Powwow — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(informal) a quick private conference

a council of or with Native Americans

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈaʊwaʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈaʊwaʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈaʊwaʊ/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈaʊwaʊ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

huddle

Parts of Speech

noun	(informal) a quick private conference
noun	a council of or with Native Americans
verb	hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting

Word Forms

powwow	verb	hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
powwow	noun	(informal) a quick private conference

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

puhwow

(informell) eine kurze private Konferenz

🇫🇷French

pow-wow

(informel) une conférence privée rapide

🇪🇸Spanish

guau

(informal) una conferencia privada rápida

🇳🇱Dutch

poww

(informeel) een snelle privéconferentie

🇵🇹Portuguese

pow-ow

(informal) uma rápida conferência privada

🇷🇺Russian

пау-вау

(неформально) быстрая частная конференция

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सलाह-मशविरा करना

(अनौपचारिक) एक त्वरित निजी सम्मेलन

🇮🇳Tamil

பவ்வாவ்

(முறைசாரா) ஒரு விரைவான தனியார் மாநாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

పావ్‌వావ్

(అనధికారిక) శీఘ్ర ప్రైవేట్ సమావేశం

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾವ್ವಾವ್

(ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ) ತ್ವರಿತ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പവ്വൌ

(അനൗപചാരിക) പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള സ്വകാര്യ സമ്മേളനം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

哇

（非正式）快速的私人会议

🇯🇵Japanese

パウワウ

(非公式) 簡単なプライベート会議

🇰🇷Korean

주술사

(비공식) 빠른 비공개 회의

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ôi chao

(không chính thức) một cuộc họp riêng tư nhanh chóng

🇹🇭Thai

ว้าว

(ไม่เป็นทางการ) การประชุมส่วนตัวอย่างรวดเร็ว

🇮🇩Indonesian

dukun

(informal) konferensi pribadi singkat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

com.powwow

(غير رسمي) مؤتمر خاص سريع

🇮🇷Persian

واو

(غیررسمی) یک کنفرانس خصوصی سریع

🇹🇷Turkish

güç gösterisi

(gayri resmi) hızlı bir özel konferans

🇮🇱Hebrew

פאווווו

(לא רשמי) כנס פרטי מהיר

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