The leaves on the trees rustle gently in the wind.
Source: tatoeba (995881)
Rustle
//ˈɹʌsəl//
Synonyms for "rustle" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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9 entrieshas context
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7 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حَفِيف noun (soft crackling sound)
Armenian
2 entries- սոսափ noun (soft crackling sound)
- սոսափյուն noun (soft crackling sound)
Bulgarian
3 entries- шумолене noun (soft crackling sound)
- крада добитък verb (to steal cattle or other livestock)
- шумоля verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Czech
3 entries- šustot noun (soft crackling sound)
- krást dobytek verb (to steal cattle or other livestock)
- šustit verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Dutch
4 entries- geritsel noun (soft crackling sound)
- ritselen noun (soft crackling sound)
- ritselen verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
- ruisen verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Esperanto
1 entries- susuro noun (soft crackling sound)
Finnish
2 entries- kahina noun (soft crackling sound)
- varastaa verb (to steal cattle or other livestock)
French
3 entries- bruissement noun (soft crackling sound)
- froufrou noun (soft crackling sound)
- froufrouter verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
German
4 entries- Knistern noun (soft crackling sound)
- Rascheln noun (soft crackling sound)
- Rauschen noun (soft crackling sound)
- knistern verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִוְשָׁה noun (soft crackling sound)
Hungarian
4 entries- nesz noun (soft crackling sound)
- zörej noun (soft crackling sound)
- suhog verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
- zizeg verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Icelandic
3 entries- skrjáf noun (soft crackling sound)
- þrusk noun (soft crackling sound)
- skrjáfa verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Ingrian
1 entries- rapata verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Italian
1 entries- crepitare verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Korean
2 entries- 바스락 noun (soft crackling sound)
- 부스럭 noun (soft crackling sound)
Māori
4 entries- ngaehe noun (soft crackling sound)
- ngahehe noun (soft crackling sound)
- wawara noun (soft crackling sound)
- kikihi verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Persian
1 entries- شرفه noun (soft crackling sound)
Polish
2 entries- szelest noun (soft crackling sound)
- szeleścić verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Portuguese
2 entries- farfalhar noun (soft crackling sound)
- farfalhar verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Romanian
3 entries- foșnire noun (soft crackling sound)
- freamăt noun (soft crackling sound)
- foșni verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Russian
4 entries- ше́лест noun (soft crackling sound)
- шо́рох noun (soft crackling sound)
- шурша́ние noun (soft crackling sound)
- уводи́ть verb (to steal cattle or other livestock)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- šuškanje noun (soft crackling sound)
- шушкање noun (soft crackling sound)
- šuškanje verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
- šuštanje verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Spanish
1 entries- crujido noun (soft crackling sound)
Swedish
2 entries- prassel noun (soft crackling sound)
- rassel noun (soft crackling sound)
Tagalog
1 entries- kulos noun (soft crackling sound)
Turkish
2 entries- hışırtı noun (soft crackling sound)
- hışırdamak verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Ukrainian
4 entries- шарудіння noun (soft crackling sound)
- шелест noun (soft crackling sound)
- шарудіти verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
- шелестіти verb (to move (something) with a soft crackling sound)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lao xao noun (soft crackling sound)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The leaves rustle in the wind.
Source: tatoeba (2230010)
For half an hour I waited with every nerve on the alert, but there came no other sound save the chiming clock and the rustle of the ivy on the wall.
Source: tatoeba (6606801)
Yanni heard something rustle in the bush.
Source: tatoeba (8792602)
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