I think I'm gonna sneeze. Give me a tissue.
Source: tatoeba (2027)
Sneeze
//sniːz//
Synonyms for "sneeze" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
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238 entriesShowing 16 of 238 words.
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288 translations across 130 languages.
Ainu
2 entries- エㇲナ noun (act of sneezing)
- エㇱナ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Albanian
1 entries- teshtij verb (expel air as a reflex)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πταρμός noun (act of sneezing)
- πτάρνυμαι verb (expel air as a reflex)
Arabic
4 entries- عطس noun (act of sneezing)
- عطس noun (act of sneezing)
- عَطْسَة noun (act of sneezing)
- عُطَاس noun (act of sneezing)
Armenian
2 entries- փռշտոց noun (act of sneezing)
- փռշտալ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Aromanian
1 entries- stãrnut verb (expel air as a reflex)
Assamese
4 entries- হাঁচি noun (act of sneezing)
- হাঁচ verb (expel air as a reflex)
- হাঁচি মাৰ verb (expel air as a reflex)
- হাঁচিয়া verb (expel air as a reflex)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
4 entries- ܥܘܼܛܫܵܐ noun (act of sneezing)
- ܬܦܵܬܵܐ noun (act of sneezing)
- ܥܵܛܹܫ verb (expel air as a reflex)
- ܬܵܦܹܬ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Asturian
4 entries- espirríu noun (act of sneezing)
- estorníu noun (act of sneezing)
- espirriar verb (expel air as a reflex)
- estornudar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- asqırma noun (act of sneezing)
- asqırıq noun (act of sneezing)
- asqırmaq verb (expel air as a reflex)
Basque
1 entries- zintz egin verb (expel air as a reflex)
Belarusian
4 entries- чыха́нне noun (act of sneezing)
- чхаць verb (expel air as a reflex)
- чхнуць verb (expel air as a reflex)
- чыха́ць verb (expel air as a reflex)
Bengali
1 entries- হাঁচি দেত্তয়া verb (expel air as a reflex)
Bikol Central
1 entries- bahon verb (expel air as a reflex)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ки́хане noun (act of sneezing)
- ки́хам verb (expel air as a reflex)
- ки́хна verb (expel air as a reflex)
Burmese
1 entries- ချေ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Catalan
2 entries- esternut noun (act of sneezing)
- esternudar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Cebuano
1 entries- bahon verb (expel air as a reflex)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- پژمە noun (act of sneezing)
- پژمین verb (expel air as a reflex)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏚᏴᏍᏙᏯᏍᎦ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Chickasaw
1 entries- habishko verb (expel air as a reflex)
Chinese
3 entries- да пынти verb (expel air as a reflex)
- чён verb (expel air as a reflex)
- 拍咳啾 verb (expel air as a reflex)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 打乞嗤 verb (expel air as a reflex)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 噴嚏 /喷嚏 noun (act of sneezing)
- 打噴嚏 /打喷嚏 verb (expel air as a reflex)
Coptic
4 entries- ⲁⲛⲑⲁϣ noun (act of sneezing)
- ⲁⲛⲧⲁϣ noun (act of sneezing)
- ⲁⲛⲑⲁϣ verb (expel air as a reflex)
- ⲁⲛⲧⲁϣ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Cornish
2 entries- striw noun (act of sneezing)
- striwi verb (expel air as a reflex)
Czech
3 entries- kýchnutí noun (act of sneezing)
- kýchat verb (expel air as a reflex)
- kýchnout verb (expel air as a reflex)
Danish
2 entries- nys noun (act of sneezing)
- nyse verb (expel air as a reflex)
Dutch
2 entries- nies noun (act of sneezing)
- niezen verb (expel air as a reflex)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ཨག་ཚི་རྐྱབ་པ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Early Assamese
1 entries- হাঞ্চি noun (act of sneezing)
Esperanto
2 entries- terno noun (act of sneezing)
- terni verb (expel air as a reflex)
Estonian
2 entries- aevastus noun (act of sneezing)
- aevastama verb (expel air as a reflex)
Faroese
1 entries- njósa verb (expel air as a reflex)
Fataluku
1 entries- fahine verb (expel air as a reflex)
Finnish
2 entries- aivastus noun (act of sneezing)
- aivastaa verb (expel air as a reflex)
French
3 entries- atchoum noun (act of sneezing)
- éternuement noun (act of sneezing)
- éternuer verb (expel air as a reflex)
Friulian
2 entries- starnudade noun (act of sneezing)
- starnudâ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Galician
4 entries- debuto noun (act of sneezing)
- esbirro noun (act of sneezing)
- espirro noun (act of sneezing)
- esbechar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Georgian
