roar
Betekenis (English)
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- To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
- Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
- Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
- To proceed vigorously.
- To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
- To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
- To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
- (informal) To cry.
Synonyms
make noise
raise one’s voice
low rumble
loud voice
call loudly
long loud deep sounds
ontery
let out a roar
deafening noise
cry of any animal
utter a roar
laugh loudly
roar loudly
sound indistinctly
cry loudly
holler out
unpitched sound
articulate sound
laugh heartily
loud laughter
loud noise
loud sound
make a roaring noise
shout at
sound made by monsters
rumbling noise
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɹɔː/
Etimologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).
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