"와우" meaning in Korean

See 와우 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Forms: wau [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare English wow. Etymology templates: {{onom|ko}} Onomatopoeic, {{ncog|en|wow}} English wow Head templates: {{ko-pos|interjection}} 와우 • (wau)
  1. Misspelling of 우어 (ueo, “whoa”). Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: 우어 (extra: ueo, “whoa”)
    Sense id: en-와우-ko-intj-0b1dtwoA Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 14 24 20 20 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [wa̠u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: wau [romanization], 蝸牛 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 蝸牛 (“snail”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|蝸牛}}, {{ko-sino|蝸牛|snail}} Sino-Korean word from 蝸牛 (“snail”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=蝸牛}} 와우 • (wau) (hanja 蝸牛)
  1. Synonym of 달팽이 (dalpaeng'i, “snail”) Synonyms: 달팽이 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-와우-ko-noun-WzRKBd7Y Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant script codes, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 14 24 20 20 22 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 51 49
  2. Synonym of 달팽이관(管) (dalpaeng'igwan, “cochlea”) Synonyms: 달팽이관(管) [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-와우-ko-noun-022-X0MK Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant script codes, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 14 24 20 20 22 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [wa̠u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: wau [romanization]
Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 와우 • (wau)
  1. Pyongan form of 왜가리 (waegari, “grey heron”)
    Sense id: en-와우-ko-noun-www35lCu Categories (other): Pyongan Korean, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animal body parts, Body parts, Herons Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 8 18 15 43 17 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 14 24 20 20 22 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 11 20 17 36 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 5 2 65 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 5 3 69 14 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 10 7 14 58 11 Disambiguation of Body parts: 8 6 11 65 9 Disambiguation of Herons: 8 9 5 71 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [wa̠u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: wau [romanization]
Etymology: Transliteration of English wow. Etymology templates: {{translit|ko|en|wow}} Transliteration of English wow Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 와우 • (wau)
  1. (sound engineering) wow (change in pitch in recording)
    Sense id: en-와우-ko-noun-BpSJaHjc Categories (other): Sound engineering, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Snails Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 14 24 20 20 22 Disambiguation of Snails: 21 30 4 8 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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      "hangeul": "와우"
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