name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
yawn
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: yôn
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UK: /jɔːn/
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US: yôn
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US: /jɔn/
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cot-caught-merger: yän
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cot-caught-merger: /jɑn/
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Australian: /joːn/
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homophone: yon (cot–caught merger)
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rhymes with -ɔːn
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CMU ARPABET: Y AO1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A particularly boring event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn. I was glad when it finished.
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verb
Meaning 4
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.
- c. 1773, John Trumbull, The Progress of Dulness, Exeter, New Hampshire: Henry Ranlet, 1794, Part 1, p. 19, And while above he spends his breath, The yawning audience nod beneath.
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verb
Meaning 5
To say while yawning.
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verb
Meaning 6
To present a wide opening; gape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.
- Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 7
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- to yawn for fat livings
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noun
Meaning 9
an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he could not suppress a yawn
- the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop
- he apologized for his oscitancy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yawning, oscitance, oscitancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
Narrower terms: pandiculation
verb
Meaning 10
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The child yawned during the long performance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
verb
Meaning 11
be wide open
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the deep gaping canyon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gape, yaw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
Americanized spelling of the German surname Jahn
Partly from Middle English yanen, yonen, yenen (“to yawn”), from Old English ġeonian, ġinian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *ginōn, from Proto-Germanic *ginōną (“to yawn”); and partly from Middle English gonen (“to gape, yawn”), from Old English gānian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn, from Proto-Germanic *gainōną (“to yawn, gape”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhi-, *ǵheyh1- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with North Frisian jåne (“to yawn”), Saterland Frisian jaanje, joanje (“to yawn”), Middle Dutch genen, ghenen (“to yawn”), German Low German jahnen (“to yawn”), German gähnen (“to yawn, gape”), dialectal Swedish gana (“to gape, gawk”), dialectal Norwegian gina (“to gape”). Compare also Old Church Slavonic зѣѭ (zějǫ) (Russian зи́нуть (zínutʹ), зия́ть (zijátʹ)), Greek χαίνω (khaínō)), Latin hiō, Tocharian A śew, Tocharian B kāyā, Lithuanian žioti, Sanskrit जेह् (jeh)
Across languages
Translations
316 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَثَاؤُب (taṯāʔub) — the action of yawning
- Arabic: تثاؤب (tasāʔub) — the action of yawning
- Aragonese: badallo — the action of yawning
- Armenian: հորանջ (horanǰ) — the action of yawning
- Assamese: হামি (hami) — the action of yawning
- Asturian: bocéu — the action of yawning
- Azerbaijani: əsnəmə — the action of yawning
- Basque: aharrausi — the action of yawning
- Basque: ahozabalkada — the action of yawning
- Bengali: হাই (hai) — the action of yawning
- Central Bikol: hagab — the action of yawning
- Central Bikol: hakay — the action of yawning
- Bulgarian: прозявка (prozjavka) — the action of yawning
- Catalan: badall — the action of yawning
- Chinese Mandarin: 哈欠 (hāqian) — the action of yawning
- Chinese Mandarin: 呵欠 (hēqiàn) — the action of yawning
- Corsican: bocchipenzulu — the action of yawning
- Czech: zívnutí — the action of yawning
- Czech: zívání — the action of yawning
- Danish: gab — the action of yawning
- Dutch: geeuw — the action of yawning
- Dutch: gaap — the action of yawning
- Esperanto: oscedo — the action of yawning
- Estonian: haigutus — the action of yawning
- Faroese: geisp — the action of yawning
- Finnish: haukotus — the action of yawning
- Finnish: haukottelu — the action of yawning
- French: bâillement — the action of yawning
- Friulian: sossedade — the action of yawning
- Friulian: sossedament — the action of yawning
- Friulian: sbadai — the action of yawning
- Friulian: sbadaj — the action of yawning
- Galician: bocexo — the action of yawning
- Georgian: მთქნარება (mtknareba) — the action of yawning
- German: Gähnen — the action of yawning
- Greek: χασμουρητό (chasmouritó) — the action of yawning
- Ancient Greek: χάσμη (khásmē) — the action of yawning
- Hebrew: פִּהוּק (pihuk) — the action of yawning
- Hindi: जम्हाई (jamhāī) — the action of yawning
- Hungarian: ásítás — the action of yawning
- Icelandic: geispi — the action of yawning
- Ido: ocito — the action of yawning
- Ido: beo — the action of yawning
- Indonesian: kuap — the action of yawning
- Ingrian: haikotus — the action of yawning
- Ingrian: haikutos — the action of yawning
- Irish: méanfach — the action of yawning
- Italian: sbadiglio — the action of yawning
- Japanese: 欠伸 (akubi) — the action of yawning
- Kashmiri: زامَن (zāman) — the action of yawning
- Kazakh: есінеу (esıneu) — the action of yawning
- Korean: 하품 (hapum) — the action of yawning
- Central Kurdish: باوێشک (bawêşk) — the action of yawning
- Laki: ئاژاژِکی (ajajikî) — the action of yawning
- Laki: ئاژاشِکی (ajaşikî) — the action of yawning
- Northern Kurdish: bawişk — the action of yawning
- Southern Kurdish: ئاژاژِگی (ajajigî) — the action of yawning
- Southern Kurdish: دەمەکاوکی (demekawkî) — the action of yawning
- Kyrgyz: эстөө (estöö) — the action of yawning
- Ladino: bostijo — the action of yawning
- Latin: oscitātiō — the action of yawning
- Latvian: žāvas — the action of yawning
- Lithuanian: žiovulys — the action of yawning
- Macedonian: проѕевка (prodzevka) — the action of yawning
- Macedonian: зев (zev) — the action of yawning
- Malay: kuap — the action of yawning
- Malayalam: കോട്ടുവായ് (kōṭṭuvāyŭ) — the action of yawning
- Māori: hītako — the action of yawning
- Mongolian: эвшээлт (evšeelt) — the action of yawning
- Muong: ngáp — the action of yawning
- Old English: ġinung — the action of yawning
- Old English: gānung — the action of yawning
- Persian: خمیازه (xamiyâze) — the action of yawning
- Persian: دهاندره (dahân-dare) — the action of yawning
- Persian: فاژه (fâže) — the action of yawning
- Polish: ziewanie — the action of yawning
- Portuguese: bocejo — the action of yawning
- Russian: зева́ние (zevánije) — the action of yawning
- Russian: зево́та (zevóta) — the action of yawning
- Russian: зево́к (zevók) — the action of yawning
- Sardinian: cascu — the action of yawning
- Sardinian: casciu — the action of yawning
- Serbo-Croatian: зијев — the action of yawning
- Serbo-Croatian: зев — the action of yawning
- Serbo-Croatian: zijev — the action of yawning
- Serbo-Croatian: zev — the action of yawning
- Slovene: zehanje — the action of yawning
- Spanish: bostezo — the action of yawning
- Swahili: mwayo — the action of yawning
- Swedish: gäspning — the action of yawning
- Swedish: gäsp — the action of yawning
- Tagalog: hikab — the action of yawning
- Tamil: கொட்டாவி விடு (koṭṭāvi viṭu) — the action of yawning
- Telugu: ఆవులింత (āvulinta) — the action of yawning
- Thai: หาว (hǎao) — the action of yawning
- Tibetan: ཨ་སྟོང (a stong) — the action of yawning
- Tibetan: གླལ་སྒྱིང (glal sgying) — the action of yawning
- Turkish: esneme — the action of yawning
- Udmurt: вушъён (vušjon) — the action of yawning
- Udmurt: вушъем (vušjem) — the action of yawning
- Ukrainian: по́зіхи (pózixy) — the action of yawning
- Ukrainian: позіха́ння (pozixánnja) — the action of yawning
- Uzbek: esnoq — the action of yawning
- Vietnamese: ngáp — the action of yawning
- Walloon: båye — the action of yawning
- Woiwurrung: yako — the action of yawning
- Zyphe: hang — the action of yawning
- Aklanon: huy-ab — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Albanian: hap gojën — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Southern Altai: эстеер (esteer) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chungli Ao: wa mesa — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Arabic: تَثَاءَبَ (taṯāʔaba) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Arabic: اتاوب (etāweb) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Arabic: اتثاوب (attāwab) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Aragonese: badallar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Armenian: հորանջել (horanǰel) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Aromanian: hascu — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Aromanian: cascu — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Assamese: হামিয়া (hamia) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Asturian: bociar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Azerbaijani: əsnəmək — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Bashkir: иҫнәү (iśnəw) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Basque: aharrausi egin — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Belarusian: пазяха́ць (pazjaxácʹ) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Belarusian: пазяхну́ць (pazjaxnúcʹ) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Belarusian: зява́ць (zjavácʹ) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Belarusian: зяўну́ць (zjawnúcʹ) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Bengali: হাই তোলা (hai tōla) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Central Bikol: hagab — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Central Bikol: hakay — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Bulgarian: прозя́вам се (prozjávam se) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Bulgarian: прозе́я се (prozéja se) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Bulgarian: прози́на се (prozína se) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Burmese: သမ်း (sam:) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Catalan: badallar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Cebuano: langhab — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Cheyenne: -taotse — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chinese Cantonese: 打喊露 (daa2 haam3 lou6) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Hakka Chinese: 擘嘴 (pak-choi) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chinese: 哈唏 (zh-min-nan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chinese: 喝頷 /喝颔 (hoah-ām) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chinese: 擘哈 (zh-min-nan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chinese Mandarin: 打哈欠 (dǎ hāqian) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chinese Mandarin: 打呵欠 (dǎ hēqiàn) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Chinese Mandarin: 打阿老 (dǎ ālǎo) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Corsican: bocchipenzulà — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Czech: zívat — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Czech: zívnout — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Danish: gabe — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Dutch: geeuwen — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Dutch: