Woo — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

seek someone's favor

make amorous advances towards

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈuː/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈuː/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈuː/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈuː/.

Examples

China is wooing Russia
John is courting Mary

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

court romance solicit

Parts of Speech

verb	seek someone's favor “China is wooing Russia”
verb	make amorous advances towards “John is courting Mary”

Word Forms

wooer	noun	a man who courts a woman
court	noun	respectful deference
wooing	noun	a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
courting	noun	a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
romance	noun	a story dealing with love

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

umwerben

jemandes Gunst suchen

🇫🇷French

courtiser

chercher la faveur de quelqu'un

🇪🇸Spanish

cortejar

buscar el favor de alguien

🇮🇹Italian

corteggiare

cercare il favore di qualcuno

🇵🇹Portuguese

uau

buscar o favor de alguém

🇷🇺Russian

вуу

добиваться чьего-либо расположения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वू

किसी का अनुग्रह माँगना

🇧🇩Bengali

উচ্ছ্বাস

কারো অনুগ্রহ খোঁজা

🇮🇳Tamil

வூ

ஒருவரின் தயவை நாடுங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

వూ

ఒకరి అనుగ్రహాన్ని కోరుకుంటారు

🇮🇳Marathi

वू

कोणाची तरी मर्जी शोधा

🇮🇳Gujarati

વહુ

કોઈની કૃપા શોધો

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೂ

ಯಾರೊಬ್ಬರ ಒಲವನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വൂ

ആരുടെയെങ്കിലും പ്രീതി തേടുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੂ

ਕਿਸੇ ਦਾ ਪੱਖ ਭਾਲੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

wow

کسی کا احسان تلاش کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

呜

寻求某人的青睐

🇯🇵Japanese

うーん

誰かの好意を求める

🇰🇷Korean

우

누군가의 부탁을 구하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ôi

tìm kiếm sự giúp đỡ của ai đó

🇹🇭Thai

แอ่ว

แสวงหาความโปรดปรานจากใครสักคน

🇮🇩Indonesian

merayu

mencari bantuan seseorang

🇵🇭Filipino

manligaw

humanap ng pabor ng isang tao

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

وو

اطلب خدمة شخص ما

🇮🇷Persian

وو

جلب لطف کسی

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְחַזֵר אַחֲרֵי

לחפש חסד של מישהו

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The primary meaning of 'woo' is 'seek someone's favor'.

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