3 entries- დაცემინება noun (act of sneezing)
- ცემინება noun (act of sneezing)
- აცემინებს verb (expel air as a reflex)
German
3 entries- Niesen noun (act of sneezing)
- ernüüsse verb (expel air as a reflex)
- niesen verb (expel air as a reflex)
Greek
4 entries- πτέρνισμα noun (act of sneezing)
- φτάρνισμα noun (act of sneezing)
- φτέρνισμα noun (act of sneezing)
- πταρνίζομαι verb (expel air as a reflex)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְעַטֵּשׁ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- atsi verb (expel air as a reflex)
Hindi
2 entries- छींक noun (act of sneezing)
- छींकना verb (expel air as a reflex)
Hungarian
2 entries- tüsszentés noun (act of sneezing)
- tüsszent verb (expel air as a reflex)
Hunsrik
1 entries- niese verb (expel air as a reflex)
Icelandic
1 entries- hnerra verb (expel air as a reflex)
Ido
2 entries- sternuto noun (act of sneezing)
- sternutar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Indonesian
1 entries- bersin verb (expel air as a reflex)
Ingrian
4 entries- aivas noun (act of sneezing)
- aivassus noun (act of sneezing)
- aivastaa verb (expel air as a reflex)
- aivastaissa verb (expel air as a reflex)
Irish
3 entries- sraoth noun (act of sneezing)
- sraothartach noun (act of sneezing)
- lig sraoth verb (expel air as a reflex)
Italian
2 entries- starnuto noun (act of sneezing)
- starnutire verb (expel air as a reflex)
Japanese
3 entries- くしゃみ noun (act of sneezing)
- くしゃみをする verb (expel air as a reflex)
- しゃみをする verb (expel air as a reflex)
Javanese
1 entries- wahing verb (expel air as a reflex)
Kaingang
1 entries- asĩg verb (expel air as a reflex)
Kazakh
1 entries- түшкіру verb (expel air as a reflex)
Khmer
2 entries- កណ្ដាស់ noun (act of sneezing)
- កណ្ដាស់ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mwathimũro noun (act of sneezing)
Kinaray-a
1 entries- bahën verb (expel air as a reflex)
Korean
2 entries- 재채기 noun (act of sneezing)
- 재채기하다 verb (expel air as a reflex)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чүчкүрүү verb (expel air as a reflex)
Ladino
1 entries- sarnudar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Lao
1 entries- ຈາມ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Latgalian
1 entries- škauduot verb (expel air as a reflex)
Latin
3 entries- sternūmentum noun (act of sneezing)
- sternuō verb (expel air as a reflex)
- sternūtō verb (expel air as a reflex)
Latvian
2 entries- šķaudiens noun (act of sneezing)
- šķaudīt verb (expel air as a reflex)
Laz
1 entries- აჩინდენ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Lithuanian
1 entries- čiaudėti verb (expel air as a reflex)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- kichaś verb (expel air as a reflex)
- tśichaś verb (expel air as a reflex)
Macedonian
2 entries- кива verb (expel air as a reflex)
- кивнува verb (expel air as a reflex)
Maguindanao
1 entries- baan verb (expel air as a reflex)
Malay
1 entries- bersin verb (expel air as a reflex)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഓമ്പുക verb (expel air as a reflex)
Maltese
1 entries- tgħatas verb (expel air as a reflex)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠶᠠᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Maranao
1 entries- ba'an verb (expel air as a reflex)
Middle English
1 entries- snesen verb (expel air as a reflex)
Mongolian
4 entries- найтаалга noun (act of sneezing)
- ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠲᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭᠠ noun (act of sneezing)
- найтаах verb (expel air as a reflex)
- ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠲᠠᠭᠠᠬᠤ verb (expel air as a reflex)
Māori
4 entries- matihe noun (act of sneezing)
- mātihetihe noun (act of sneezing)
- tihe noun (act of sneezing)
- tihei noun (act of sneezing)
Navajo
1 entries- hatsʼíhyaa noun (act of sneezing)
Norman
1 entries- êtèrnuer verb (expel air as a reflex)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bêhnijîn verb (expel air as a reflex)
Northern Sami
1 entries- gastit verb (expel air as a reflex)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nyse verb (expel air as a reflex)
Occitan
2 entries- esternut noun (act of sneezing)
- esternudar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Odia
2 entries- ଛିଙ୍କା noun (act of sneezing)
- ଛିଙ୍କାଇବା verb (expel air as a reflex)
Old English
1 entries- fnēosan verb (expel air as a reflex)
Old Tupi
1 entries- atîama noun (act of sneezing)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آقسرمق verb (expel air as a reflex)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- niese verb (expel air as a reflex)
