puh

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English

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Interjection

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puh

  1. Alternative form of pugh
    • 2010, John P. Anderson, Joyce's Finnegans Wake: The Curse of Kabbalah, volume 4, page 82:
      He was sporting his inky Italian moustaches glistering with Vaseline and perfume. Puh! How uncommentable!

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Danish

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.

Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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puh!

  1. pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
  2. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuh/, [ˈpuh]
  • Rhymes: -uh
  • Syllabification(key): puh

Interjection

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puh

  1. Alternative form of puuh

Further reading

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

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puh!

  1. phew!

Further reading

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  • puh” in Duden online

Javanese

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Romanization

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puh

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦃ

Mapudungun

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Noun

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puh (Raguileo spelling)

  1. night

Portuguese

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Interjection

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puh

  1. yuck (expression of disgust)
    Synonym: eca

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ.

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Noun

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pȕh m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏х)

  1. dormouse

Declension

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic

Interjection

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puh

  1. phew (expressing tiredness)
    Synonym: pust
    Puh vad jobbigt det är att bära ved
    Phew, carrying firewood is hard work
  2. phew (expressing relief)
    Puh, vi hann fram i tid!
    Phew, we made it in time!

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