Etsitylle sanalle löytyi useampi kirjoitusasu:
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- SG:
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| espanja | tararear, canturrear, zumbar, zumbido, runrún, canturreo |
| esperanto | zumi, zumo |
| hollanti | neuriën, geneurie, zoemen, gebrom, brommen, pijpen, pruttelen |
| italia | canticchiare, canterellare, ronzio, ruglio, ronzare |
| latina | fremō |
| liettua | zvimbti |
| portugali | cantarolar, trautear, zunzum, zumbido |
| puola | nucić |
| ranska | ronronner, fredon, vrombir, fredonner, bourdonner, ronronnement, turluter, bourdonnement |
| ruotsi | surr, sorla |
| saksa | summen, Summen, brummen, surren |
| suomi | humista, hulina, hymistä, surina, hurina, pörinä, hyristä, hyrinä, porina, hyminä, hyräillä, hyörinä, surista, humu, karstitorni, hyrrätä, pöristä, pörrätä, surrata, pulista |
| tšekki | broukat si, bzučet, hukot |
| unkari | zsong, búg, zümmög, zúg, döng |
| venäjä | жужжать (žužžat), жужжание (žužžanije), гул (gul) |
- Hum on
sanan humilis lyhenne (biologia).
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (informal, Malaysia, Singapore) Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”).
- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
- (dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
- (with article) 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.
Huudahdus
- Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
- Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.
Verbi
- (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- (transitive) To express by humming.
- (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
- (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- (British, slang) To reek, smell bad.
- (transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
Esimerkit
- They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
- the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
- We are humming happily along with the music.
- The hazers ominously hummed "We shall overcome" while they paddled the unruly pledges
- to hum a tune
- A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
- 'The streets were humming with activity.
- This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
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