wow

See also: WoW

wow - English

Pronunciation

enPR: wou, IPA: /waʊ̯/

Interjection

wow

An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
- Wow, I sure was surprised!
An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.
- Wow! How do they do that?
Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
- Wow… good job using all of our supplies on the first day.

Synonyms

See also wow

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans: sjoe (af)
Arabic:
- Hijazi Arabic: وي‎ (way), وَه‎ (wah), واو‎ (wāw)
Armenian: ջա՜ն, հրաշալի է (ǰa^!n, hrašali ē)
Assamese: আও (aü), বাঃ (bao)
Catalan: vaja (ca)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哇 (zh) (wà), 呀 (zh) (yà), 啊 (zh) (à)
Esperanto: ŭaŭ
Estonian: vau
Finnish: vau! (fi), oho (fi)
French: waouh (fr), ouah (fr), oh là là (fr)
Georgian: ვაშა (vaša)
German: toll! (de), boah! (de), Junge! (de) m, Mensch! (de) m
Greek:
- Ancient: βαβαί (babaí)
Hiligaynon: abá
Hindi: वाह (hi) (vāh)
Hungarian: ejha! (hu), hűha!, hű (hu), tyűha!, tyű!, azta!, húha, hú (hu), fú (hu), azt a mindenit
Italian: accipicchia (it), accidenti (it), per tutti i diavoli, per la miseria, incredibile (it), perbacco (it)
Japanese: うわ (ja) (uwa), わあ (wā), ワオ (wao)
Korean: 우와 (uwa), 와 (ko) (wa), 와우 (wau)
Ladin: putega, bestia, ma ies'a mat
Latin: papae
Macedonian: леле (mk) (lele)
Malay: wau
Maori: ānana, ēhe
Navajo: doo lá dóʼ da
Persian: وه‎ (fa) (vah), به‎ (fa) (bah)
Polish: wow! (pl), o rany
Portuguese: uau (pt), uia, nossa (pt)
Romanian: uau
Russian: ух ты́ (ru) (ux tý), ва́у (ru) (váu) (neologism), ура́ (ru) (urá)
Spanish: ¡guau! (es), ¡guao! (es), hala (es), arrea (es), atiza (es), órale (es)
Swedish: oj (sv)
Turkish: vay (tr), vay canına
Urdu: واہ‎ (ur) (vāh), وا‎ (vā)
Walloon: oufti (wa), ayayay (wa)
Welsh: waw
Yoruba: ọmọ!
Zazaki: way caro

Afrikaans: sjoe (af)
Armenian: մաման-ծաղկաման (maman-całkaman)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哇塞 (zh) (wāsài), 哇 (zh) (wā), 哎呀 (zh) (āiyā)
Dutch: wauw (nl)
Esperanto: ŭaŭ
Finnish: vau (fi), oho (fi), jukoliste (fi)
French: ouah (fr), oh (fr)
German: wow (de), boah (de)
Greek:
- Ancient: βαβαί (babaí)
Hebrew: ואו‎ (waw)
Hiligaynon: abá
Hindi: वाह (hi) (vāh)
Hungarian: ejha! (hu), hűha!, hű (hu), tyűha!, tyű!, azta!, húha, hú (hu), fú (hu), azt a mindenit
Icelandic: vá
Italian: uao
Japanese: わあ (wā), すごい！ (ja) (sugoi)
Khmer: ចុម (chom), វ៉វ់ (vorv)
Korean: 와 (ko) (wa)
Latin: hui
Lithuanian: vau (lt)
Malay: wau, wah
Maori: ānana, ēhe, anō, wī
Persian: واه‎ (fa) (vâh), وا‎ (fa) (vâ)
Polish: wow (pl)
Romanian: uau
Portuguese: uau (pt), uia, nossa (pt), ena!
Russian: ого́ (ru) (ogó), ого́ (ru) (ohó), ничего́ себе́! (ru) (ničevó sebé!), ба (ru) (ba), ишь ты (ru) (išʹ ty), на́до же (ru) (nádo že), обалде́ть (ru) (obaldétʹ), ва́у (ru) (váu) (neologism), здо́рово (ru) (zdórovo), ух ты (ru) (ux ty), офиге́ть (ru) (ofigétʹ), охуе́ть (ru) (oxujétʹ) (vulgar), пизде́ц (ru) (pizdéc) (vulgar), пфф (pff)
Spanish: guau (es), guao (es)
Thai: ว้าว (th) (waaw)
Turkish: vay (tr), vay canına, oha! (tr) (colloquial)
Ukrainian: нічого собі (ničoho sobi), нічосі (ničosi) (slang)
Vietnamese: ồ (vi)
Welsh: waw
Yiddish: הו־האַ!‎ (hu-ha!)
Zazaki: wış, wış, wış, wış

Verb

wow (third-person singular simple present wows, present participle wowing, simple past and past participle wowed)

(transitive, informal) To amaze or awe.
- He really wowed the audience.

Translations

German: begeistern (de), in Begeisterung versetzen (de), tief beeindrucken (de)
Zazaki: wey lımın

Noun

wow (plural wows)

(informal) Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc.
- He did? That's a wow!

Derived terms

wowless

Noun

wow (countable and uncountable, plural wows)

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

Anagrams

wow - Atikamekw

Noun

wow

wow - Japanese

Pronunciation

IPA: [ɰᵝo̞ː]

Interjection

wow(ウォー) • (wō)

(chiefly in popular music) wow; whoa

wow - Middle English

Noun

wow

Alternative form of wowe

wow - Polish

Pronunciation

IPA: /waw/
Syllabification: wow

Interjection

wow

(colloquial) wow

wow - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈwau/ [ˈwau̯]

Interjection

wow

wow (an indication of excitement or surprise)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.