What sounds do animals make in different language?
| Animal Sound | Danish | Dutch | English | Finnish | French | German | Greek | Hebrew | Hungarian | Italian | Japanese | Portugese | Russian | Spanish | Swedish | Turkish | Urdu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee droning | bzzz | buzz | buzz/bzzz | bzz | bzzz | summ summ | zoum zoum | bzzz | bzzz | zzzz | boon boon | zh-zh-zh | bzzz | buzz buzz | vizzz | bzzz | |
| Bird (small) | pip-pip | tjiep | cheep/chirp/chirrup/peep | piip | piep piep | tsiou tsiou | tziff-tziff | csip-csirip | chip | pee pee/pii pii | fiyt-fiyt | pip-pip | jiyk jiyk | ||||
| Bird (medium) | dit kari jay sige lige sa tit son jay vol | cheep cheep/tweet | tsirk/piip | cui cui | tschiwitt | tsiou tsiou | csirip | chip | pio | pío pío | pip-pip | juyk juyk | |||||
| Bird (big) | squawk | kvak | kra kra | hihihi/chip (loudly) | ouh-ouh | ||||||||||||
| Bird (many birds) | warble/twitter | chip chip | |||||||||||||||
| Camel nuzzing | grumph | ga-a-a-a-h | |||||||||||||||
| Cat mewing | miav | miauw | meow | miau | miaou | miau | miaou | miyau | miau | miau | nyan nyan/nyaa nyaa | miyau | miao | mjan mjan | miyav | meow | |
| Cat purring | pierr | prrr | purr | hrr | ronron | srr | doromb | purr | goro goro | mrrr | rrr | ||||||
| Chaffinch | pink | ||||||||||||||||
| Chicken (hen) clucking | tok tok | cluck cluck | kot-kot | cotcotcodet | tock tock | ko ko ko/ka ka ka | chuck-chuck | kot kot | coccodé | ku-ku-ku-ku/ko-ko-ko-ko | ko-ko-ko | caca-racá/cocorocó/ | ock-ock | gut gut gdak | |||
| Rooster (cock) crowing | kykyliky | kukeleku | cock-a-doodle-doo | kukko kiekuu | cocorico | kikeriki | kikiriku/kikiriki | coo-koo-ri-koo | kukuriku | chicchirichí | ko-ke-kok-ko-o | cucurucu | kukareku | quiquiriquí/kikiriki | kuckeliku | kuk-kurri-kuuuu uru uuu (pron: oo-oore-oo) | kuklooku |
| Chick (baby chicken) | pip-pip | piep piep | cheep/peep | piip | piou piou | piep piep | ko ko ko | csip-csip | pio pio | piyo piyo | pi-pi-pi | pi-pi | pip-pip | jiyk jiyk | tsik-tsik | ||
| Cow lowing | moe/boe | moo | ammuu/möö (calf) | meuh | mmuuh | moo | moo | mu | muu | mau mau | mu-u-u | muuu/meee | mu mu | mooo (pron: meuh) | baeh | ||
| Cow/Bull (angry) snorting | snurk | snort | pärsk | pfff | buff | ||||||||||||
| Crane | clang | ||||||||||||||||
| Crocodile (biting) | klap | snap | clap | klap | gnam | clap/clack | |||||||||||
| Crow cawing | kra-kra | kra kra | kaak/caw | kraa/vaak | croa croa | kräh kräh | kra-kra | krak-krak | kár-kár | cra cra | kar-kar | kar-kar | ah ah | kra kra | gaak gaak | ||
| Cuckoo | koekoek | cuckoo | kukkuu | coucou | kuckuck | cuckoo | kakukk | cucú | kakko-kakko/tokkyo-kyoka-kyokubaby cuckoo) | ku-ku | cu-cu | ko-ko | |||||
| Deer | troat | ||||||||||||||||
| Donkey braying | i-a | hee haw/eeyore | hihan | iaah iaah | iaa iaa | yi-ah | iá-iá | ioh ioh | ia-ia | iha iha/ji-jo | a-iiii a-iiii | ||||||
| Dog barking (small dog) | vov-vov (in a high voice) | waf waf | yap yap/arf arf | hau hau | ouah ouah (in a high voice) | wau wau(in a high voice) | how-how | vau vau | arf arf/bau bau | kian kian | hav-hav/gav-gav | guau/gua | bjäbb-bjäbb | hev hev | |||
| Dog barking (medium dog) | vov-vov | woef woef | woof woof/ruff ruff | vuff | ouah ouah | wau wau | gav gav | woof-woof | vau vau | bau bau | wan wan | hav-hav/gav-gav | guav | vov-vov/voff | hauv hauv | ||
| Dog barking (big dog) | vov-vov (in a low voice) | bow wow | vuff/rouf | ouah ouah (in a low voice) | wuff wuff | vau vau | bau bau | wan wan | hav-hav/gav-gav | guf guf | hov hov | bow bow | |||||
| Dog (biting) | gnash/snap | naps | gnam | gari gari | chac | ||||||||||||
| Dog (gnawing bone) | knor | chomp/chump/gnaw | chrong | paku paku | chua-chua | haart haart | |||||||||||
| Dog (angry) | grrr | grr | grrr/snarl/growl | mrr | grrr | grrr | grrr | grr | uuuuu | grrrrr | grrr | grr | hirrrr | ||||
