"Eeyore" meaning in All languages combined

See Eeyore on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈiː.jɔː(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-Eeyore.ogg Forms: Eeyores [plural]
Etymology: From the donkey in A.A. Milne's books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, whose name is onomatopoeic from a donkey's bray (compare hee-haw). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} Eeyore (plural Eeyores)
  1. (figuratively) An excessively negative or pessimistic person. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Stock characters Derived forms: Eeyorish Translations (negative or pessimistic person): Iáček (Czech), pahanilmanlintu (Finnish), I-Ah (German), איה (iya) [masculine] (Hebrew), Kłapouchy [masculine] (Polish), Ió [masculine] (Portuguese), Bisonho [masculine] (Portuguese), Igor [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), Иа-Иа (Ia-Ia) (Russian), Sivček (Slovene), Igor (Spanish), I-or (Swedish), Ior (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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