Sounds Animals Make

Every language has its words for describing the sounds animals make. Sometimes they can be very strange or funny. Do you know these words and expressions in English? If not, it’s time to learn them.

Sounds Animals Make

Dogs – Bark – They go bow-wow.

Cats – Meow – They go meow-meow.

Cows – Moo – They go moo-moo.

Horses – Neigh – They go neigh-neigh.

Pigs – Grunt – They go oink-oink.

Sheep – Baa – They go baa-baa.

Rabbits – Squeak – They go huff-huff.

Lions – Roar

Snakes – Hiss

Donkeys – Bray – They go hee-haw.

Calves – Bleat

Bears – Growl

Goats- Bleat – They go mee-mee.

Frogs – Croak, ribbit – They go croak-croak or ribbit-ribbit.

Elephants – Trumpet

Camels – Grunt

Mice – Squeak

Tigers – Growl – They go grrr-grrr.

Bees – Buzz – They go buzz-buzz.

Mosquitos – whine

Crickets– creak – They go click-click.

Flies – Buzz

Dolphins – Click

Whales – Sing

Seals – Bark

Hippos – Bray

Foxes – Bark

 

Sounds Birds Make

            Birds – Tweet – They go tweet-tweet.

Chickens, Hens – Cackle – They go cluck-cluck.

Cocks – Cockadoodledoo – They go cockadoodledoo.

Ducks – Quack – They go quack-quack.

Turkeys – Gobble

Owls – Hoot – They go hoot-hoot.

Eagles – Screech

Geese – Honk – They go honk-honk.

           Crows– caw – They go caw-caw.

Cuckoos– Cuckoo – They go cuckoo.

Doves– Coo-coo

Peacocks– Scream

Larks – Sing, warble

Magpies– chatter

 

Some explanations 

Bark – (sound), call of a dog – ugatás

Bleat – call of a sheep – bégetés

Chirp – bird call – csiripelés

Chirp – sound made by rubbing together legs or other body parts, e.g. by a cicada – ciripelés

Growling – low, guttural vocalization produced by predatory animals – üvöltés, morgás

Hiss – sound made by a snake – sziszegés

Hoot – call of an owl – huhogás

Meow – cry of a cat – nyávogás

Moo – sound of a cow – bőgés

Purr – a buzzing sound made by all members of the cat family – dorombolás

Quack – call of a duck – hápogás

Ribbit, croak – sound of some frogs or bullfrogs – brekegés

Roar – deep, bellowing outburst made by various animals – üvöltés

Screech– high-pitched or piercing sound, as made by a screech owl – visítás 

 

Can you translate the Hungarian animal sounds into English?

1.  vau-vau

2. miaú-miaú

3. mú-mú

4. nyihaha

5. röf-röf

6. iá-iá

7. mek-mek

8. brekeke

9. kot-kot

10. háp-háp

11. kár-kár

12. kukuríkú

13. kakukk

14. csip-csip

15. züm-züm

16. cirip-cirip

17. bee-bee

18. uhu-uhu

19. gá-gá

20. nyusz-nyusz

Key:

1. bow-wow

2. meow-meow

3. moo-moo

4. neigh-neigh

5. oink-oink

6. hee-haw

7. mee-mee

8. croak-croak, ribbit-ribbit

9. cluck-cluck

10. quack-quack

11. caw-caw

12. cockadoodledoo

13. cuckoo

14. tweet-tweet

15. buzz-buzz

16. click-click

17. baa-baa

18. hoot-hoot

19. honk-honk

20. huff-huff