achoo

English

Alternative forms

ahchoo, ah-choo, a-choo

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

enPR: əcho͝oʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɑːˈt͡ʃuː/
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Interjection

achoo

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.
Achoo - I think I'm coming down with something!

Synonyms

atishoo (UK)
kerchoo

Translations

the sound of a sneeze

Bulgarian: апчиху! (apčihu!), апчих! (apčih!)
Catalan: atxim (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿嚏 (zh) (ātì), 啊嚏 (ātì)
Czech: hepčí (cs), hepčík
Danish: atju
Dutch: hatsjoe, hatsjie (nl)
Estonian: atsihh (et)
Finnish: atsii
French: atchoum ! (fr)
German: hatschi (de), hatzi
Greek: αψού (apsoú)
Hungarian: hapci
Italian: eccì!
Japanese: ハクション！ (ja) (hakushon)

Korean: 에취 (echwi)
Latvian: apčī
Madurese: ꦲꦱ꧀ꦱꦶꦩ꧀ (assìm)
Navajo: hatsʼíhyaa
Norwegian: atsjo
Polish: a psik! (pl), apsik! (pl)
Portuguese: atchim! (pt)
Romanian: hapciu (ro)
Russian: апчхи́! (ru) (apčxí!)
Spanish: achís (es)
Swedish: attjo! (sv)
Thai: ฮัดชิ่ว (hát-chîu), ฮัดชิ้ว (hát-chíu)
Turkish: hapşu (tr)
Uzbek: apshu (uz)
Vietnamese: hắt xì

Noun

achoo (plural achoos)

The sound of a sneeze.

Verb

achoo (third-person singular simple present achoos, present participle achooing, simple past and past participle achooed)

(colloquial) To sneeze loudly; to make an "achoo" sound.

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