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)
• Maori: whakameme (mi), pararāwaha (mi)
• Norwegian: mumle (no)
• Polish: mamrotać (pl)
• Portuguese: murmurar (pt)
• Russian: бормотать (ru) (bormotatʹ), мямлить (ru) (mjamlitʹ)
• 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) (bormotanije) n
• Spanish: mascujada (es) f

Low tone of voice

• Danish: mumlen
• German: murmeln (de)

• Norwegian: mumling (no) m and f