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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.1.4 Related terms 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
laid	cold	led	#518: low	American	bad	forward

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /loʊ/
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  Rhymes: -əʊ

[ Etymology 1

Old English lāh

[ Adjective

low (comparative lower, superlative lowest)

1. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
2. Small in height.
3. Depressed, sad.
4. In an amount nearest to zero, such as low prices.

[ Synonyms

• (depressed): blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy

[ Antonyms

• (in a position comparatively close to the ground): high

[ Translations

in a position comparatively close to thee ground

Armenian: ցածրահասակ (tsatzrahasak) Catalan: baix m., baixa f. Chinese: 低 Dutch: laag, lage Esperanto: malalta Finnish: alhainen French: bas m., basse f. German: niedrig Guarani: karape Ido: basa Interlingua: basse Italian: basso m., bassa f.

Japanese: 低い (ひくい, hikui) Korean: 낮다 (najda, nat-) Kurdish: nizm,نزم Portuguese: baixo m., baixa f. Rohingya: niso Romanian: jos m., joasă f. Russian: низкий (nízkij) Serbian: nizak m., niska f., nisko n. Sicilian: vasciu m., vascia f. Spanish: bajo m., baja f. Swedish: låg Turkish: alçak

small height

Catalan: baix m., baixa f. Czech: nízký m. Finnish: matala Kurdish: nizm, نزم

Russian: низкий (nízkij) Serbian: nizak m., niska f., nisko n. Swedish: kort, låg

depressed, sad

Finnish: alakuloinen Kurdish: bêmad

Swedish: nere

[ Related terms

• Low German
• Low Latin

[ Noun

Singular low

Plural lows

low (plural lows)

1. Something that is low.
2. A depressed mood or situation.

   He is in a low right now

[ Etymology 2

Old English hlōwan. Compare Dutch loeien.

[ Verb

Infinitive to low

Third person singular lows

Simple past lowed

Past participle lowed

Present participle lowing

to low (third-person singular simple present lows, present participle lowing, simple past and past participle lowed)

1. (intransitive) To moo.

   The cattle were lowing.

[ Translations

See moo

[ Anagrams

• owl