hum

Signification (English)

1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
3. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
4. (slang) Unpleasant odour.
5. An imposition or hoax; humbug.
6. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
7. A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.

bourdonner

fredonner

bruit de voix

frédonner

sound of voices

faint sound

move fast

sing to oneself

compose impromptu

singing in a low voice

singing softly

groaning in distress

mogote

murmuration

speak softly

sound indistinctly

pullulate with

buz

karst tower

make a sound

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhʌm/

From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.

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