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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin susurrus (“a humming, whispering”); reduplication of imitative Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?su?.s?.??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?su.s?.??s/, /s??s??.?s/

Noun

susurrus (plural susurruses)

1. (literary) A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)

   • The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.

Related terms

• insusurration
• susurrant, susurrous
• susurrate
• susurration

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Reduplication of imitative Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). See also Latin surdus, Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian ???????? (svirél?, “a pipe, reed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /su?sur.rus/, [s???s??r??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su?sur.rus/, [su?s?ur?us]

Noun

susurrus m (genitive susurr?); second declension

1. whisper
2. murmur

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: sussurro
• Spanish: susurro
• Romanian: susur

References

• susurrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• susurrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• susurrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *sough, swough, swogh, from Middle English swo?en, swowen, from Old English sw?gan (“to make a sound; move with noise; rush; roar”), from Proto-Germanic *sw?gan? from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh?g?-, same source as Latin v?gi?. Cognate with Scots souch (“sough”), Icelandic súgur (“a rushing sound, rustle”). Noun replaced Middle English swei, swe? from Old English sw?g. More at swoon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?/, /s?f/
• Rhymes: -a?, -?f

Verb

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

1. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:sough

Translations

Noun

sough (plural soughs)

1. A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.
2. A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.
3. A (deep) sigh.
4. (Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
5. (Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.

Derived terms

• death-sough

Translations

See also

• susurrus

Etymology 2

From Middle English sough (whence also Scots sheuch (“ditch”)), from Old English *s?h; compare dialectal Dutch zoeg (“ditch”).

Noun

sough (plural soughs)

1. A small drain; an adit.

Verb

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

1. To drain.

Derived terms

• soughing-tile

Anagrams

• Hugos