头鸟 (meu-thèu-tiâu) — bird
• Chinese: 暗光鳥 /暗光鸟 (zh-min-nan) — bird
• Chinese: 貓頭鳥 /猫头鸟 (zh-min-nan) — bird
• Chinese: 貓頭鷹 /猫头鹰 (zh-min-nan) — bird
• Chinese: 鴣黃 /鸪黄 (ko͘-n̂g, ko͘-ûin) — bird
• Chinese: 暗晏鳥 /暗晏鸟 (àm-òan-chiáu) — bird
• Chinese: 鴟鴞 /鸱鸮 (zh-min-nan) — bird
• Chinese: 鷦鶹 /鹪鹠 (chiau-liû) — bird
• Chinese: 鵂鶹 /鸺鹠 (zh-min-nan) — bird
• Chinese: 公黃 /公黄 (kong-hûin) — bird
• Chinese: 姑嫂鳥 /姑嫂鸟 (ko͘-só-chiáu) — bird
• Chinese: 貓頭姑 /猫头姑 (niau-thâu-ko͘) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 貓頭鷹 /猫头鹰 (māotóuyīng) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 夜貓子 /夜猫子 (yèmāozi) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴞 /鸮 (xiāo) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 角鴟 /角鸱 (jiǎochī) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 梟鳥 /枭鸟 (xiāoniǎo) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 鵂鶹 /鸺鹠 (xiūliú) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴟鵂 /鸱鸺 (chīxiū) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴟鴞 /鸱鸮 (chīxiāo) — bird
• Chukchi: тыӄыԓ (tyqyḷ) — bird
• Chuvash: тӑмана (tămana) — bird
• West Circassian: кукумау (kwukwumawu) — bird
• Comanche: mupitsʉ — bird
• Coptic: ⲁⲙⲁⲩ (amau) — bird
• Cornish: cowan — bird
• Cornish: kowan — bird
• Corsican: ciocciu — bird
• Montagnais: uhu — bird
• Crimean Tatar: kökökmiyav — bird
• Crimean Tatar: muratquş — bird
• Czech: sova — bird
• Dalmatian: civet — bird
• Danish: ugle — bird
• Dutch: uil — bird
• Dzongkha: འུག་པ ('ug pa) — bird
• Elfdalian: ugel — bird
• Esperanto: strigo — bird
• Estonian: öökull — bird
• Estonian: kakk — bird
• Evenki: itiknija — bird
• Faroese: ugla — bird
• Faroese: ugli — bird
• Faroese: úla — bird
• Fijian: lulu — bird
• Finnish: pöllö — bird
• Finnish: pöllölintu — bird
• French: hibou — bird
• French: chouette — bird
• Saterland Frisian: Uule — bird
• West-Frisian: ûle — bird
• Friulian: çus — bird
• Galician: moucho — bird
• Georgian: ბუ (bu) — bird
• German: Eule — bird
• German: Uhu — bird
• German: Eulenvogel — bird
• Old High German: ūwila — bird
• Greek: κουκουβάγια f γλαύκα (koukouvágia) — bird
• Ancient Greek: γλαῦξ (glaûx) — bird
• Greenlandic: uppik — bird
• Haitian Creole: koukou — bird
• Hausa: mujiya — bird
• Hawaiian: pueo — bird
• Hebrew: ינשוף (yanshuf) — bird
• Hebrew: תנשמת (tinshemeth) — bird
• Hebrew: לילית (lilith) — bird
• Hebrew: אוח (oakh) — bird
• Hiligaynon: búkaw — bird
• Hindi: उल्लू (ullū) — bird
• Hindi: पेचक (pecak) — bird
• Hindi: उलूक (ulūk) — bird
• Hindi: कुचकुचवा (kuckucvā) — bird
• Hindi: खुसट (khusaṭ) — bird
• Hindi: घूक (ghūk) — bird
• Hindi: घूघू (ghūghū) — bird
• Hindi: घुघ्घू (ghughghū) — bird
• Hindi: घुग्घू (ghugghū) — bird
• Hopi: hotsko — bird
• Hungarian: bagoly — bird
• Ibanag: lappang — bird
• Icelandic: ugla — bird
• Ido: strigo — bird
• Igbo: ikwikwi — bird
• Ilocano: kullaaw — bird
• Ilocano: puek — bird
• Indonesian: burung hantu — bird
• Indonesian: burung suangi — bird
• Indonesian: celepuk — bird
• Indonesian: jampuk — bird
• Indonesian: kokok beluk — bird
• Indonesian: pungguk — bird
• Ingush: бов (bov) — bird
• Interlingua: uluco — bird
• Irish: ulchabhán — bird
• Irish: cailleach oíche — bird
• Italian: gufo — bird
• Italian: civetta — bird
• Ivatan: bantuluk — bird
• Ivatan: ituxoh — bird
• Japanese: フクロウ (fukurō) — bird
• Japanese: 梟 (fukurō) — bird
• Javanese: ꦢꦫꦺꦱ꧀ (darés) — bird
