mussitation

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.
  2. A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound.

Vertalings

μουρμούρισμα

murmuri

barboteig

xiu-xiu

xiu-xiueig

μουρμουρητό

μουρμούρα

دمْدمة

Gekoppel as
mus‧sit‧at‧ion
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/mʌsɪˈteɪʃn̩/
Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin mussitātiō (“soft noise made by dogs, or (Late Latin) people”) + English -ion (suffix denoting a condition or state). Mussitātiō is derived from mussitātus (“kept quiet; having been kept quiet; murmured, muttered; having been muttered”) (see further at mussitate) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs).

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