bellow

== English == === Alternative forms === beller (US, dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, bylgan (“to become angry, to swell with rage”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”), whence also belg (“leather bag”), bellan (“to roar”), blāwan (“to blow”). Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “baa, bleat”). Compare billow (“wave”), of the same root, also bulge, with related etymology to swelling. Potentially related to bawl, Swedish böl (“bawl”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛloʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɛləʊ/ Rhymes: -ɛləʊ === Noun === bellow (plural bellows) The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bellow (third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed) To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull. To shout in a deep voice. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====