"phew" meaning in English

See phew in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /fjuː/, [ɸj̊u̥˥˩], /fɪu̯/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-phew.wav
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Attested since the early 17th century. An onomatopoeia for rapid exhalation, as one may make when a trying situation is over, or in order to get rid of an unpleasant odour. Compare Scots feuch, Spanish fu, Czech fuj, and many more such forms. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=onomatopoeia}} onomatopoeia, {{cog|sco|feuch}} Scots feuch, {{cog|es|fu}} Spanish fu, {{cog|cs|fuj}} Czech fuj Head templates: {{en-interj}} phew
  1. Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise. Synonyms (expressing relief of tension): whew
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  2. Used to show disgust. Synonyms (expressing disgust): yuck Translations (Used to show disgust): ecs (Catalan), fuj (Czech), hyh (Finnish), hyi (Finnish), yh (Finnish), yäk (Finnish), pouah (French), pfui (German), איכס (ikhs) (Hebrew), פיכס (fikhs) (Hebrew), פויה (fúya) (Hebrew), pfuj (Hungarian), sʔm (Lushootseed), puaj (Spanish), usch (Swedish), fy (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phew-en-intj-rgMf4enr Disambiguation of 'expressing disgust': 13 87 Disambiguation of 'Used to show disgust': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whew, pew Related terms: whew, whewee, phewee Translations (Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise): φεῦ (pheû) (Ancient Greek), uf (Catalan), 喲 /哟 (yo) (Chinese Mandarin), uf (Czech), oef (Dutch), hehe (Dutch), фу-у (fu-u) (Eastern Mari), huh (Finnish), huhhuh (Finnish), huh huh (Finnish), pfou (French), ouf (english: relief) (French), puh (German), ουφ (ouf) (Greek), φου (fou) (Greek), פיו (fyu) (Hebrew), püh (Hungarian), uff (Italian), uffa (english: heat, tiredness) (Italian), uh (english: relief, surprise) (Italian), ふぅ () (Japanese), 후유 (huyu) (Korean), (hyu) (Korean), 어휴 (eohyu) (Korean), 에휴 (ehyu) (Korean), ufa (Latin), kaitoa (Maori), hwááh (Navajo), uff (Polish), ufa (Portuguese), уф! (uf!) (Russian), фуф (fuf) (Russian), фух (fux) (Russian), ¡fíu! (Spanish), ¡menos mal! (Spanish), puh (Swedish), pust (Swedish), phù (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise': 55 45
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "pust"
    },
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      "_dis1": "55 45",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "phù"
    }
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}
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      "word": "whew"
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      "word": "whewee"
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      "word": "phewee"
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        {
          "text": "Phew, that took a long time to cook!",
          "type": "example"
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        "Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise."
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          "text": "Phew, it stinks in here!",
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        "Used to show disgust."
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      "ipa": "/fjuː/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɸj̊u̥˥˩]"
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      "ipa": "/fɪu̯/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-uː"
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      "homophone": "few"
    }
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    {
      "sense": "expressing relief of tension",
      "word": "whew"
    },
    {
      "sense": "expressing disgust",
      "word": "yuck"
    },
    {
      "word": "whew"
    },
    {
      "word": "pew"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "uf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yo",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "喲 /哟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "uf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "oef"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "hehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "huh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "huhhuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "huh huh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "pfou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "relief",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "ouf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "puh"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ouf",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "ουφ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fou",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "φου"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pheû",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "φεῦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fyu",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "פיו"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "püh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "uff"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "heat, tiredness",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "uffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "relief, surprise",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "uh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fū",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "ふぅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "huyu",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "후유"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyu",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "휴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eohyu",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "어휴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ehyu",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "에휴"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "ufa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "kaitoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "fu-u",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "фу-у"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "hwááh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "uff"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "ufa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uf!",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "уф!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fuf",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "фуф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fux",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "фух"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "¡fíu!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "¡menos mal!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "puh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "pust"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise",
      "word": "phù"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "ecs"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "fuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "hyh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "hyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "yh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "yäk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "pouah"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "pfui"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikhs",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "איכס"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fikhs",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "פיכס"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fúya",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "פויה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "pfuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "sʔm"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "puaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "usch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Used to show disgust",
      "word": "fy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phew"
}

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