verb · intransitive · rare

howl

howl · howls · howled · howling

вити

выть, реветь, завывать

heulen, jaulen

To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often doTo utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

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/ˈhaʊ̯l/

» It's not uncommon to hear wolves howling around here.

В этих краях не редкость услышать вой волков.

В этих местах нередко можно услышать волчий вой.

Нерідко можна почути, як тут виють вовки.

Meaning

4 senses

To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
heulen, jaulen
вытьvytʹ
ви́тиvýty
To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
завыва́тьzavyvátʹ, вытьvytʹ, реве́тьrevétʹ
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
They howled with laughter at the prank.
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
To utter with outcry.
to howl derision

Examples

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It's not uncommon to hear wolves howling around here.
Нерідко можна почути, як тут виють вовки.
ruВ этих краях не редкость услышать вой волков.
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I heard wolves howling last night.
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We heard the wild dogs howling.
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The dogs were howling at the moon.
ruСобаки выли на луну.
deDie Hunde heulten den Mond an.
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Tom heard wolves howling in the distance.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do:

Русский

By meaning 2

to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do:

to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do:

Origin

From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hū

From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin.

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