Hum baby to sleep.
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Hum
//ˈhʌm//
Synonyms for "hum" (231 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
Related words (115)
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Verb(19 words)
Noun(1 words)
Intj(1 words)
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13 entriesTranslations
126 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τερετίζω verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Arabic
3 entries- هَمْهَمَة noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- دَنْدَنَ verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- هَمْهَمَ verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mızıldamaq verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- vızıldamaq verb (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бръмчене noun (busy activity)
- бръмча verb (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion)
- воня verb (to smell bad)
- мънкам verb (to produce low sounds which blend continuously)
Catalan
3 entries- taral·la noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- taral·lejar verb (to express by humming)
- zumzejar verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 哼 verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- 哼唱 verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Czech
2 entries- broukat si verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- bzučet verb (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion)
Dutch
4 entries- gebrom noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- gebrom noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- geneurie noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- brommen verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Esperanto
2 entries- zumo noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- zumi verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Finnish
4 entries- hurina noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- hyminä noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- hyminä noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- hyrinä noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
French
3 entries- bourdonner verb (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion)
- fourmiller verb (to be busily active like a beehive)
- fredonner verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Galician
1 entries- cantaruxar noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
German
2 entries- Summen noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- summen verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Greek
2 entries- βουίζω verb (to express by humming)
- μουρμουρίζω verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Greenlandic
1 entries- niperujoorpoq verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Hebrew
4 entries- המהום noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- המהום noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- המולה noun (busy activity)
- המיה noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
Hungarian
1 entries- dúdol verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Icelandic
1 entries- raula verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Ingrian
1 entries- pörissä verb (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion)
Irish
1 entries- drantán noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
Italian
4 entries- ronzio noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- bofonchiare verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- brontolare verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- canterellare verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Japanese
2 entries- ハミング noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- 鼻歌 noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
Korean
3 entries- 콧노래 noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- 허밍 noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- 콧노래를 부르다 verb (to express by humming)
Malay
2 entries- rinai verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- senandung verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Māori
4 entries- hāmumumumu noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- momi noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- ngī noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- rangorango noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
Nepali
1 entries- गुनगुनाउनु verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Norman
1 entries- monmer verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- زر noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- طنطنه noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
Polish
1 entries- nucić verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Portuguese
3 entries- cantarolar noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- cantarolar verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- trautear verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Romanian
1 entries- fredona verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Russian
4 entries- жужжа́ние noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- жужжа́ние noun (indistinct sound resembling human humming)
- жужжа́ть verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- жужжать verb (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गुञ्जति verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pjevušenje noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- pjevušiti verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Spanish
4 entries- tarareo noun (tune created orally with lips closed)
- apestar verb (to smell bad)
- canturrear verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- canturriar verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Swedish
2 entries- gnola verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- nynna verb (to make sound with lips closed)
Turkish
2 entries- mırıldanmak verb (to make sound with lips closed)
- vızıldamak verb (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
Source: tatoeba (2943720)
I hear the buzz of a fan, the drip of the faucet, the hum of the fridge, the tick of the clock, the whoosh of cars passing by the house.
Source: tatoeba (3681674)
What's causing that hum?
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