"Chow" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃaʊ/
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Mandarin 周 (Zhōu) or Cantonese 周 (zau¹). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|周|tr=Zhōu}} Mandarin 周 (Zhōu), {{bor|en|yue|周|tr=zau¹}} Cantonese 周 (zau¹) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chow
  1. A surname from Chinese.
    Sense id: en-Chow-en-name-4TuPt0~5 Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of Zhou (“dynasty, realm, and era”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: Zhou (extra: dynasty, realm, and era)
    Sense id: en-Chow-en-name-jgvPV8tv

Noun [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃaʊ/ Forms: Chows [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Mandarin 周 (Zhōu) or Cantonese 周 (zau¹). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|周|tr=Zhōu}} Mandarin 周 (Zhōu), {{bor|en|yue|周|tr=zau¹}} Cantonese 周 (zau¹) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chow (plural Chows)
  1. A Chow Chow (Chinese breed of dog).
    Sense id: en-Chow-en-noun-VxI41QeG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 24 72

Proper name [Tagalog]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaw/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt͡ʃaʊ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜆ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aw Etymology: From Cantonese 周 (zau¹), via English Chow. Doublet of Chiu. Etymology templates: {{der|tl|yue|周|tr=zau¹}} Cantonese 周 (zau¹), {{bor|tl|en|Chow}} English Chow, {{doublet|tl|Chiu}} Doublet of Chiu Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|b=tsaw}} Chow (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔)
  1. a surname from Cantonese of Chinese origin

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Chow meaning in All languages combined (4.0kB)

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