English

Etymology 1
From OE. mæw, cognate with Dutch meeuw, French mauve, mouette, Frisian meau, German Möwe, Icelandic máfur, Lithuanian mevas, Polish mewa, and probably with Old Norse m�r, Swedish mås, Danish måge, Norwegian måke, all derived from PG. *maigwis.

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A gull, seagull.

Translations
trans-top|gull or seagull
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Japanese: � (���, kamome)
Korean: �매기 (galmaegi)
Scottish Gaelic: faoileann f
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Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic

Noun
en-noun

1. The crying sound of a cat; a meow.

Translations
trans-top|crying sound of a cat
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Japanese: ��� (ny�)
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Verb
en-verb

1. context|of a cat To meow.

Interjection
en-intj

1. A cat's cry.
2. (w:furry fandom|furry fandom) A generic noise used by feline characters, which by context and inflection may convey several emotions, such as greeting, questioning, acknowledgment, contentment, etc.

es:mew
fa:mew
fr:mew
io:mew
it:mew
te:mew
vi:mew
zh:mew

• 2007-11-05 14:13 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Scottish Gaelic]]

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