howl
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canidThe protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
» 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
3 sensesThe protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
Heulen
войvoj, вытьёvytʹjó
вийvyj
the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
Any similar sound.
The howl of the wind
A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
вопльvoplʹ, рёвrjov, войvoj
Examples
140 sentencesIt's not uncommon to hear wolves howling around here.
Нерідко можна почути, як тут виють вовки. — Ahha
ruВ этих краях не редкость услышать вой волков. — Wezel
I heard wolves howling last night.
We heard the wild dogs howling.
The dogs were howling at the moon.
ruСобаки выли на луну. — afyodor
deDie Hunde heulten den Mond an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom heard wolves howling in the distance.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūFrom 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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