English
Etymology
Imitative.
Pronunciation
Noun
choo-choo (plural choo-choos)
- The sound made by a steam locomotive or ship.
- (childish) A locomotive, especially a train or ship.
- Synonym: choo-choo train
Translations
sound made by a steam locomotive
- Arabic: تُوت تُوت (tūt tūt)
- Estonian: tšuhh-tšuhh
- Finnish: tsuku-tsuku
- French: tchou-tchou (fr)
- Hawaiian: kūkū-kūkū (usually written as chūkū-chūkū)
- Hungarian: sihuhu, si-hu-hu
- Italian: ciuf ciuf
- Japanese: シュッシュッ (shusshut), ポッポッ (poppot), シュッポッポ (shuppoppo), シュッポ (shuppo), ガタンガトン (gatangatan), ガタンゴトン (gatangoton)
- Portuguese: tchu-tchu
- Russian: чух (ru) (čux) (steam engine sound), ту (ru) (tu) (train horn sound), ду (ru) (du) (train horn sound)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: tuff-tuff
- Turkish: çuf çuf
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