• Javanese: darès — bird
• Kaitag: тӏумя (ṭumə) — bird
• Kalasha: uhúk — bird
• Kalmyk: һурвлһ (ğurvlğ) — bird
• Kannada: ಗೂಬೆ (gūbe) — bird
• Kannada: ಘೂಕ (ghūka) — bird
• Kapampangan: kulayu — bird
• Karaim: sova — bird
• Kashubian: sowa — bird
• Kazakh: жапалақ (japalaq) — bird
• Khmer: ទីទុយ (tiituy) — bird
• Khmer: មៀម (miəm) — bird
• Kimaragang: puwok — bird
• Komi-Permyak: сюзь (śuź) — bird
• Kongo: dikuti — bird
• Kongo: kifungu — bird
• Korean: 올빼미 (olppaemi) — bird
• Korean: 부엉이 (bueong'i) — bird
• Kumyk: обуркъуш (oburquş) — bird
• Kumyk: обуръябалакъ (oburyabalaq) — bird
• Central Kurdish: کوند (kund) — bird
• Northern Kurdish: kund — bird
• Northern Kurdish: bu — bird
• Northern Kurdish: pû — bird
• Northern Kurdish: pepûk — bird
• Kyrgyz: үкү (ükü) — bird
• Ladin: ciuita — bird
• Lao: ເຄົ້າ (khao) — bird
• Latgalian: palāda — bird
• Latgalian: opūgs — bird
• Latin: būbō — bird
• Latin: noctua — bird
• Latin: strix — bird
• Latin: ulula — bird
• Latin: parra — bird
• Latvian: pūce — bird
• Latvian: apogs — bird
• Latvian: ūpis — bird
• Limburgish: uul — bird
• Lingala: esulúngútu — bird
• Lithuanian: pelėda — bird
• Lithuanian: also apuokas — bird
• Livonian: būs — bird
• Low German: Uul — bird
• Lun Bawang: fuek — bird
• Luxembourgish: Eil — bird
• Luxembourgish: Échel — bird
• Macedonian: був (buv) — bird
• Macedonian: ут (ut) — bird
• Macedonian: утка (utka) — bird
• Malagasy: vorombozaka — bird
• Malagasy: vorondolo — bird
• Malay: burung hantu — bird
• Malay: burung suangi — bird
• Malay: pungguk — bird
• Brunei Malay: burung antu — bird
• Malayalam: മൂങ്ങ (mūṅṅa) — bird
• Maltese: kokka — bird
• Manx: hullad — bird
• Marathi: घुबड (ghubaḍ) — bird
• Eastern Mari: тумна (tumna) — bird
• Western Mari: тымана (tymana) — bird
• Maricopa: mmdii — bird
• Mauritian Creole: ibou — bird
• Mazanderani: کوربی (kurebi) — bird
• Mazanderani: پیت کتله (pitketele) — bird
• Mi'kmaq: gu'gu'gwes — bird
• Mirandese: queruja — bird
• Central Sierra Miwok: huh·umi- — bird
• Moksha: корож (korož) — bird
• Mongolian: шар шувуу (šar šuvuu) — bird
• Mongolian: ууль (uulʹ) — bird
• Tagal Murut: puvok — bird
• Khiamniungan Naga: sāngkháu — bird
• Nanai: оксаран (oksaran) — bird
• Nanticoke: quoo-waant — bird
• Navajo: néʼéshjaaʼ — bird
• Nepali: लाटोकोसेरो (lāṭokosero) — bird
• Nepali: उल्लू (ullū) — bird
• Nepali: उल्लु (ullu) — bird
• Nepali: उलूक (ulūk) — bird
• Norman: cahouain — bird
• Norn: jugla — bird
• Northern Sotho: leribiši — bird
• Norwegian Bokmål: ugle — bird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ugle — bird
• Occitan: chòta — bird
• Occitan: nuèchola — bird
• Old Occitan: cavec — bird
• Odia: ପେଚା (pecā) — bird
• Ojibwe: gookooko'oo — bird
• Old English: ūle — bird
• Old Norse: ugla — bird
• O'odham: cukut — bird
• Oromo: uruungguu — bird
• Ossetian: уыг (wyg) — bird
• Ossetian: сидахъ (sidaq) — bird
• Pangasinan: kolayot — bird
• Pannonian Rusyn: сова (sova) — bird
• Pashto: کونګ (kong) — bird
• Persian: جغد (joġd) — bird
• Persian: بوف (buf) — bird
• Plautdietsch: Ul — bird
• Polabian: töľă — bird
• Polish: sowa — bird
• Portuguese: coruja — bird
• Portuguese: estrige — bird
• Quechua: tuku — bird
• Quechua: paqpaka — bird
• Quechua: ch'usiqa — bird
• Quechua: huku — bird
• Quechua: juku — bird
• Rohingya: feñsa — bird
• Romanian: bufniță — bird
• Romansh: tschuetta — bird
