"ululate" meaning in All languages combined

See ululate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈjuːljuleɪt/, /ˈʌljəleɪt/ Audio: en-us-ululate.ogg Forms: ululates [present, singular, third-person], ululating [participle, present], ululated [participle, past], ululated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ululō, ululātus, of imitative origin. Cognate with Spanish aullar (“to howl”) and ulular (“to hoot”), and French ululer (“to howl”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ululō, ululātus|to howl}} Latin ululō, ululātus, {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|es|aullar||to howl}} Spanish aullar (“to howl”), {{cog|fr|ululer||to howl}} French ululer (“to howl”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ululate (third-person singular simple present ululates, present participle ululating, simple past and past participle ululated)
  1. to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy Synonyms (to howl): bay, howl, wail Translations (to howl loudly): urlu (Aromanian), aurlu (Aromanian), вия (vija) (Bulgarian), ulular (Catalan), udolar (Catalan), skučet (Czech), ululeren (Dutch), ulvoa (Finnish), ululer (French), hululer (French), urlâ (Friulian), heulen (German), αλαλάζω (alalázo) (Greek), üvölt (Hungarian), ulular (Ido), ululare (Italian), 울다 (ulda) (Korean), 울부짖다 (ulbujitda) (Korean), 우짖다 (ujitda) (Korean), ululō (Latin), swe (Mpade), heurler (Norman), nalîn (Northern Kurdish), ulular (Portuguese), urla (Romanian), urlar (Romansch), üerler (Romansch), urlati (Serbo-Croatian), zavijati (Serbo-Croatian), ulular (Spanish), urlar (Venetian)
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  2. to produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.
    Sense id: en-ululate-en-verb-wWi~GxQY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ululant, ululation

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} ululate
  1. inflection of ululare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: ululare
    Sense id: en-ululate-it-verb-Y4PBYP1A Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 5 65 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 3 72 4 3 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 11 4
  2. inflection of ululare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: ululare
    Sense id: en-ululate-it-verb-mLIm7Ydb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} ululate f pl
  1. feminine plural of ululato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: ululato
    Sense id: en-ululate-it-verb-yDqbw16Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: ululāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=ululāte}} ululāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ululō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: ululō
    Sense id: en-ululate-la-verb-XE8kxYoi Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} ululate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ulular combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: ulular
    Sense id: en-ululate-es-verb-sJjdfiiy Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "울다"
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}
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Friulian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mpade translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Romansch translations",
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          "ref": "1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:",
          "text": "Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual feminine ululation.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjuːljuleɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌljəleɪt/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "to howl",
      "word": "bay"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to howl",
      "word": "howl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to howl",
      "word": "wail"
    }
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    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "urlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "aurlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vija",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "вия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ulular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "udolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "skučet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ululeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ulvoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ululer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "hululer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "urlâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "heulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alalázo",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "αλαλάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "üvölt"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ulular"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ululare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ulda",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "울다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ulbujitda",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "울부짖다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ujitda",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "우짖다"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "nalîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ululō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mpi",
      "lang": "Mpade",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "swe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "heurler"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ulular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "urla"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "urlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "üerler"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "urlati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "zavijati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "ulular"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to howl loudly",
      "word": "urlar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ululate"
}

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    "Pages with entries"
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        {
          "word": "ululare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of ululare:",
        "second-person plural present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ululare",
          "ululare#Italian"
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          "ululare",
          "ululare#Italian"
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}

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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ululato"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of ululato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ululato",
          "ululato#Italian"
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        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "plural"
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      "form": "ululāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  ],
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        "second-person plural present active imperative of ululō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ululō",
          "ululo#Latin"
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        "present",
        "second-person"
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}

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        "Pages with 4 entries",
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "second-person singular voseo imperative of ulular combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "ulular",
          "ulular#Spanish"
        ],
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          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
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  ],
  "word": "ululate"
}

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