ululate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ululō, ululātus, of imitative origin. Cognate with Spanish aullar (“to howl”) and ulular (“to hoot”), and French ululer (“to howl”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ululate (third-person singular simple present ululates, present participle ululating, simple past and past participle ululated)
- to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy
- 1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:
- Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual feminine ululation.
- to produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to howl loudly
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Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]ululate
- inflection of ululare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]ululate f pl
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]ululāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]ululate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of ulular combined with te
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