See pfui on Wiktionary
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"english": "ugh, fie",
"translation": "ugh, fie",
"word": "føy"
},
{
"english": "ugh, yuck",
"translation": "ugh, yuck",
"word": "pføy"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål interjections",
"Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
"Norwegian Bokmål onomatopoeias",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ʉɪ̯",
"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ʉɪ̯/1 syllable"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Pah, what nonsense!",
"text": "Pfui, for noe tull!",
"translation": "Pah, what nonsense!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
4
]
],
"english": "Pfui, what a rabble — don't come near me, you foolish idiots who hope and believe you own the whole impossible earth.",
"ref": "1910, Herman Wildenvey, Ringsgang, page 128:",
"text": "pfui for et pak –, kom mig ikke for nær, I dumfødte dårer, som håber og tror at eie den hele umulige jord",
"translation": "Pfui, what a rabble — don't come near me, you foolish idiots who hope and believe you own the whole impossible earth.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
6
]
],
"english": "Pfui! I don't give a damn about it!",
"ref": "1907, Matti Aikio, Ginunga-gap, page 7:",
"text": "pfuit! jeg blaaser i det, jeg!",
"translation": "Pfui! I don't give a damn about it!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pah, pooh, pfui; used to reproduce a blowing sound from the lips expressing contempt, scorn or mockery"
],
"links": [
[
"pah",
"pah"
],
[
"pooh",
"pooh"
],
[
"pfui",
"#English"
],
[
"contempt",
"contempt"
],
[
"scorn",
"scorn"
],
[
"mockery",
"mockery"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pfʉɪ̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "[pfʉɪ̯]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʉɪ̯"
}
],
"word": "pfui"
}
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