woo

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.
2. (often, transitive) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
3. (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love.

Intj

Expressing joy or excitement; woohoo, yahoo.

Adj

Alternative form of woo woo.

Noun

Alternative form of woo woo.

Concepts

courtiser

faire la cour

gagner

recruter

tribunal

enrôler

chercher à plaire

provoquer sexuellement

draguer

racoler

rechercher

🔍

solliciter

vaincre

Synonymes

court

attract

romance

canvass

enrol

flirt

😘

rally

enlist

recruit

encircle

pay court to

solicit

make love to

entice

accrue

secure

seduce

gain

get

acquire

suck up

earn

win

obtain

profit

allure

fawn

ask in marriage

presume

pull

pursue

pursuit

reach

seek after

sleep with

spark

spoon

🥄

sue

suppose

wanton

wheedle

win over

bind around

earn a living

make advances

approach defiantly

make a play

make a pass

put the moves on

pressure someone for sex

Traductions

cortejar

corteggiare

namorar

umwerben

het hof maken

werben

den Hof machen

ingaggiare

werven

aliciar

aanwerven

vrijen

arruolare

anwerben

aanbrengen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wuː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wowen

Hérité de ancien anglais: wōgian

Appartenant à écossais: wow

Appartenant à ancien anglais: wōg

Appartenant à vieux norrois: vá

In summary

From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).