B2verb · transitive · common

sigh

sigh · sighs · sighed · sighing

зітхати, зітхнути, здихати, здихнути

вздохнуть, вздыхать

seufzen

To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel itTo inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.

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/saɪ/

» Tom sighed again.

Tom seufzte erneut.

Том снова вздохнул.

Том знову позіхнув.

Meaning

6 senses

(intransitive)To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
When she saw it wasn't damaged, she sighed with relief.
He sighed. It was going to be a long night.
seufzen
вздыха́тьvzdyxátʹ, вздохну́тьvzdoxnútʹ
зітха́тиzitxáty, зітхну́тиzitxnúty, здиха́тиzdyxáty
(intransitive)To lament; to grieve.
вздыха́тьvzdyxátʹ, вздохну́тьvzdoxnútʹ
зітха́тиzitxáty
(transitive)To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
utter with a sigh
(intransitive)To make a sound like sighing.
The wind sighed in the trees.
seufzen
вздыха́тьvzdyxátʹ, вздохну́тьvzdoxnútʹ
(transitive)To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.
sigh a note and sing a note
вздыха́тьvzdyxátʹ, вздохну́тьvzdoxnútʹ
(transitive)To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
"I guess I have no choice," she sighed.
She sighed her frustrations.
вздыха́тьvzdyxátʹ, вздохну́тьvzdoxnútʹ

Examples

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Tom sighed again.
Том знову позіхнув.
ruТом снова вздохнул.
deTom seufzte erneut.
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She sighed over her unhappy fate.
deSie seufzte ob ihres traurigen Schicksals.
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Tom breathed a sigh of relief.
ruТом вздохнул с облегчением.
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Tom let out a big sigh.
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Tom gave a sigh of relief.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it:

Русский

By meaning 1

to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it:

Origin

From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of sik

From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).

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