pouah

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pouah

\pwa\

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D’une onomatopée. poua chez Molière (Oh ! la farouche, la sauvage. Fi, poua ! la vilaine, qui est cruelle. — (George Dandin)) ; pour la construction, comparez peuh avec euh et ouah ; en anglais pew, phew.

interjection huah · peuh

familiar Exprime le dégoût. Thisbé se bouche le nez devant Pyrame et dit : Pouah !

Similar: berk, beurk, fi

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interjection

Similar: berk, beurk, fi

In English

pew expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor
phew Used to show disgust

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MLA

"pouah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/pouah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pouah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/pouah

Chicago

"pouah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/pouah.

BibTeX

@misc{pouah_2026,
  title = {pouah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/pouah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}