murmure

See also: murmuré

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myʁ.myʁ/

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from murmurer.

Noun

murmure m (plural murmures)

1. murmur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

murmure

1. inflection of murmurer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “murmure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Verb

murmure

1. inflection of murmurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin murmure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.mu.re/
• Rhymes: -urmure
• Hyphenation: mùr‧mu‧re

Noun

murmure m (plural murmuri)

1. (literary) murmur

   Synonym: mormorio

2. (medicine) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

• “murmure” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “murmure” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “murmure” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “mùrmure” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “mùrmure”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmʊr.mʊ.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmur.mu.re]

Noun

murmure

1. ablative singular of murmur

Middle English

Noun

murmure

1. alternative form of murmur

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muʁˈmu.ɾi/ [muɦˈmu.ɾi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muʁˈmu.ɾi/ [muɦˈmu.ɾi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /muɾˈmu.ɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /muʁˈmu.ɾi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /muɻˈmu.ɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈmu.ɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: mur‧mu‧re

Verb

murmure

1. inflection of murmurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmurmure]

Verb

murmure

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of murmura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɾˈmuɾe/ [muɾˈmu.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -uɾe
• Syllabification: mur‧mu‧re

Verb

murmure

1. inflection of murmurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative