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Meaning of Yawn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

jɔːn

Definitions

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

Conjugation

Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of Yawn.

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Equivalents

العربية التثاؤب تثاءب تثاؤب

Azərbaycan dili əsnəmək

Български зея прозявка

বাংলা হাঁই

Bosanski zev zijev зев зијев

Català badall badallar

Čeština zívání zívat zívnout

Dansk gab gabe

Deutsch gähnen Gähnen

Ελληνικά χασμουρητό χασμουριέμαι

Esperanto oscedi oscedo

Español abrirse bostezar bostezo

Eesti haigutama

فارسی خمیازه دهان‌دره

Suomi ammottaa haukotella haukottelu haukotus

Français bâillement bâiller Beer

Gaeilge méanfach

Gàidhlig mearan

Galego bocexar bocexo boquexar desqueixar

हिन्दी जंभना जँभाई जंभाई लेना जम्हाई

Hrvatski zev zijev зев зијев

Magyar ásít ásítás

Հայերեն հորանջ հորանջել

Bahasa Indonesia kuap menguap

Íslenska gapa geispa geispi

Italiano sbadigliare sbadiglio

日本語欠欠伸欠伸する

ქართული მთქნარება

Қазақ тілі есінеу

ភាសាខ្មែរ ស្ងាប

한국어 하품 하품하다

Kurdî aşît

Latina dehisco hio oscito

Lëtzebuergesch gaapsen

Lietuvių žiovauti

Македонски зев зева зевне зинува се проѕева

मराठी जांभई

Bahasa Melayu kuap uap

မြန်မာ သမ်း

Nederlands gaap gapen geeuw geeuwen

Polski nudziarstwo ziew ziewać ziewanie ziewnąć

Português bocejar bocejo

Română cască deschide

Русский зева́ние зевать зевнуть зевок зевота зиять

Slovenščina zehati

Српски zev zijev зев зијев

Svenska gäsp gäspa gäspning

Kiswahili -enda miayo -piga miayo mwayo

தமிழ் ஆவி கொட்டாவி கொட்டாவி விடு பிள

తెలుగు ఆవులించు ఆవులింత

ไทย หาว

Tagalog hikab maghikab

Türkçe esneme esnemek

Українська зівати позіхання позіхати

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

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

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