• Russian: сова́ (sová) — bird
• Russian: фи́лин (fílin) — bird
• Russian: сыч (syč) — bird
• Sakizaya: deku — bird
• Inari-Sami: skyelfi — bird
• Inari-Sami: oppuu — bird
• Northern Sami: skuolfi — bird
• Northern Sami: idjaloddi — bird
• Skolt-Sami: hõˊppi — bird
• Samoan: lulu — bird
• Sanskrit: उलूक (ulūka) — bird
• Sanskrit: पेचक (pecaka) — bird
• Sanskrit: घूक (ghūka) — bird
• Santali: ᱫᱩᱱᱫᱩ (dundu) — bird
• Santali: ᱠᱚᱠᱚᱨ (kôkôr) — bird
• Sardinian: tirulia — bird
• Sardinian: cuccumeu — bird
• Sardinian: cuccumiau — bird
• Scots: hoolet — bird
• Scots: yuggle — bird
• Scottish Gaelic: cailleach-oidhche — bird
• Scottish Gaelic: comhachag — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: сова — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: јеја — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: јејина — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: буљина — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: sova — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: jeja — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: jejina — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: buljina — bird
• Sherpa: འུག་པ ('ug pa) — bird
• Shona: zizi — bird
• Sicilian: cuccu — bird
• Sicilian: cucca — bird
• Sicilian: cuccuvìu — bird
• Silesian: uojle — bird
• Slovak: sova — bird
• Slovak: výr — bird
• Slovene: sova — bird
• Lower Sorbian: sowa — bird
• Upper Sorbian: sowa — bird
• Spanish: búho — bird
• Spanish: lechuza — bird
• Spanish: tecolote — bird
• Spanish: mochuelo — bird
• Spanish: autillo — bird
• Spanish: cárabo — bird
• Spanish: cuco — bird
• Spanish: sijú cotunto — bird
• Spanish: caburé — bird
• Spanish: chuncho — bird
• Spanish: anteojo — bird
• Spanish: tucúquere — bird
• Sranan Tongo: owrukuku — bird
• Sundanese: bueuk — bird
• Swahili: bundi — bird
• Swedish: uggla — bird
• Swedish: uv — bird
• Sylheti: ꠚꠦꠌꠣ (fésa) — bird
• Sylheti: ꠙꠦꠌꠣ (fesa) — bird
• Tagalog: kuwago — bird
• Tajik: ҷуғз (juġz) — bird
• Tajik: бум (bum) — bird
• Tamil: ஆந்தை (āntai) — bird
• Tamil: கூகை (kūkai) — bird
• Taos: kǫ̏wéna — bird
• Tatar: ябалак (yabalaq) — bird
• Tatar: байгыш (bayğış) — bird
• Telugu: గుడ్లగూబ (guḍlagūba) — bird
• Telugu: గూబ (gūba) — bird
• Thai: นกฮูก (nók hûuk) — bird
• Tibetan: འུག་པ། ('ug pa) — bird
• Tigrinya: ጉንጓ (gungwa) — bird
• Tocharian B: uluke — bird
• Tok Pisin: pugu — bird
• Tooro: kabyasi class 9 — bird
• Tooro: ehiihizi class 9 — bird
• Turkish: baykuş — bird
• Turkmen: baýguş — bird
• Tuvan: межерген (mejergen) — bird
• Udi: гуъгеъл (gu̱ge̱l) — bird
• Ukrainian: сова (sova) — bird
• Ukrainian: сич (syč) — bird
• Unami: kukhus — bird
• Urdu: الو (ullū) — bird
• Uyghur: مۈشۈك ياپىلاق (müshük yapilaq) — bird
• Uyghur: ھۇۋقۇش (huwqush) — bird
• Uzbek: boyqush — bird
• Uzbek: boyo'g'li — bird
• Uzbek: yapaloqqush — bird
• Veps: hirʹpulo — bird
• Vietnamese: cú — bird
• Vilamovian: aojł — bird
• Volapük: lül — bird
• Walloon: houprale — bird
• Waray-Waray: bukaw — bird
• Welsh: tylluan — bird
• Welsh: gwdihŵ — bird
• Woiwurrung: muk muk — bird
• Wolof: looy mi — bird
• Yakut: мэкчиргэ (mekčirge) — bird
• Yámana: sírra — bird
• Yiddish: סאָווע (sove) — bird
• Yoruba: òwìwí — bird
• Isthmus Zapotec: dama' — bird
• Zazaki: kund (diq) — bird
• Zealandic: ulen — bird
• Zhuang: roeggyaeujmeuz — bird
• Zulu: isikhova — bird