"ouah" meaning in Français

See ouah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: \wa\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-ouah.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ouah.wav
  1. Exprime la surprise, le contentement, l'admiration.
    Sense id: fr-ouah-fr-intj-DAZ~65Oz Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oh Translations: ui! (Allemand), Mensch! (Allemand), Mann! (Allemand), wow (Anglais), whoa (Anglais), (wa) (Coréen), 와우 (wau) (Coréen), guau (Espagnol), ŭaŭ (Espéranto), うわ (uwa) (Japonais), わあ (wā) (Japonais), ワオ (wao) (Japonais), òu (Occitan)

onomatopoeia

IPA: \wa\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-ouah.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ouah.wav
  1. Exprime le cri du chien ; bruit de l’aboiement.
    Sense id: fr-ouah-fr-onomatopoeia-s-5LEG1K Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ouaf-ouaf Derived forms: ouah-ouah Related terms: ouau-ouau Translations: bow-wow (Anglais), arf (Anglais), woof (Anglais), vaŭ (Espéranto), boj (Espéranto)
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      "word": "aouh"
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    {
      "word": "houa"
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    {
      "word": "Oahu"
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    "Il est apparenté à « ouais », lequel exprimait la surprise ou l’admiration avant de devenir le synonyme familier de « oui »."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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        {
          "text": "Ouah ! Super idée !"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Georges Feydeau, L'Hôtel du libre échange, 1894",
          "text": "— Oh ! cette femme-là !… Ouah !… ah ! là ! là !…"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Stephen King, Billy Summers, Albin Michel, 2022",
          "text": "Ouah ! s'exclame Derek, les yeux brillants. Vous assurez grave !"
        }
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      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "oh"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "ui!"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Mensch!"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Mann!"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "wow"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "whoa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Coréen",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "wa",
      "word": "와"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Coréen",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "wau",
      "word": "와우"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "ŭaŭ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "guau"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "uwa",
      "word": "うわ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "wā",
      "word": "わあ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "wao",
      "word": "ワオ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "òu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ouah"
}

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      "word": "aouh"
    },
    {
      "word": "houa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oahu"
    }
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    {
      "word": "ouah-ouah"
    }
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    "Il est apparenté à « ouais », lequel exprimait la surprise ou l’admiration avant de devenir le synonyme familier de « oui »."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "onomatopoeia",
  "pos_title": "Onomatopée",
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    {
      "word": "ouau-ouau"
    }
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          "ref": "Charles Vildrac, Amadou le Bouquillon, 1949, page 124",
          "text": "Les sabots joints sur ce perchoir, le bouqueton était en train de croquer un morceau d'écorce, lorsqu’un petit aboiement, un ouah grêle et demi-étouffé, le fit sauter à terre."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Yann Moix, Naissance, éd. Grasset, 2013, chap. 9",
          "text": "Je n'ai que de la haine à lui donner : brûlures, escarres, claques et claques et claques encore, coups de fouet, coups de latte. Mon rêve le plus fou ? Faire de lui un chien. Un clébard ! Ouah ! Ouah !"
        }
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    {
      "word": "ouaf-ouaf"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "bow-wow"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "arf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "woof"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "vaŭ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "boj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ouah"
}
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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "aouh"
    },
    {
      "word": "houa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oahu"
    }
  ],
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    "Lemmes en français",
    "Traductions en allemand",
    "Traductions en anglais",
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    "Traductions en espagnol",
    "Traductions en espéranto",
    "Traductions en japonais",
    "Traductions en occitan",
    "français"
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Il est apparenté à « ouais », lequel exprimait la surprise ou l’admiration avant de devenir le synonyme familier de « oui »."
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "intj",
  "pos_title": "Interjection",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Ouah ! Super idée !"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Georges Feydeau, L'Hôtel du libre échange, 1894",
          "text": "— Oh ! cette femme-là !… Ouah !… ah ! là ! là !…"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Stephen King, Billy Summers, Albin Michel, 2022",
          "text": "Ouah ! s'exclame Derek, les yeux brillants. Vous assurez grave !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exprime la surprise, le contentement, l'admiration."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "oh"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "ui!"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Mensch!"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Mann!"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "wow"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "whoa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Coréen",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "wa",
      "word": "와"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Coréen",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "wau",
      "word": "와우"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "ŭaŭ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "guau"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "uwa",
      "word": "うわ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "wā",
      "word": "わあ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "wao",
      "word": "ワオ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "òu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ouah"
}

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    {
      "word": "aouh"
    },
    {
      "word": "houa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oahu"
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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      "word": "ouau-ouau"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "Charles Vildrac, Amadou le Bouquillon, 1949, page 124",
          "text": "Les sabots joints sur ce perchoir, le bouqueton était en train de croquer un morceau d'écorce, lorsqu’un petit aboiement, un ouah grêle et demi-étouffé, le fit sauter à terre."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Yann Moix, Naissance, éd. Grasset, 2013, chap. 9",
          "text": "Je n'ai que de la haine à lui donner : brûlures, escarres, claques et claques et claques encore, coups de fouet, coups de latte. Mon rêve le plus fou ? Faire de lui un chien. Un clébard ! Ouah ! Ouah !"
        }
      ],
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        "Exprime le cri du chien ; bruit de l’aboiement."
      ]
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ouaf-ouaf"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "onomatopoeic"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "bow-wow"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "arf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "woof"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "vaŭ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "boj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ouah"
}

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