susurration

susurration
Synonyms and related words:
aspiration, bated breath, breath, breathy voice, drone, droning, exhalation, gabble, gibber, gibbering, jabber, jibber, little voice, low voice, maundering, mouthing, mumble, mumbling, murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mutter, muttering, rumor, sigh, soft voice, stage whisper, still small voice, susurrus, underbreath, undertone, whisper, whispering

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  • susurration — [ sysyrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1797; « médisance » h. XVIe; bas lat. susurratio ♦ Rare Bruit de ce qui susurre. « la susurration des mouches se confondait avec le battement de ses artères » (Flaubert). ⇒SUSURRATION, subst. fém. Littér. Bruit léger,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Susurration — Su sur*ra tion, n. [L. susurratio, fr. susurrare to whisper: cf. F. susurration.] A whispering; a soft murmur. Soft susurrations of the trees. Howell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • susurration — whisper, murmur, c.1400, from L. susurrationem (nom. susurratio), from pp. of susurrare, from susurrus murmur, whisper, a reduplication of the PIE imitative base *swer (Cf. Skt. svarati sounds, resounds, Gk. syrinx flute, L. surdus dull, mute,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • susurration — (su zu rra sion) s. f. Bruit léger d une personne qui parle à voix basse. •   N ayez pas peur, Cynthie ; ce n est que la susurration des roseaux inclinés par votre passage dans leur forêt mobile, CHATEAUBR. dans le Dict. de DOCHEZ.. HISTORIQUE… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • susurration — /sooh seuh ray sheuhn/, n. a soft murmur; whisper. [1350 1400; ME < LL susurration (s. of susurratio), equiv. to susurrat(us) (ptp. of susurrare; see SUSURRUS, ATE1) + ion ION] * * * …   Universalium

  • susurration — noun a low, indistinct continuous whispering sound; a murmur The rain was now falling more steadily, with a low, monotonous susurration, interrupted at long intervals by the sudden slashing of the boughs of the trees as the wind rose and failed …   Wiktionary

  • susurration — noun Date: 14th century a whispering sound ; murmur …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • susurration — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A low, indistinct, and often continuous sound: mumble, murmur, sigh, sough, susurrus, whisper. See SOUNDS …   English dictionary for students

  • susurration — [ˌsu:sʌ reɪʃ(ə)n] (also susurrus su: sʌrəs) noun literary whispering or rustling. Origin ME: from late L. susurratio(n ), from L. susurrare to murmur, hum …   English new terms dictionary

  • susurration — su·sur·ra·tion …   English syllables

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