| Dog (crying) | whine/whimper | juhhh | yu-yu-yuuu! | ||||||||||||||
| Dog (panting) | ha ha | pant pant | lääh-lääh | cha-cha | pant pant | hah hah | he-he-he | eh eh eh | heh heh heh | ||||||||
| Dog (distressed) | peep-peep | yelp/yip/howl/yowl | ui-ui | juhhh | huuu | o-u-u-u-h | auu | ||||||||||
| Dog (drinking) | lap lap | glup | schlapp schlapp | lefety lefety | slop slop/slurp | hu-up hu-up | blap blap | slap slap slap (pron: schlup) | |||||||||
| Dove crooding | roekoe | coo | kurr | rou rou | guru guru | burukk | uuu | grl-grl | gu gu/cucurrucu | oo ho oo ho | gu gu gu guuk | ||||||
| Duck gabbing | rap-rap | kwak kwak | quack quack | kvak | coin coin | quack quack | pa-pa-pa | quak-quak | háp-háp | qua qua | ga ga | krya-krya | cua cua | kvack-kvack | vak vak | quak quak | |
| Elephant trumpeting | baraag | tööt | toerroe | baaa | paoh-paoh | u-u-u | biaaah | ||||||||||
| Frog | kvæk-kvæk | kwak kwak | croak/ribbit (USA) | kvaak | croa croa | quaak quaak | quak-quak | bre-ke-ke/kuty kurutty/kurutty (pron: kurutch) | cra cra | kero kero | kva-kva | croac croac | ko ack ack ack | vrak vrak | |||
| Goat bleating | mæh | mè mè | naa | mää | bêê | maehh maehh | maehehe | meh meh | mek-mek | bee | me-e me-e | me-e-e | beee | määk määk | me-e-e me-e-e | meh | |
| Goose cackling | gak gak | honk | tööt | gak gak | gá-gá | ga-a ga-a | ga-ga-ga | gak gak | |||||||||
| Horse neighing | neigh | hi-hiin | i-go-go | iihaha | |||||||||||||
| Horse shuddering | prrr/vrinsk | brrr | brrr | bhhh | |||||||||||||
| Horse whinnying | hi hi | wehee | iha-haa | hiiiii | wihiie | nyihaha | hiii | hihiiiiin | ihiii | e-he-he-he | |||||||
| Horse (hoof sound) | klip-klap | klip klap | clip clop | kopotikop | clip clop | klip klap | clippete/clip clop | paka paka | ta-tá ta-tá ta-tá | cotocloc | deg-a-dek | ||||||
| Lion roaring | grrrr/grauuw | raa/grr/roar | raoh | grr | ah ah/gra gra | grr/roar | gaooooo | r-r-r-r | grr | uagh | |||||||
| Moose | bröl | ||||||||||||||||
| Mouse squeeking | piep piep | eek | piep piep | cin-cin (pron: tsin-tsin) | squit | chu-chu | pi-pi-pi | iiik | pip-pip | viyk viyk | |||||||
| Owl hooting | oe hoe | twit twoo/hoo hoo/whit woo/terwit terwoo | huhuu | hou hou | uhu/huuh huuh | hu | hu hu | hoh hoh | uh! uh! uh! | uhh uhh | ho-ho | uuu uuu | hoo hoo | ||||
| Ox lowing | boo/booh | meuh | |||||||||||||||
| Parrot | lorre/Lora Lora | pretty Polly/Who’s a pretty boy? | coco | Lora Lora | gyuri | pityu | Portobello | ohayo (=good morning) | Pópka-durák | lorito lorito | vakra klara | naaber naaber/nasilin nasilin/mucuk mucuk (pron: mujuk) | mea mitu/churi | ||||
| Pig grunting | øf-øf | knor knor | oink | nöff | groin groin | grunz | röf-röf (pron: reuf-reuf) | oink | boo boo | hrgu-hrgu | oink/oinc | nöff-nöff | |||||
| Pig squealing | hvin | sweek | wee wee | quiek | ui-uii | bu-hii bu-hii | iiih/uiii/cuiii | ||||||||||
| Pigeon cooing | coo | kurr | rou rou | guru guru | gru uu | woo-woo | burukk | hu hu | guli-guli | ruú-ruú/cucurrocu | oo ho oo ho | gu gu gu guuk | |||||
| Raven croaking | kra-kra | kra kra | caw | croâ croâ | kra-kra | kár-kár | cra cra | kar-kar | kra-kra | ||||||||
| Sheep bleating | mæh-mæh | bè bè | baa | mäh | bêê | baehh baehh | mae-ee | beee | bee | meh meh | beee | beee beee | bä bä | maeh maeh | |||
| Snake hissing | sss | sss | sss | hiss | sss | sss | sss | psss | sz-sz | hshs | ssss | sss | sss | sss | |||
| Sparrow | chun chun | ||||||||||||||||
| Tiger roaring | grr | grr | raa/grr | grr | grr | grr | grr | gaooooo | grrr | grrr | grr | ||||||
| Turkey (male cock) | gobble gobble | glou glou | glou glou | clou clou/goro-goro-goro (Mexico) | glu glu | ||||||||||||
| Turkey (female hen) | yelp | ||||||||||||||||
| Wolf howling | oou | ahoo/hoeea | owooooo | uhuu | ooouh | huh | oou | huu | uuu | auuuh | oooahh | ooo | |||||
| Woodcock | peent |
source: Derek Abbott’s Animal Noise Page