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wow Oct 30th 2013, 00:35, by 99.0.6.67 Latest revision as of 00:35, 30 October 2013 Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Interjection 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.3 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Proper noun 1.3.2 See also 1.4 Anagrams English[edit] Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia Pronunciation[edit] enPR: wou, IPA(key): /waʊ̯/, X-SAMPA: /waU_^/ Audio (US) (file) Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology 1[edit] 'Wow' is Scottish in origin. It appears in the poems of Allan Ramsay the poet (1686–1758) and of Robert Burns as in "And, wow! Tam saw an unco sight!" - 'Tam o' Shanter' poem. The word is probably a contraction of the interjection 'I vow!'. The word travelled to America where it took root and returned to the U.K. probably in the 20th century. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. Interjection[edit] wow An indication of excitement or surprise. 1513, Gavin Douglas, Virgil Æneid (translation) vi. Prol. 19: Out on thir wanderand spiritis, wow! thow cryis. An expression of amazement or awe. Wow! How do they do that? Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something. Wow... I can't believe you would do such a thing" Synonyms[edit] Derived terms[edit] Translations[edit] excitement Armenian: մաման-ծաղկաման (maman-całkaman) Esperanto: ŭaŭ Finnish: vau! (fi) French: waouh (fr), ouah (fr), oh là là (fr) Georgian: ვაშა (vaša) German: Toll! Hiligaynon: abá Hindi: वाह (vāh) Hungarian: hűha!, tyű!, tyűha!, ejha! Korean: 우와 (Uwa) Malay: wau Persian: به (fa) (bah) Polish: wow! (pl), o rany Portuguese: uau (pt), uia Russian: ух ты (ux ty), вау (ru) (váu) (neologism) Turkish: vay (tr), vay canına Urdu: واہ (ur) (vāh), وا (vā) Walloon: oufti (wa), ayayay (wa) amazement Armenian: մաման-ծաղկաման (maman-całkaman) Chinese: Mandarin: 哇塞 (zh) (wāsài), 哇 (zh) (wā), 哎呀 (zh) (āiyā) Finnish: vau! (fi), o-ho! French: ouah! (fr), oh! (fr) German: wow (de) Hebrew: ואו (waw) Hiligaynon: abá Hungarian: hűha!, tyű!, tyűha!, ejha! Icelandic: vá Japanese: ワウ (wā), すごい！ (ja) (sugoi!) Latin: hui! Malay: wau Persian: به (fa) (bah) Portuguese: uau (pt), uia Russian: ого (ru) (ogó, ohó), ничего себе! (ničevó sebé!), ба (ru) (ba), ишь ты (ru) (išʹ ty), надо же (ru) (nádo že), обалдеть (ru) (obaldétʹ), вау (ru) (váu) (neologism), здорово (ru) (zdórovo), ух ты (ux ty), офигеть (ru) (ofigétʹ) Spanish: guao Thai: ว้าว (waaw) Turkish: vay (tr), vay canına The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations. Translations to be checked Dutch: wauw! (nl) French: oh! (fr), oh là là! (fr) ouah! (fr) Icelandic: vá! Italian: uao! Romanian: uau! Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: вау Roman: vau Verb[edit] wow (third-person singular simple present wows, present participle wowing, simple past and past participle wowed) To amaze or awe. He really wowed the audience. Noun[edit] wow (plural wows) An exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact. He did? That's a wow! Etymology 2[edit] Acronym Proper noun[edit] wow (video games) World of Warcraft, a computer based MMORPG. Synonyms[edit] See also[edit] World of Warcraft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:World of Warcraft Anagrams[edit]

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