different between murmur vs gurgle
murmur
English
Etymology
From Middle English murmur, murmor, murmour, from Old French murmure (modern French murmure), from Latin murmur (“murmur, humming, muttering, roaring, growling, rushing etc.”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??.m?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?.m?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)
Noun
murmur (countable and uncountable, plural murmurs)
- (countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
- (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
- A murmur arose from the audience.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, chapter V:
- In the prison of the 'tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs. The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to "prevent the prisoners from making a noise," but he put a very liberal interpretation upon the clause, and so long as the prisoners refrained from shouting, yelling, and fighting--eccentricities in which they sometimes indulged--he did not disturb them.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI:
- The moment had come for the honeyed word. I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur, but on her inquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again.
- (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
- A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
- In fear of disease and in the interest of his health man will be muzzled and masked like a vicious dog, and that without any murmur of complaint.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XX:
- Glossop will return from his afternoon off to find the awful majesty of the Law waiting for him, complete with handcuffs. We can hardly expect him to accept an exemplary sentence without a murmur, so his first move will be to establish his innocence by revealing all.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
Translations
Verb
murmur (third-person singular simple present murmurs, present participle murmuring, simple past and past participle murmured)
- (intransitive, now rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something. [from 14th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John 6:41:
- The Iewes then murmured at him because he sayde: I am that breed which is come doune from heaven.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John 6:41:
- (intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter. [from 15th c.]
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II, Scene 3, line 51,[1]
- I […] heard thee murmur tales of iron wars;
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Chapter 21,[2]
- Gabriel murmured a confused reply, and hastened on.
- 1942, Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe, Chapter 7,[3]
- With a husky voice she murmured that he was the very dearest grandfather anyone ever had.
- 1978, Andrew Holleran, Dancer from the Dance, New York: New American Library, 1986, Chapter 4, p. 105,[4]
- “ […] Don’t look now,” he murmured, lowering his eyes demurely, “but the most handsome man in Brookfield, Connecticut, has just walked in the room.”
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act II, Scene 3, line 51,[1]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:mutter
Derived terms
Translations
References
- murmur in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “murmur”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
Further reading
- heart murmur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mormur-, *mur- (“to mutter”). Reduplication points to imitative, onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Sanskrit ????? (marmara, “rustling sound, murmur”), Ancient Greek ??????? (mormúr?, “to roar, boil”), Lithuanian mùrm?ti (“to mutter, murmur, babble”), Old High German murmur?n, murmul?n (“to mumble, murmur”), Old Norse murra (“to grumble, mumble”), Old Armenian ?????? (m?m?am).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mur.mur/, [?m?rm?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?mur.mur/, [?murmur]
Noun
murmur n (genitive murmuris); third declension
- murmur, murmuring
- humming, roaring, growling, grumbling
- rushing, crashing
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
- English: murmur
- French: murmure
- Irish: monabhar
- Italian: mormorio
- Portuguese: murmúrio
- Spanish: murmullo, murmurio, murmuro
References
- murmur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- murmur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Alternative forms
- murmure, murmour, murmour, murmor
Etymology
From Old French murmure, from Latin murmur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?murmur/
Noun
murmur (plural murmurs)
- A whining, protesting or complaining in the background; murmuring.
- (rare) Background noise or sounds.
Descendants
- English: murmur
References
- “murmur(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-20.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?murmur]
Verb
murmur
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of murmura
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gurgle
English
Etymology
Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguli? (“throat”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????.??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /???.??l/
- Rhymes: -??(r)??l
Verb
gurgle (third-person singular simple present gurgles, present participle gurgling, simple past and past participle gurgled)
- To flow with a bubbling sound.
- The bath water gurgled down the drain.
- 1728, Edward Young, The Love of Fame
- Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace, / And waste their music on the savage race.
- To make such a sound.
- The baby gurgled with delight.
Translations
Noun
gurgle (plural gurgles)
- A gurgling sound.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
Translations
Anagrams
- glurge, lugger
German
Verb
gurgle
- inflection of gurgeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
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