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ew

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See also: EW, Ew, and -ew

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.

Alternative forms

eww, euw, ieuw, ehw

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiː.uː/, /iːu̯/, /(j)ɪu̯/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

ew (with as many extra ‘e’s and/or ‘w’s as needed for emphasis)

Expression of disgust or nausea.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yuck

Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.

Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!

Derived terms

Related terms

pew

Translations

expression of disgust or nausea

Arabic: يَع (yaʕ)
Gulf Arabic: يع (yaʕ), ويع (wēʕ)

Hijazi Arabic: يِع (yiʕ)
Assamese: ছিঃ (sih)
Breton: ec'h (br)
Catalan: ecs (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 惡心 / 恶心 (zh) (ěxin), (strong, offensive) 呸 (zh) (pēi), 啐 (zh) (cuì), 哎呀 (zh) (āiyā), 哎 (zh) (āi), 唉 (zh) (ài)
Czech: fuj (cs)
Danish: uf, fy, øv
Dutch: bah (nl)
Esperanto: aĉ (eo)
Finnish: hyi (fi), yök (fi), yäk (fi), yh (fi)
French: beurk (fr)
German: igitt (de), pfui (de)
Greek: μπλιάχ (bliách)
Ancient: ψό (psó)
Hebrew: איכס (he) (ikhs), איכסה (he) (íkhsa), פוי (he) (fuy), פויה (he) (fuya)
Hindi: छी (hi) (chī)
Hungarian: fúj (hu)
Icelandic: oj (is)
Italian: bleah
Japanese: げ (ja) (ge), ゲ (ja) (ge), げっ (ge'), ゲッ (ge')
Lithuanian: fu, pfui
Navajo: ih
Norwegian: æsj (no), fysj
Persian: ایش (fa) (išš), پیف (fa) (pif)
Polish: fuj (pl), ble (pl)
Portuguese: credo (pt), eca (pt), que nojo!
Russian: фу (ru) (fu), тьфу (ru) (tʹfu), фе (ru) (fe), фи (ru) (fi) (aristocratic), бе (ru) (be), бр-р (ru) (br-r), буэ́ (ru) (bué)
Serbo-Croatian: fuj (sh), bljak
Spanish: guácala (es), puaj (es), puaf, iw, fo [mierda] huácala (es), fuchi (es), fúchila, aj (es)
Swedish: usch (sv), fy (sv), uäk, blä (sv)
Turkish: ıy (tr)
Ukrainian: фу (fu)
Urdu: چھی (chī)
Vietnamese: êu (vi)
Welsh: ych a fi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ew

Obsolete spelling of yew.

Further reading

James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Ew”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356, column 1.

Anagrams

WE, w/e, we

Kamkata-viri

Middle English

Mokilese

Northern Kurdish

Waigali

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