susurrus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) whisper
2. (declension-2, masculine) murmur

Concepts

susurrus

whisper

Translations

susurro

xiuxiueig

Geflüster

Flüstern

Säuseln

ψίθυρος

chuchotement

sussurro

fluistering

gefluister

sussurro

murmullo

همس

fısıltı

Pronounced as (IPA)

[sʊˈsʊr.rʊs]

Etymology

A reduplicative onomatopoeic extension of Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). See also Latin surdus, Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).