kowtow

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈkaʊˌtaʊ

Definitions

The act of kowtowing.

Equivalents

Españolpostración postrarse prostrarse (disused)

Françaiskowtow s'agenouiller se prosterner

Deutschden Kotau machen Dienern einen Kotau machenkatzbuckeln Kniefall Kotau Kriechen kuschen zu Kreuze kriechen

19 more languages

العربيةتملق ركع سجد

Bosanskiпоклон

Catalàsotmetre's

Cymraegcynffonna

Danskføje

Esperantokliniĝi

Suomikumarrella nöyristellä

Hrvatskiпоклон

日本語叩頭叩頭く叩首土下座土下座をする頓

한국어고두 고두(叩頭)하다 머리를 조아리다

Nederlandsbuiging knielen kotauonderdanig zijn zich aanpassen zich buigen zich buigen (diep)

Polskikłaniać się

Portuguêsfazer o kowtow kowtow prostrar-sereverenciar

Românăcăciuli ploconi

Русскийде́лать коуто́у де́лать ни́зкий покло́н коутоупоклон преклоня́ться пресмыкаться раболепствовать

Српскипоклон

Українськавклоня́тися

Tiếng Việtkhấu đầu khúm núm lẫyquỳ lạy quỵ luỵ

Examples

“Three elders dressed in their long silk ceremonial gowns perform ⟳ the kowtow before the altar in their clan ancestral hall.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

kowtower kowtowing Kowtun Koxinga Koxlax Koxtag

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