English Explanatory Dictionary

roar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
  3. Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  5. To proceed vigorously.
  6. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
  9. To cry.
noun
  1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
  2. The cry of the lion.
  3. The deep cry of the bull.
  4. A loud resounding noise.
  5. A show of strength or character.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɔː/ /ˈɹoɹ/ /ˈɹɔɹ/ en-us-roar.ogg /ˈɹo(ː)ɹ/ /ˈɹoə/

Word forms

roar roars roaring roared

Etymology

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).

Related words

uproar

Derived words

aroar die roaring die roaring for a priest hell-roaring outroar rip-roaring roar ahead roar away roar back roarer roaring boy roaring cat roaring drunk roaring forties roaring game roaring success roarless roar off roar on roar out roarsome roary space roar uproar within a bull's roar

Translations

Arabic: زَأَرَ Arabic: هَرْهَرَ Aramaic: ܢܗܡܬܐ Belarusian: раўці́ Belarusian: ры́каць Bulgarian: рева Bulgarian: буча Catalan: rugir Chinese Mandarin: 吼 Danish: brøle Dutch: brullen Esperanto: rori Esperanto: muĝi Finnish: karjua Finnish: karjahtaa Finnish: karjaista Finnish: jyristä French: rugir Galician: bruar Galician: bramar Galician: ruxir Georgian: ღრიალი Georgian: ბრდღვენა Georgian: ღმუილი German: brüllen Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽 Greek: βρυχώμαι Greek: βρυχιέμαι Ancient Greek: βρυχάομαι Hawaiian: kūwō Hawaiian: kūō Hebrew: שָׁאַג Ido: bramar Indonesian: mengaum Irish: búir Irish: géim Italian: ruggire Japanese: 吠える Latin: rudō Latvian: rēkt Malay: mengaum Māori: ngunguru Māori: wawā Māori: haruru Māori: pararā Māori: rarā Norwegian: brøle Occitan: rugir Occitan: bramar Persian: غرش Polish: ryczeć Polish: zaryczeć Portuguese: uivar Portuguese: rugir Rarotongan: ngurunguru Romanian: rage Romanian: mugi Romanian: zbiera Russian: рыча́ть Russian: реве́ть Serbo-Croatian: рикати Serbo-Croatian: rikati Lower Sorbian: ricaś Spanish: rugir Spanish: bramar Swedish: ryta
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