groan

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
2. A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.
3. A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.

Verb

1. To make a groan.
2. To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden.
3. (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.

Concepts

gémir

gémissement

grogner

râler

geindre

râle

gronder

grognement

bruire

plainte

souffrir

être inquiet

fredonner

hurler

mugir

murmurer

ronfler

rugir

vrombir

pleurer

pleurnicher

se lamenter

soupir

grondement

râlement

plaindre

bêlons

gémis

gémissent

gémissez

gémissons

pleurnicherie

soupirer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɹəʊn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”).
Cognate with Scots grain (“to cry, scream”), Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”).
The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb.

Phrases

Tony ends this with a groan .

Tony se termine par un gémissement.