whisper

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
2. (plural-normally) A rumor.
3. (figuratively) A faint trace or hint (of something).
4. A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
5. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the vocal cords which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
2. (transitive) To say (something) softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter (something) without sonant breath, without that vibration of the vocal cords which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
3. (transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
4. (intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.
5. (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
8. (Internet) To send a private message to an individual in a chat room.
9. To exercise skill in taming or training a creature.
10. To project using telepathy.

Concetti

sussurrare

bisbigliare

sussurro

mormorare

bisbiglio

fremito

fruscio

mormorazione

mormorio

fruscìo

brusio

fischiare

crepitìo

farfugliare

sinonimi

murmur

whispering

mutter

speak softly

rustle

mumble

susurration

babble

low voice

rustling

hum

chatter

undertone

voicelessness

blow softly

speak under one’s breath

breathe

buzz

faint sound

whir

hiss

rumour

sigh

sough

sound

🔉

talk

🗣️

undercurrent

vibrate

whistle

whizz

susurrate

talk to oneself

utter a sound

secret talk

in a whisper

2

mutter to oneself

remurmur

persuade clandestinely

say under one’s breath

bad language

burble

creep

drone

garrulous

gossip

groan

grouch

growl

hint

Traduzioni

chuchoter

flüstern

susurrar

fluisteren

murmurer

cuchichear

chuchotement

xiuxiuejar

susurrer

sussurrar

cochichar

sussurro

Geflüster

murmurar

Flüstern

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈ(h)wɪspə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: whisperen

Ereditato da inglese antico: hwisprian

Affine olandese: wisperen

Affine tedesco: wispern

Affine danese: hviske

Affine islandese: hvískra

Affine norvegese bokmål: hviske

Affine norvegese nynorsk: kviskre

Affine svedese: viska

Affine inglese: whistle

In summary

From Middle English whisperen, from Old English hwisprian (“to mutter, murmur, whisper”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwisprōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwisprōną (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Cognate with Dutch wisperen (“to whisper”), German wispern (“to mumble, whisper”). Related also to Danish hviske (“to whisper”), Icelandic hvískra (“to whisper”), Norwegian Bokmål hviske, kviskre (“to whisper”), Norwegian Nynorsk kviskre, kviskra (“to whisper”), Swedish viska (“to whisper”). More at English whistle.