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3-letter words (2 found)

AWE,WAE,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AW,EA,EW,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from awe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of awe

awe

Translingual

Symbol

awe

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Awetí.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Awetí terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ô, IPA(key): /ɔː/
  • (US) enPR: ô, IPA(key): /ɔ/
  • (cot–caught merger) enPR: ä, IPA(key): /ɑ/
  • Homophones: aw; oar, or, ore, o'er (non-rhotic)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.

Noun

awe (usually uncountable, plural awes)

  1. A feeling of fear and reverence.
  2. A feeling of amazement.
  3. (archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle awing or aweing, simple past and past participle awed)

  1. (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
  2. (transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
Synonyms
  • (inspire reverence): enthral, enthrall; overwhelm
Derived terms
  • awed
Translations

Etymology 2

From French auve.

Noun

awe (plural awes)

  1. (obsolete) A bucket (blade) attached to water wheels.

Further reading

  • “awe, n2.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • AEW, EAW, WAE, WEA, eaw, wae

Anyi

Noun

awe

  1. rice

Baoule

Noun

awe

  1. hunger

Gun

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-ve or Proto-Gbe *-we. Cognates include Fon àwè, Saxwe Gbe owè, Adja eve, Ewe eve

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.wè/

Numeral

àwè

  1. two

Adjective

àwè

  1. two

Related terms

References

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *awe (“strand of hair”).

Noun

awe

  1. soot
  2. white feather
  3. power, influence

Further reading

  • “awe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mapudungun

Adverb

awe (Raguileo spelling)

  1. quickly, promptly.
  2. soon

Synonyms

  • arol

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos. Doublet of eye.

Alternative forms

  • age, aghe, aȝe, ahe, au, aue, aw

Pronunciation

  • (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈaɣ̞ə/
  • IPA(key): /ˈau̯(ə)/
  • Rhymes: -au̯(ə)

Noun

awe (uncountable)

  1. awe, wonder, reverence
  2. fear, horror
  3. that which elicits or incites horror; something horrifying
Related terms
  • agheful
  • aghlich (rare)
  • awles (rare)
  • awen (rare)
Descendants
  • English: awe
  • Scots: awe, aw

References

  • “aue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Etymology 2

Adverb

awe

  1. alternative form of away

Etymology 3

Noun

awe

  1. alternative form of ewe

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • awé (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy and Kabuverdianu ochi.

Pronoun

awe

  1. today

Swahili

Verb

awe

  1. inflection of -wa:
    1. third-person singular subjunctive affirmative
    2. m-wa class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative

Tabaru

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.we]

Noun

awe

  1. a thread

References

  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tooro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /áːwe/

Pronoun

-awe (declinable)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

Usage notes

  • This modifier, when used in the indefinite forms, causes the word before it to lose its high tone.

Inflection

See also

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 418-419

Western Arrernte

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awə/

Interjection

awe

  1. yes

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.wé/

Noun

àwé

  1. friend
    Synonyms: ọ̀rẹ́, olùkù
  2. an unknown person
    Táni àwé yẹn? ― Who is that unknown person?

Usage notes

  • More commonly used in Central Yoruba dialects

References

  • Aremo, Bolaji (2012) How Yoruba and Igbo Became Different Languages‎[4], Scribo Publications, →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org