Persian
4 entries- اشنوسه noun (act of sneezing)
- شنوشه noun (act of sneezing)
- عطسه noun (act of sneezing)
- عطسه کردن verb (expel air as a reflex)
Polish
3 entries- kichnięcie noun (act of sneezing)
- kichać verb (expel air as a reflex)
- kichnąć verb (expel air as a reflex)
Portuguese
2 entries- espirro noun (act of sneezing)
- espirrar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Punjabi
4 entries- نِچّھ noun (act of sneezing)
- ਨਿੱਛ noun (act of sneezing)
- نِچّھ آؤݨِی verb (expel air as a reflex)
- نِچّھ مارنِی verb (expel air as a reflex)
Quechua
1 entries- achhiy verb (expel air as a reflex)
Romanian
2 entries- strănut noun (act of sneezing)
- strănuta verb (expel air as a reflex)
Romansch
4 entries- starnidar verb (expel air as a reflex)
- starnüdar verb (expel air as a reflex)
- starnüder verb (expel air as a reflex)
- stirnidar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Russian
3 entries- чиха́ние noun (act of sneezing)
- чиха́ть verb (expel air as a reflex)
- чихну́ть verb (expel air as a reflex)
Sardinian
4 entries- isturridai verb (expel air as a reflex)
- isturridare verb (expel air as a reflex)
- isturritare verb (expel air as a reflex)
- isturrudai verb (expel air as a reflex)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sreothart verb (expel air as a reflex)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kihanje noun (act of sneezing)
- kíhati verb (expel air as a reflex)
- kíhnuti verb (expel air as a reflex)
- ки́хати verb (expel air as a reflex)
Shor
1 entries- аспырарға verb (expel air as a reflex)
Sicilian
2 entries- stranutu noun (act of sneezing)
- stranutari verb (expel air as a reflex)
Slovak
3 entries- kýchanie noun (act of sneezing)
- kýchať verb (expel air as a reflex)
- kýchnuť verb (expel air as a reflex)
Slovene
2 entries- kihati verb (expel air as a reflex)
- kihniti verb (expel air as a reflex)
Southern Sami
1 entries- gesnedh verb (expel air as a reflex)
Spanish
2 entries- estornudo noun (act of sneezing)
- estornudar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Swedish
2 entries- nysning noun (act of sneezing)
- nysa verb (expel air as a reflex)
Tagalog
4 entries- bahing noun (act of sneezing)
- hatsing noun (act of sneezing)
- bumahin verb (expel air as a reflex)
- humatsing verb (expel air as a reflex)
Tajik
2 entries- атса задан verb (expel air as a reflex)
- атса кардан verb (expel air as a reflex)
Tatar
1 entries- төчкерү verb (expel air as a reflex)
Telugu
2 entries- తుమ్ము noun (act of sneezing)
- తుమ్ము verb (expel air as a reflex)
Tetum
1 entries- fani verb (expel air as a reflex)
Thai
1 entries- จาม verb (expel air as a reflex)
Turkish
3 entries- hapşırık noun (act of sneezing)
- aksırmak verb (expel air as a reflex)
- hapşırmak verb (expel air as a reflex)
Turkmen
1 entries- asgyrmak verb (expel air as a reflex)
Ukrainian
4 entries- чиха́ння noun (act of sneezing)
- чха́ння́ noun (act of sneezing)
- чиха́ти verb (expel air as a reflex)
- чихну́ти verb (expel air as a reflex)
Unami
1 entries- kwëskwine verb (expel air as a reflex)
Urdu
2 entries- چهینکنا verb (expel air as a reflex)
- چھینک مارنا verb (expel air as a reflex)
Uyghur
1 entries- چۈشكۈرمەك verb (expel air as a reflex)
Uzbek
2 entries- aksirmoq verb (expel air as a reflex)
- chuchkirmoq verb (expel air as a reflex)
Venetan
3 entries- starnudada noun (act of sneezing)
- starnudo noun (act of sneezing)
- starnudar verb (expel air as a reflex)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cái hắt hơi noun (act of sneezing)
- cái hắt xì noun (act of sneezing)
- hắt hơi verb (expel air as a reflex)
- hắt xì verb (expel air as a reflex)
Vilamovian
1 entries- nisa verb (expel air as a reflex)
Volapük
2 entries- snid noun (act of sneezing)
- snidön verb (expel air as a reflex)
Walloon
3 entries- sprognî verb (expel air as a reflex)
- stierni verb (expel air as a reflex)
- stiernouwer verb (expel air as a reflex)
Welsh
2 entries- trew noun (act of sneezing)
- tisian verb (expel air as a reflex)
Yiddish
3 entries- נאָס noun (act of sneezing)
- ניס noun (act of sneezing)
- ניסן verb (expel air as a reflex)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- gǂxáʻã verb (expel air as a reflex)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.
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I sneeze a lot.
Source: tatoeba (29987)
I've seen my dog sneeze but never my cat.
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