"miao" meaning in Italian

See miao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈmja.o/
Rhymes: -ao Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|it}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|it|interjection}} miao
  1. meow, mew, meu, miaow the cry of a cat
    Sense id: en-miao-it-intj-4UU7o88U Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian onomatopoeias, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Animal sounds, Cats Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Italian onomatopoeias: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 12 13 13 13 13 10 10 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 15 14 14 14 14 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 50 50 Disambiguation of Cats: 54 46

Noun

IPA: /ˈmja.o/
Rhymes: -ao Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|it}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} miao m (invariable)
  1. meow, mew, meu, miaow Tags: invariable, masculine Derived forms: miagolare, miagolio, miagolone
    Sense id: en-miao-it-noun-wb1YKvWa Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian onomatopoeias, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Animal sounds, Cats Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Italian onomatopoeias: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 12 13 13 13 13 10 10 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 15 14 14 14 14 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 50 50 Disambiguation of Cats: 54 46

Inflected forms

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