meow

Etymology
Alteration of earlier, from , , of origin.

Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , (whence modern 🇨🇬, ), 🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬. Some spellings were modelled on.

Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century, mostly replacing. Possibly because phonetic change meant that word had ceased to approximate a cat's cry. Contrast the pronunciation of  compared to modern ).

Interjection

 * 1) The cry of a cat.
 * 2)  Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
 * 3)  Expressing seductiveness, mimicking a growl.
 * 1)  Expressing seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bashkir: мыяу
 * Belarusian: мяў, мяу
 * Bikol Central: ngiyaw
 * Bulgarian: мя́у
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 喵
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, miav
 * Dutch:
 * Dzongkha: སྨེ
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, näu, mjäu, njäu
 * Faroese: mjarr, mjavv
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: ʻoau, ʻowau
 * Hebrew: מיאו
 * Hindi: म्याऊँ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: miau
 * Irish: míáú
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, にゃん
 * Jarai: meo
 * Kannada: ಮಿಯಾವ್
 * Kazakh: мияу
 * Khmer: ង៉ាវៗ
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Lao: ເໝີວຍາ
 * Latgalian: ņau
 * Latin: miau
 * Latvian: ņau, mjau
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: miau
 * Malay: ngeong, ,
 * Mongolian: мяу
 * Nepali: म्याउ
 * Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨾᩢ᩠ᨿ᩠ᩅ
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: miamha
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мјау, мњау
 * Roman: mjau, mnjau
 * Slovak: mňau
 * Slovene: mjav
 * Spanish:, , ñew
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ingaw, ngiyaw
 * Tamil: மியாவ்
 * Telugu: మ్యావ్
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: няв
 * Vietnamese:, , ,
 * Volapük: miov
 * Yiddish: מיאַו

Noun

 * 1)  The cry of a cat.
 * 2)  The drug mephedrone.
 * 1)  The drug mephedrone.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: мяу
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 喵
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, zamňoukání
 * Danish: miav, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: mjäu, näu
 * Faroese: mjarr
 * Finnish: nau'unta,, naukuna
 * French:, , nyaw
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, Gemiaue, Gemaunze, Miauen
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: miau
 * Irish: meamhlach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ニャー
 * Kapampangan: miyaw, ngeung
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: ņaudiens
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay: ngeong,, ngiauan
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: miyaw ñiy
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мјаукање, мјаук
 * Roman: mjaukanje,
 * Slovak: mňau
 * Slovene: mjavkanje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ingaw, ngiyaw
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: meo meo, mèo mèo
 * Volapük: miov


 * Hindi: म्याऊं म्याऊं

Verb

 * 1)  Of a cat, to make its cry.

Translations

 * Arabic:, تَمَوَّأَ
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: miyavlamaq
 * Czech:, mňouknout
 * Danish: mjave
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: näuguma, kräunuma
 * Faroese: mjarra, mjavma, mjavva, mjóma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , mauzen
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: mjálma
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: miaular
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: にゃあと鳴く,
 * Kapampangan: magmiyaw, magngeung
 * Kazakh: мияулау
 * Korean: 야옹하다
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: میاواندن
 * Latin: felio, maumo
 * Latvian: ņaudēt
 * Lithuanian: miauksėti
 * Malay:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: мяалах
 * Norman: miaûner, vioûler
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мјаукати, мјаукнути
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: mňaukať
 * Slovene: mjavkati
 * Spanish:, hacer miau, (Cantabria)
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: umingaw, ngumiyaw
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: mawlamak
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: znjaołar
 * Volapük: