yawn
The meaning (definition) of the word yawn
to open your mouth wide and take a big breath when sleepy.
The word yawn used in a sentence
“I yawn when I'm sleepy and open my mouth really wide.”
The plural of the word yawn
yawns
How the word yawn is said around the world
| French | bâillement (bahymahn) |
| Spanish | bostezo (bohstaythoh) |
| Mandarin | 打哈欠 (dǎ hā qiàn) |
| Hindi | जम्हाई लेना (gyuhmhy laynah) |
| Arabic | التثاؤب (ahtthahb) |
| Russian | зевок (zevok) |
| Portuguese (EU) | bocejar (boosizhahr) |
| Portuguese (BR) | bocejar (bohsayzhahr) |
| Japanese | あくび (akubi) |
| German | gähnen (gairnuhn) |
| Urdu | جمائی (gyuhmy) |
| Punjabi | ਉਬਾਸੀ ਲੈਣਾ (uubahsee lenah) |
| Korean | 하품하다 (hapumhada) |
| Hebrew | לְפַהֵק (lfahayk) |
| Greek | χασμουρητό (khasmoureto) |
| Dutch | gaap (ghahp) |
| Tagalog | humikab (hoomeekahb) |
| Vietnamese | ngáp (ngahurp) |
| Turkish | esneme (esnayme) |
| Persian | خمیازه کشیدن (khahmeeahzay kaysheedahn) |
| Polish | ziewać (zhevahch) |
| Ukrainian | позіхання (pozikhannya) |
| Bengali | হাই (hy) |
| Swedish | gäspa (yespah) |
| Italian | sbadiglio (zbahdeelyoh) |
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