bellow

== English == === Alternative forms === beller (US, dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, bylgan, 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”). === 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 ====