Purr
//pɜː//
Translations of "purr" (51 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | خَرْخَرَة(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), خَرْخَرَ(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), هَرْهَرَ(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | ḵarḵara, ḵarḵara, harhara | |
| Basque | urrumatu(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Belarusian | курня́ўкаць(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), му́ркаць(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), мурлы́каць(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | kurnjáwkacʹ, múrkacʹ, murlýkacʹ | |
| Bulgarian | мър(Translations), мър-мър(Translations), мъркане(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), бръмча(of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound), мъркам(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | mǎr, mǎr-mǎr, mǎrkane, brǎmča, mǎrkam | |
| Catalan | roncar(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), ronronejar(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 呼嚕 /呼噜(Translations), 咕嚕咕嚕聲 /咕噜咕噜声(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), 貓喘音 /猫喘音(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), 貓喘鳴 /猫喘鸣(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), 咕嚕咕嚕叫 /咕噜咕噜叫(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), 打呼嚕 /打呼噜(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), 發出喉音 /发出喉音(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | hūlū, gūlǔgūlǔ shēng, māochuǎnyīn, māochuǎnmíng, gūlǔgūlǔ jiào, dǎ hūlū, fāchū hóuyīn | |
| Crimean Tatar | mıravlamaq(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Czech | příst(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Danish | spinde(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Dutch | spinnen(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), spinnen(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Esperanto | ronroni(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Finnish | kehräys(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), kehrääminen(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), kehrätä(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), kehrätä(to speak in a seductive manner), kehrätä(to make a vibrating throaty sound), kehrätä(of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound) | — | |
| French | ronron(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), ronronnement(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), dire d'une voix suave et posée(to speak in a seductive manner), ronronner(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Galician | rosmar(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Georgian | კრუტუნი(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), კრუტუნებს(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | ḳruṭuni, ḳruṭunebs | |
| German | Schnurren(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), schnurren(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Greek | γουργούρισμα(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), γουργουρίζω(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), χουρχουρίζω(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | gourgoúrisma, gourgourízo, chourchourízo | |
| Hindi | घुरघुराहट(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), घुरघुरकरना(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), घुरघुराना(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | ghurghurāhaṭ, ghurghurkarnā, ghurghurānā | |
| Hungarian | dorombolás(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), dorombol(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), dorombol(of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound), duruzsol(of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound) | — | |
| Icelandic | mala(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Ingrian | kedrätä(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), laulaa(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), urissa(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Interlingua | ronron(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), ronronar(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Irish | crónán(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), bí ag crónán(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Italian | fusa(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), fare le fusa(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Japanese | ゴロゴロ(Translations), ごろごろいう(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), 鳴く(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | gorogoro, gorogoro iu, naku | |
| Kazakh | пырылдау(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | pyryldau | |
| Korean | 가르랑거리다(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | gareuranggeorida | |
| Latgalian | ņurruot(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Latvian | murrāt(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Lithuanian | murkti(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Macedonian | преде(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | prede | |
| Malay | dengkur(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), mendengkur(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Navajo | biyiʼ hodiitsʼaʼ(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Norman | ronner(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Norwegian | male(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | طر(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented) | dır | |
| Persian | خرخر کردن(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Polish | mru(Translations), mruczenie(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), mruczeć(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), mruczeć(of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound), mruknąć(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), mruknąć(of an engine: to make a low rumbling sound) | — | |
| Portuguese | rom-rom(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), ronrom(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), ronronar(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Romanian | tors(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), toarce(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Russian | мур(Translations), мур-мур(Translations), мур-р-р(Translations), мурлы́канье(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), мурлы́кать(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), промурлы́кать(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | mur, mur-mur, mur-r-r, murlýkanʹje, murlýkatʹ, promurlýkatʹ | |
| Serbo-Croatian | predenje(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), предење(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), prȅsti(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), прести(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Slovak | pradenie(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), priasť(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Spanish | ronroneo(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), ronronear(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Swedish | kurra(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), spinna(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Turkish | mır(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), mırlama(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), mırıltı(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), gırlamak(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), mırlamak(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Ukrainian | мур(Translations), воркота́ти(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), воркоті́ти(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), муркота́ти(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), муркоті́ти(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | mur, vorkotáty, vorkotíty, murkotáty, murkotíty | |
| Vietnamese | gừ gừ(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), khò khò(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), rừ rừ(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Walloon | ronfelmint(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), ronflaedje(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), ronfler(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Welsh | crwth(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), grwndi(vibrating sound made by a cat when contented), canu grwndi(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | — | |
| Yiddish | מורקען(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat), מרוקען(of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in the throat) | murken, mruken |
urrumatu
roncar, ronronejar
呼嚕 /呼噜, 咕嚕咕嚕聲 /咕噜咕噜声, 貓喘音 /猫喘音, 貓喘鳴 /猫喘鸣, 咕嚕咕嚕叫 /咕噜咕噜叫, 打呼嚕 /打呼噜, 發出喉音 /发出喉音
hūlū, gūlǔgūlǔ shēng, māochuǎnyīn, māochuǎnmíng, gūlǔgūlǔ jiào, dǎ hūlū, fāchū hóuyīn
mıravlamaq
příst
spinde
spinnen, spinnen
ronroni
kehräys, kehrääminen, kehrätä, kehrätä, kehrätä, kehrätä
ronron, ronronnement, dire d'une voix suave et posée, ronronner
rosmar
Schnurren, schnurren
dorombolás, dorombol, dorombol, duruzsol
mala
kedrätä, laulaa, urissa
ronron, ronronar
crónán, bí ag crónán
fusa, fare le fusa
ņurruot
murrāt
murkti
dengkur, mendengkur
biyiʼ hodiitsʼaʼ
ronner
male
خرخر کردن
mru, mruczenie, mruczeć, mruczeć, mruknąć, mruknąć
rom-rom, ronrom, ronronar
tors, toarce
мур, мур-мур, мур-р-р, мурлы́канье, мурлы́кать, промурлы́кать
mur, mur-mur, mur-r-r, murlýkanʹje, murlýkatʹ, promurlýkatʹ
predenje, предење, prȅsti, прести
pradenie, priasť
ronroneo, ronronear
kurra, spinna
mır, mırlama, mırıltı, gırlamak, mırlamak
мур, воркота́ти, воркоті́ти, муркота́ти, муркоті́ти
mur, vorkotáty, vorkotíty, murkotáty, murkotíty
gừ gừ, khò khò, rừ rừ
ronfelmint, ronflaedje, ronfler
crwth, grwndi, canu grwndi
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