meow

Significado (Inglés)

Intj

1. Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
2. (colloquial) Used in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
3. (colloquial) Used to express seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Noun

1. (countable) The cry of a cat.
2. (UK, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.

Verb

Of a cat, to make its cry.

Conceptos

miau

maullido

maullar

ñau

ñew

Sinónimos

mew

miaow

miaow

mewing

miaou

miaul

meou

meowing

bugle

roar

bleat

bray

laugh

😆

cry

😢

Traducciones

miaou

miao

miauw

miau

miyav

miauler

miau

νιάου

νιαούρισμα

miauen

miaulement

νιαουρίζω

mèu

miauwen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/miˈaʊ̯/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: mewen

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: mauje

Cognado con frisón occidental: miaukje

Cognado con neerlandés: miauwen

Cognado con Middle Low German: mauwen

Cognado con alto alemán medio: mouen

Cognado con alemán: miauen

In summary

Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin.
Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to meow”), West Frisian miaukje (“to meow”), Dutch miauwen (“to meow”), Middle Low German mauwen, mawen, mouwen (“to meow”) (whence modern German Low German mauen, miauen (“to meow”)), Middle High German mouen, modern German miauen (“to meow”). Some spellings were modelled on French miaou.
Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century, mostly replacing mew, possibly because phonetic change meant that word had ceased to approximate a cat's cry (contrast the pronunciation of Middle English mewen /ˈmɛu̯ən/ compared to modern /ˈmjuː/).