gapen — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Elfdalian: gåpå — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Esperanto: oscedi — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Estonian: haigutama — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Faroese: geispa — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Finnish: haukotella — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Franco-Provençal: bâlyer — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- French: bâiller — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Friulian: sossedâ — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Friulian: sošedâ — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Friulian: sbadaiâ — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Friulian: sbadajâ — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Galician: bocexar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Galician: boquexar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Galician: desqueixar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Georgian: მთქნარება (mtknareba) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- German: gähnen — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Greek: χασμουριέμαι (chasmouriémai) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ancient Greek: χάσκω (kháskō) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ancient Greek: χασμάομαι (khasmáomai) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Hebrew: פִּהֵק (pihek) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Hindi: जंभना (jambhnā) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Hindi: जँभाई लेना (jambhāī lenā) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Hindi: अंगड़ाई लेना (aṅgṛāī lenā) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Hungarian: ásít — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Icelandic: geispa — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ido: ocitar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ido: bear — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Indonesian: menguap — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ingrian: haikotella — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Irish: déan méanfach — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Irish: lig méanfach — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Italian: sbadigliare — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Japanese: 欠伸する (akubi suru) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Old Javanese: hwab — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Kabyle: fa — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Kalmyk: эвшәх (evşäx) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Kazakh: есінеу (esıneu) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Khmer: ស្ងាប (sngaap) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Konkani: जांबय (jāmbay) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Korean: 하품하다 (hapumhada) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Central Kurdish: باوێشک لێدان (bawêşk lêdan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Northern Kurdish: bawîşîn — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Kyrgyz: эстөө (estöö) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ladino: bostejar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Lao: ຫາວ (hāo) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Latin: oscitō — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Latin: hiō — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Latvian: žāvāties — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Lithuanian: žiovauti — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Lushootseed: ʔagwaləb — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Luxembourgish: gaapsen — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Macedonian: се проѕева (se prodzeva) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Macedonian: зева (zeva) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Macedonian: зевне (zevne) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Malay: kuap — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Malay: uap — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Māori: tūwaharoa — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Māori: hītako — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Māori: hītakotako — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Māori: kōwaha — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Māori: hāmamamama — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Māori: hāmama popoia — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Marathi: जांभई (jāmbhaī) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Mon: ဒအာပ် — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Mongolian: эвшээх (evšeex) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Norman: s'êbailli — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjespe — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Norwegian Nynorsk: geispa — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Occitan: badalhar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Old English: ġinian — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Old English: gānian — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ossetian: зӕмбын (zæmbyn) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Pashto: ارږمی کښل (arẓamay kẍǝl) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Persian: خمیازه کشیدن (xamyâze kešidan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Persian: فاژیدن (fâžidan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Persian: دهاندره کردن (dahân-darre kardan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Persian: فاژه کشیدن (fâža kašidan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Polish: ziewać — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Polish: ziewnąć — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Portuguese: bocejar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Quechua: hanyay — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Romanian: căsca — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Romansh: susdar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Russian: зева́ть (zevátʹ) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Russian: зевну́ть (zevnútʹ) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Samoan: māvava — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Sardinian: cascare — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Sardinian: cascŕi — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Sardinian: cascai — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Scottish Gaelic: mèaran — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Serbo-Croatian: зе́вати — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Serbo-Croatian: зије́вати — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Serbo-Croatian: zévati — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Serbo-Croatian: zijévati — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Sicilian: badagghiari — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Slovak: zívať — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Slovak: zívnuť — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Slovene: zehati — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Spanish: bostezar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Sundanese: angob — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Swahili: -piga miayo — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Swahili: -enda miayo — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Swedish: gäspa — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tagalog: maghikab — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tajik: хамёза кашидан (xamyoza kašidan) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tamil: கொட்டாவி (koṭṭāvi) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tarantino: aláre — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tatar: иснәү (isnäw) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Telugu: ఆవులించు (āvuliñcu) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tetum: maas — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Thai: หาว (hǎao) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tibetan: གཡལ (g.yal) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tibetan: གླལ (glal) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tibetan: ཨ་སྟོང་རྒྱག (a stong rgyag) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tibetan: གླལ་སྒྱིང་བྱེད (glal sgying byed) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tibetan: ཁ་གཡལ (kha g.yal) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tibetan: ཁ་གླལ (kha glal) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tibetan: གཡལ་སྟོང་རྒྱག (g.yal stong rgyag) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tocharian B: kāy- — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Tongan: mamao — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Turkish: esnemek — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ottoman Turkish: اسنمك (esnemek) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Turkmen: pallamak — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ukrainian: позіха́ти (pozixáty) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ukrainian: позіхну́ти (pozixnúty) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ukrainian: зіва́ти (ziváty) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Ukrainian: зівну́ти (zivnúty) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Urdu: اَن٘گْڑائی لینا (angṛāī lenā) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Urdu: جماہی لینا (jamāhī lenā) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Uyghur: ئەسنىمەك (esnimek) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Uzbek: esnamoq — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Venetan: sbadagiar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Venetan: badagiar — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Vietnamese: ngáp — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Volapük: cavön — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Vurës: m̄am̄ëv — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Walloon: båyî — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Welsh: dylyfu gên — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Welsh: cegrythu — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Welsh: ymagor — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Woiwurrung: yarramoen — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Yiddish: גענעצן (genetsn) — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Zyphe: hang — open the mouth and take a deep breath
- Bulgarian: зея́ (zejá) — to present a wide opening
- Catalan: obrir-se — to present a wide opening
- Danish: gabe — to present a wide opening
- Finnish: ammottaa — to present a wide opening
- French: béer — to present a wide opening
- Hungarian: tátong — to present a wide opening
- Icelandic: gapa — to present a wide opening
- Ido: ocitar — to present a wide opening
- Ido: bear — to present a wide opening
- Latin: dehīscō — to present a wide opening
- Macedonian: зинува (zinuva) — to present a wide opening
- Māori: kohera — to present a wide opening
- Māori: kowhera — to present a wide opening
- Romanian: deschide — to present a wide opening
- Romanian: a căsca — to present a wide opening
- Russian: зия́ть (zijátʹ) — to present a wide opening
- Spanish: abrirse — to present a wide opening
- Tamil: பிள (piḷa) — to present a wide opening
- Tamil: ஆவி (āvi) — to present a wide opening
- Tibetan: གླལ (glal) — to present a wide opening
- Tibetan: གླལ་སྒྱིང་བྱེད (glal sgying byed) — to present a wide opening
- Woiwurrung: yerram-yerram mooni — to present a wide opening