miaul

Questions about miaul

What does miaul mean?

miaul means "the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)".

How many syllables are in miaul?

miaul has 2 syllables and divides as mi-aul under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for miaul?

Close synonyms include meow, mew, miaou, miaow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is miaul a common word?

miaul is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.