mormorare — meaning in English

English meaning

• hum verb To sing a tune with your lips closed, without forming words.
• murmur noun A soft, low, indistinct sound.

Senses

mormorare is used for these senses in English:

• hum (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
• murmur (intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. [from 14th c.]

hum — full definition

1. verb To sing a tune with your lips closed, without forming words.
2. verb To make a low, steady, continuous sound.
3. noun A low, steady, continuous sound.

murmur — full definition

1. noun A soft, low, indistinct sound.
2. verb To speak in a low, quiet, and hard-to-make-out voice.
3. noun An unusual sound made by blood flowing through the heart, sometimes signaling a heart condition.

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