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)