mumble

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Verb

mumble (third-person singular simple present mumbles, present participle mumbling, simple past and past participle mumbled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.

   Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.

Synonyms

• See aslo Wikisaurus:mutter

Translations

to speak unintelligibly

Arabic: غمغمة (ar) (Ghamghama) f. Czech: mumlat (cs) Danish: mumle (da) Dutch: mompelen (nl) Finnish: mumista (fi), mutista (fi), mongertaa (fi) French: marmonner (fr) Hungarian: motyog (hu) Indonesian: bergumam (id)

Italian: biascicare (it) Norwegian: mumle (no) Polish: mamrotać (pl) Portuguese: murmurar (pt) Russian: бормотать (ru), мямлить (ru) Scottish Gaelic: brunndail (gd) Spanish: mascujar (es) Swedish: mumla (sv)

Noun

mumble (plural mumbles)

1. A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.

   All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.

2. A low tone of voice.

   He spoke in a mumble.

Translations

Quiet vocalization

Czech: mumlání (cs) n. Danish: mumlen Finnish: mumina (fi) Hungarian: motyogás (hu)

Norwegian: mumling (no) m. and f. Russian: бормотание (ru) n. Spanish: mascujada (es) f.

Low tone of voice

Danish: mumlen German: murmeln (de)

Norwegian: mumling (no) m. and f.