wow

Etymology 1
Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from ; ultimately a natural exclamation.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:wow

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Hijazi Arabic: وي, وَه, واو
 * Armenian: ջա՜ն, հրաշալի է
 * Assamese: আও, বাঃ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Esperanto: ŭaŭ
 * Estonian: vau
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: ვაშა
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βαβαί
 * Hiligaynon: aba
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , azta!, húha, , , azt a mindenit
 * Italian:, , per tutti i diavoli, per la miseria, ,
 * Japanese:, わあ, ワオ
 * Korean: 우와,, 와우
 * Ladin: putega, bestia, ma ies'a mat
 * Latin: papae
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Maori: ānana, ēhe
 * Navajo: doo lá dóʼ da
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, o rany
 * Portuguese:, uia,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, vay canına
 * Urdu:, وا
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh: waw
 * Yoruba: ọmọ!
 * Zazaki: way caro


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: سُبْحَانَ الله
 * Armenian: մաման-ծաղկաման
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŭaŭ
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βαβαί
 * Hebrew: ואו
 * Hiligaynon: aba
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , azta!, húha, , , azt a mindenit
 * Icelandic: vá
 * Italian: uao
 * Japanese: わあ,
 * Khmer: ចុម, វ៉វ់
 * Korean:
 * Latin: hui
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:, wah
 * Maori: ānana, ēhe, anō, wī
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, uia, , ena!
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , , , , , , , ,  ,  , пфф
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, vay canına,
 * Ukrainian: нічого собі, нічосі
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: waw
 * Yiddish: הו־האַ!
 * Zazaki: wış, wış, wış, wış


 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Hawaiian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вау
 * Roman: vau

Verb

 * 1)  To amaze or awe.

Translations

 * German:,  ,
 * Zazaki: wey lımın

Noun

 * 1)  Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc.

Etymology 2
Imitative.

Noun

 * 1)  A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.

Etymology 1
From, used in the sarcastic Internet slang.

Verb

 * 1)  to become outdated; to become old news

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
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Interjection

 * 1)  wow; whoa

Etymology
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Etymology 1
Attested in  1500. Probably originally. Compare 🇨🇬.

Interjection

 * 1)  woe
 * 1)  woe
 * 1)  woe

Etymology 2
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to woo, court; to solicit affection (from someone)

Etymology 3
Attested from the 18th century.

Noun

 * 1) a howl, barking (as of a dog)

Verb

 * 1) to howl, to bark

Etymology 4
Sound shift from.

Verb

 * 1) to beckon, to signal by waving

Etymology
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Interjection

 * 1)  an indication of excitement or surprise