Do tigers purr?
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Purr
//pɜː//
Synonyms for "purr" (33 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
Related word relations
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
11 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
126 translations across 51 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- خَرْخَرَة noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- خَرْخَرَ verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- هَرْهَرَ verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Basque
1 entries- urrumatu verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Belarusian
3 entries- курня́ўкаць verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- му́ркаць verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- мурлы́каць verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мър intj (Translations)
- мър-мър intj (Translations)
- мъркане noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- бръмча verb (of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound)
Catalan
2 entries- roncar verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- ronronejar verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 呼嚕 /呼噜 intj (Translations)
- 咕嚕咕嚕聲 /咕噜咕噜声 noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- 貓喘音 /猫喘音 noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- 貓喘鳴 /猫喘鸣 noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- mıravlamaq verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Czech
1 entries- příst verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Danish
1 entries- spinde verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Dutch
2 entries- spinnen noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- spinnen verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Esperanto
1 entries- ronroni verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Finnish
4 entries- kehräys noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- kehrääminen noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- kehrätä verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- kehrätä verb (to speak in a seductive manner)
French
4 entries- ronron noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- ronronnement noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- dire d'une voix suave et posée verb (to speak in a seductive manner)
- ronronner verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Galician
1 entries- rosmar verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Georgian
2 entries- კრუტუნი noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- კრუტუნებს verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
German
2 entries- Schnurren noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- schnurren verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Greek
3 entries- γουργούρισμα noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- γουργουρίζω verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- χουρχουρίζω verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Hindi
3 entries- घुरघुराहट noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- घुरघुरकरना verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- घुरघुराना verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Hungarian
4 entries- dorombolás noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- dorombol verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- dorombol verb (of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound)
- duruzsol verb (of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound)
Icelandic
1 entries- mala verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Ingrian
3 entries- kedrätä verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- laulaa verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- urissa verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Interlingua
2 entries- ronron noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- ronronar verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Irish
2 entries- crónán noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- bí ag crónán verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Italian
2 entries- fusa noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- fare le fusa verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Japanese
3 entries- ゴロゴロ intj (Translations)
- ごろごろいう verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- 鳴く verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Kazakh
1 entries- пырылдау verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Korean
1 entries- 가르랑거리다 verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Latgalian
1 entries- ņurruot verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Latvian
1 entries- murrāt verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Lithuanian
1 entries- murkti verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Macedonian
1 entries- преде verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Malay
2 entries- dengkur noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- mendengkur verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Navajo
1 entries- biyiʼ hodiitsʼaʼ verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Norman
1 entries- ronner verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Norwegian
1 entries- male verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طر noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
Persian
1 entries- خرخر کردن verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Polish
4 entries- mru intj (Translations)
- mruczenie noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- mruczeć verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- mruczeć verb (of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound)
Portuguese
3 entries- rom-rom noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- ronrom noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- ronronar verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Romanian
2 entries- tors noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- toarce verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Russian
4 entries- мур intj (Translations)
- мур-мур intj (Translations)
- мур-р-р intj (Translations)
- мурлы́канье noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- predenje noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- предење noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- prȅsti verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- прести verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Slovak
2 entries- pradenie noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- priasť verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Spanish
2 entries- ronroneo noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- ronronear verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Swedish
2 entries- kurra verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- spinna verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Turkish
4 entries- mır noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- mırlama noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- mırıltı noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- gırlamak verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мур intj (Translations)
- воркота́ти verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- воркоті́ти verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- муркота́ти verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Vietnamese
3 entries- gừ gừ verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- khò khò verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- rừ rừ verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Walloon
3 entries- ronfelmint noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- ronflaedje noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- ronfler verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Welsh
3 entries- crwth noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- grwndi noun (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented)
- canu grwndi verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Yiddish
2 entries- מורקען verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
- מרוקען verb (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I cannot purr like a cat. I'm a dog!
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Why do cats purr?
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O grey pussycat, please don't purr. Grandpa might hear you.
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