ouh

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.

Adverb

ouh

  1. also, too, as well

Descendants
  • Middle High German: ouch
    • Alemannic German: au
    • Alemannic German: ou
    • Cimbrian: òch
    • German: auch
    • Luxembourgish: och
    • Hunsrik: aach
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German: aa
    • Yiddish: אויך (oykh)
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