murmurer

English

Etymology

murmur +‎ -er.

Noun

murmurer (plural murmurers)

1. One who murmurs
   • 2007 March 17, Kelefa Sanneh, “An R&B Star Who Doesn’t Look Like One”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] in a genre dominated by loud beats and wailing pleas, Mr. Thicke is a hard-core murmurer.

Translations

one who murmurs

• Greek:

  Ancient: γογγυστής m (gongustḗs)

Anagrams

• remurmur

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French murmurer, borrowed from Latin murmurāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myʁ.my.ʁe/

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Verb

murmurer

1. to murmur

Conjugation

Conjugation of murmurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	murmurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	murmurant /myʁ.my.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		murmuré /myʁ.my.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	murmure /myʁ.myʁ/	murmures /myʁ.myʁ/	murmure /myʁ.myʁ/	murmurons /myʁ.my.ʁɔ̃/	murmurez /myʁ.my.ʁe/	murmurent /myʁ.myʁ/
	imperfect	murmurais /myʁ.my.ʁɛ/	murmurais /myʁ.my.ʁɛ/	murmurait /myʁ.my.ʁɛ/	murmurions /myʁ.my.ʁjɔ̃/	murmuriez /myʁ.my.ʁje/	murmuraient /myʁ.my.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	murmurai /myʁ.my.ʁe/	murmuras /myʁ.my.ʁa/	murmura /myʁ.my.ʁa/	murmurâmes /myʁ.my.ʁam/	murmurâtes /myʁ.my.ʁat/	murmurèrent /myʁ.my.ʁɛʁ/
	future	murmurerai /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁe/	murmureras /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁa/	murmurera /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁa/	murmurerons /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	murmurerez /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁe/	murmureront /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	murmurerais /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/	murmurerais /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/	murmurerait /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/	murmurerions /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	murmureriez /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁje/	murmureraient /myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	murmure /myʁ.myʁ/	murmures /myʁ.myʁ/	murmure /myʁ.myʁ/	murmurions /myʁ.my.ʁjɔ̃/	murmuriez /myʁ.my.ʁje/	murmurent /myʁ.myʁ/
	imperfect2	murmurasse /myʁ.my.ʁas/	murmurasses /myʁ.my.ʁas/	murmurât /myʁ.my.ʁa/	murmurassions /myʁ.my.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	murmurassiez /myʁ.my.ʁa.sje/	murmurassent /myʁ.my.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	murmure /myʁ.myʁ/	—	murmurons /myʁ.my.ʁɔ̃/	murmurez /myʁ.my.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• marmonner
• murmure m

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

murmurer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of murmurō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin murmuro, murmurare.

Verb

murmurer

1. to whisper
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Mout murmurent ces chamberieres

     Her chambermaids whispered a lot

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of murmurer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		murmurer			avoir murmuré
gerund		en murmurant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		murmurant
past participle		murmuré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	murmur	murmures	murmure	murmurons	murmurez	murmurent
	imperfect	murmuroie, murmureie, murmuroe, murmureve	murmuroies, murmureies, murmuroes, murmureves	murmuroit, murmureit, murmurot, murmureve	murmuriiens, murmuriens	murmuriiez, murmuriez	murmuroient, murmureient, murmuroent, murmurevent
	preterite	murmurai	murmuras	murmura	murmurames	murmurastes	murmurerent
	future	murmurerai	murmureras	murmurera	murmurerons	murmureroiz, murmurereiz, murmurerez	murmureront
	conditional	murmureroie, murmurereie	murmureroies, murmurereies	murmureroit, murmurereit	murmureriiens, murmureriens	murmureriiez, murmureriez	murmureroient, murmurereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	murmur	murmurs	murmurt	murmurons	murmurez	murmurent
	imperfect	murmurasse	murmurasses	murmurast	murmurissons, murmurissiens	murmurissoiz, murmurissez, murmurissiez	murmurassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	murmure	—	murmurons	murmurez	—

Descendants

• → English: murmur
• French: murmurer
• Norman: murmuther