hum

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
2. To express by humming.
3. To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
4. To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
5. To produce low sounds which blend continuously
6. (slang) To reek, smell bad.
7. (slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

Intj

1. Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
2. Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.

Concepts

bourdonner

fredonner

vrombir

ronronner

bourdonnement

ronfler

vrombissement

bruit de voix

murmure

patois

ronronnement

murmurer

bruire

chantonner

frédonner

geindre

grogner

gronder

gémir

hurler

mugir

rugir

chuchoter

hum

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhʌm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.