Moan

//məʊn//

Synonyms for "moan" (154 found)

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Translations

131 translations across 50 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • rënkoj verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Arabic

1 entries
  • تَأَوَّهَ verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Asturian

1 entries
  • ximir verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • inilti noun (a low cry of pain)
  • zarıltı noun (a low cry of pain)
  • inildəmək verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • inləmək verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • е́нчыць verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • стена́ние noun (a low cry of pain)
  • стон noun (a low cry of pain)
  • оплаквам се verb (to complain)
  • стена verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Catalan

4 entries
  • gemec noun (a low cry of pain)
  • gemegar verb (to complain)
  • gemegar verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • llamentar-se verb (to complain)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᎵᏰᏗᎭ verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 呻吟 noun (a low cry of pain)
  • 哀鸣 noun (a low cry of pain)
  • 呻吟 verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Czech

2 entries
  • nářek noun (a low cry of pain)
  • sténat verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Dutch

3 entries
  • kreun noun (a low cry of pain)
  • klagen verb (to complain)
  • kreunen verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ĝemo noun (a low cry of pain)
  • ĝemi verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Estonian

1 entries
  • oigama verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Finnish

4 entries
  • voihke noun (a low cry of pain)
  • voihkina noun (a low cry of pain)
  • voihkinta noun (a low cry of pain)
  • mankua verb (to say with a moaning voice)

French

4 entries
  • gémissement noun (a low cry of pain)
  • geindre verb (to complain)
  • gémir verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • mugir verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Galician

2 entries
  • laio noun (a low cry of pain)
  • laído noun (a low cry of pain)

German

4 entries
  • Stöhnen noun (a low cry of pain)
  • Ächzen noun (a low cry of pain)
  • beklagen verb (to complain)
  • beklagen verb (to grieve (poetic))

Hindi

1 entries
  • कराह noun (a low cry of pain)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • nyögés noun (a low cry of pain)
  • nyög verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mendesah verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Irish

2 entries
  • ong noun (a low cry of pain)
  • éagaoin verb (to complain)

Italian

3 entries
  • gemito noun (a low cry of pain)
  • gemere verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • lamentarsi verb (to complain)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 呻き noun (a low cry of pain)
  • 呻き声 noun (a low cry of pain)
  • 呻く verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • jemidu noun (a low cry of pain)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ыңыл noun (a low cry of pain)

Korean

2 entries
  • 신음 noun (a low cry of pain)
  • 신음(呻吟)하다 verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Latgalian

3 entries
  • gaudys noun (a low cry of pain)
  • voikuošona noun (a low cry of pain)
  • voikuot verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Latvian

2 entries
  • vaids noun (a low cry of pain)
  • vaidēt verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • стенка verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Middle English

1 entries
  • mone noun (a low cry of pain)

Māori

4 entries
  • aurere verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • hāngurunguru verb (to complain)
  • kōnanunanu verb (to complain)
  • kūnanunanu verb (to complain)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • axîn noun (a low cry of pain)
  • ofîn noun (a low cry of pain)
  • oxîn noun (a low cry of pain)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • stønne verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • stønna verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • stønne verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Oromo

1 entries
  • aaduu verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • زار noun (a low cry of pain)

Persian

2 entries
  • ناله noun (a low cry of pain)
  • نالیدن verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Polish

3 entries
  • jęk noun (a low cry of pain)
  • jęczeć verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • narzekać verb (to complain)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • gemido noun (a low cry of pain)
  • lamento noun (a low cry of pain)
  • gemer verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • queixar-se verb (to complain)

Romanian

3 entries
  • geamăt noun (a low cry of pain)
  • gemete noun (a low cry of pain)
  • geme verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Russian

2 entries
  • стон noun (a low cry of pain)
  • стона́ть verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • caoidh noun (a low cry of pain)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • stenjati verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Spanish

4 entries
  • gemido noun (a low cry of pain)
  • quejido noun (a low cry of pain)
  • gemir verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • quejar verb (to complain)

Swedish

3 entries
  • stön noun (a low cry of pain)
  • stönande noun (a low cry of pain)
  • stöna verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ahlamak verb (to make a moan or similar sound)
  • inlemek verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • сто́гін noun (a low cry of pain)
  • стогна́ти verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کَراہ noun (a low cry of pain)

Venetan

1 entries
  • zèmere verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • rên rỉ verb (to make a moan or similar sound)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am tired of hearing you moan and groan.

Source: tatoeba (1305735)

The pain is always milder than the moan.

Source: tatoeba (1366837)

Tom gave a low moan.

Source: tatoeba (2761724)

As she was tied and gagged in the dark room, Layla was moaning and she could hear a person moan back.

Source: tatoeba (6077196)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.