different between meou vs meow

English

Verb

meou (third-person singular simple present meous, present participle meouing, simple past and past participle meoued)

1. Alternative form of meow
   • 1838, The Hesperian (volume 1, page 38)

     Even her favourite Tabby […] who was wont to wink and meou around the table at meal times, for the especial excitement of her mistress' benevolence, meoued never a word […]

   • 1916, Ezra Pound

     I do not recognize anyone's right to interfere with the freedom of letters, nor can a serious writer be expected to abandon the tongue of Shakespeare for the meouing of Wordsworth and Al. Tennyson and Mr Gosse.

Anagrams

• moue

Portuguese

Verb

meou

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) preterite indicative of mear

English

Alternative forms

• meu
• mew
• miaow, miaou (UK)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, with some spellings modelled on French miaou. Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century; before then, mew was more common.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mi?a??/, /mja??/
• Rhymes: -a?

Interjection

meow

1. The cry of a cat.
2. Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
3. Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Synonyms

• nyao

Translations

Noun

meow (plural meows)

1. The cry of a cat.
2. (Britain, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.

   Synonyms: drone, meow meow

Derived terms

• cat’s meow
• meowless
• meowlike
• meowy

Translations

Verb

meow (third-person singular simple present meows, present participle meowing, simple past and past participle meowed)

1. (intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.

Synonyms

• mew

Translations