ouh

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u/
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Interjection

ouh

  1. ooh, ouch
    Ouh ! Ça me fait mal !Ouch! That hurts!
    Ouh ! Malheur à moi !Ooh! Woe is me!
    Ouh ! là là ! c’est grave !Ouch! Oh dear! That's serious!
  2. boo, hiss
    Ouh, la menteuse ! Elle est amoureuse !Ooh, that liar! She is in love!
  3. tuwhit tuwhoo (hoot of an owl)

Old High German

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.

    Adverb

    ouh

    1. also, too, as well

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: ouch
      • Alemannic German: au
      • Cimbrian: òch
      • Central Franconian:
      • German: auch
      • Rhine Franconian:
        • Pennsylvania German: aa
      • Yiddish: אויך (oykh)