Interjection

//ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən//

Synonyms for "interjection" (127 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (26)

Strong matches (38)

Related words (63)

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Translations

115 translations across 75 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • pasthirrmë noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐπιφώνημα noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حَرْف نِدَاء noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ձայնարկություն noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Asturian

1 entries
  • interxeición noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • nida noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ымлыҡ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • вы́гук noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • выклі́чнік noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মধ্যে নিক্ষেপ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • междуме́тие noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အာမေဍိတ် noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Catalan

1 entries
  • interjecció noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Chechen

1 entries
  • айдардош noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 中斷 /中断 noun (interruption)
  • 嘆詞 /叹词 noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • 干擾 noun (interruption)
  • 感嘆詞 /感叹词 noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Czech

1 entries
  • citoslovce noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Danish

1 entries
  • udråbsord noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Dutch

1 entries
  • tussenwerpsel noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • interjekcio noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Estonian

1 entries
  • hüüdsõna noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Faroese

1 entries
  • miðalvarping noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huudahdussana noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • interjektio noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • keskeytys noun (interruption)
  • kiihtosana noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

French

1 entries
  • interjection noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Galician

1 entries
  • interxección noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შორისდებული noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

German

3 entries
  • Ausrufewort noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • Empfindungswort noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • Interjektion noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Greek

2 entries
  • επιφώνημα noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • παρεμβολή noun (interruption)

Hindi

2 entries
  • विस्मयादिबोधक noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • हरफ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • beszúrás noun (interruption)
  • indulatszó noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • közbeszólás noun (interruption)
  • közbevetés noun (interruption)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • upphrópun noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • interjeksi noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • kata seru noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • interjektsia noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • kiljahussana noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Irish

1 entries
  • intriacht noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Italian

2 entries
  • interiezione noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • intervento noun (interruption)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 感動詞 noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • 感嘆詞 noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • 間投詞 noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • одағай noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ឧទាន noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • ឧទានសព្ទ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Korean

1 entries
  • 감탄사 noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • сырдык сөз noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຄຳອຸທານ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • ອຸທານ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Latin

1 entries
  • interiectiō noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Latvian

2 entries
  • interjekcija noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • izsauksmes vārds noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • jaustukas noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Malay

1 entries
  • kata seru noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വ്യാക്ഷേപകം noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • аялга үг noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • interjeksjon noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • interjeksjon noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Occitan

1 entries
  • interjeccion noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Old English

1 entries
  • betwēoxāworpennes noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • викричнїк noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ندائيه noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Persian

2 entries
  • حرف ندا noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • ندا noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Polish

1 entries
  • wykrzyknik noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • interjeição noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • interjeição noun (interruption)

Romanian

1 entries
  • interjecție noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Russian

4 entries
  • вмеша́тельство noun (interruption)
  • восклица́ние noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • междоме́тие noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • перебива́ние noun (interruption)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱦᱟᱱᱟᱣ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • clisgear noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • eadar-chur noun (interruption)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • uzvik noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • узвик noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • حَرف نِدا noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Slovak

1 entries
  • citoslovce noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Slovene

1 entries
  • medmet noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Spanish

1 entries
  • interjección noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kihisishi noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • kiingizi noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Swedish

1 entries
  • interjektion noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • abala noun (interruption)
  • paghinto noun (interruption)
  • pandamdam noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Tajik

1 entries
  • нидо noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ымлык noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Thai

2 entries
  • คำอุทาน noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • อุทาน noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Turkish

2 entries
  • nida noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • ünlem noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • nida noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ви́гук noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • nido noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • undov noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thán từ noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • từ cảm thán noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)

Welsh

3 entries
  • ebychair noun (interruption)
  • ebychiad noun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
  • ebychiad noun (interruption)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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"Ah!" is an interjection.

Source: tatoeba (1621)

"Ah" is an interjection.

Source: tatoeba (73991)

In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection.

Source: tatoeba (327388)

Inspector Gregory was full of his case, and poured out a stream of remarks, while Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection.

Source: tatoeba (6957661)

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