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Meaning of Yawn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
jɔːn

Definitions

  1. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
  2. A surname.
  3. A particularly boring event.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca əsnəmək
Български зея прозявка
বাংলা হাঁই
Bosanski zev zijev зев зијев
Català badall badallar
Dansk gab gabe
Deutsch Gähnen gähnen
Esperanto oscedi oscedo
Eesti haigutama
Gaeilge méanfach
Gàidhlig mearan
Galego bocexar bocexo boquexar desqueixar
Hrvatski zev zijev зев зијев
Magyar ásít ásítás
Bahasa Indonesia kuap menguap
Íslenska gapa geispa geispi
日本語 欠伸 欠伸する
ქართული მთქნარება
Қазақша есінеу
ខ្មែរ ស្ងាប
한국어 하품 하품하다
Kurdî aşît
Latina dehisco hio oscito
Lëtzebuergesch gaapsen
Lietuvių žiovauti
मराठी जांभई
Bahasa Melayu kuap uap
မြန်မာဘာသာ သမ်း
Nederlands gaap gapen geeuw geeuwen
Português bocejar bocejo
Română cască deschide
Slovenščina zehati
Српски zev zijev зев зијев
ไทย หาว
Tagalog hikab maghikab
Türkçe esneme esnemek
Tiếng Việt ngập

Examples

“At length, quite exhausted by the attempt to be amused with her own book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, “How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! […]””
“But Mrs. MacWhirr, in the drawing-room […], stifled a yawn—perhaps out of self-respect—for she was alone.”
“The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn. I was glad when it finished.”

CEFR level

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