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Definition: Susurration |
SusurrationNoun1. The indistinct sound of people whispering. 2. Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Susurration \Su`sur*ra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression susurratio, from susurrare to whisper: compare to the French expression susurration.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SusurrationSynonyms: whisper (n), whispering (n). (additional references) |
| "Susurration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Susurration" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "susurration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shushuritje (gritting, sing), pëshpëritje (breath, mutter, muttering, whisper, whispering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | همس (breathe, buzz, hiss, murmur, speak, whisper, whispering), هسيس, وشوش. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ромон (babble, burble, chatter, murmur, purl, ripple), шепот (burble, buzz, murmur, whisper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | susurrement (susurrus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | säuseln (murmur, purr, sigh, sighing, simper, whisper, whispering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψιθυρισμόσ (whispering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | susogás (rustle, rustling, sough, susurrus, whisper, whispering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | usurrationsay sussurro (buzz, croon, embroidery, hum, murmur, purl, ripple, rustle, sough, swish, whirr, whisper, whispering), rumor (bruit, buzz, dog-bee, drone, embroidery, hearsay, report, rumble, rumor, rumour, sound, umbrage, whispering), murmúrio (babblement, brawl, breath, breeze, bubble, buzz, chatter, croon, embroidery, murmur, mutter, purl, ripple, sough, whisper, whispering). (various references) шепот (whisper, whispering), легкий шорох. (various references) žuborenje (purl), šuštanje (rustle). (various references) susurro (murmur, ripple, rustle, rustling, sigh, sough, whisper, whispering). (various references) การกระซิบกระซาบ. (various references) fısıltı (breath, mutter, undertone, whisper, whispering). (various references) шелест (lisp, rustle, whisper), шепіт (breath, lisp, whisper, whispering). (various references) tiếng x o xạc (sough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "susurration": susurrations. (additional references) | |
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"Susurration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sursurration, sussuration, susuration, susurrant, susurratiopn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "susurration" (pronounced 'Su`sur*ra"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: sartorius, susurrant. | |
-3 letters: arsonist, rainouts, santours, sautoirs. | |
-4 letters: anurous, aorists, aristos, aroints, assuror, aurists, instars, issuant, nitrous, nutrias, ouraris, outruns, outsins, rainout, rations, ruinous, runouts, sanious, santirs, santour, santurs, sartors, satoris, sautoir, sinuous, souaris, strains, suasion, suitors, sunsuit, sustain, tsouris, untruss, uranous, urinous. | |
-5 letters: aorist, aristo, aroint, arsino, arsons, assort, aurist, aurous, instar, intros. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: susurrations. | |
+3 letters: structurations. | |
+4 letters: supersaturation. | |
+5 letters: supersaturations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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