buzz

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From Middle English *bussen (suggested by Middle English bussyng (“buzzing”)), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Scots bizz (“to buzz”). Compare Middle English bunning (“buzzing”), Middle English hossing (“buzzing”), Middle English bissen (“to hush”).

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zukamë — continuous humming noise
• Albanian: zukatje — continuous humming noise
• Albanian: gumëzhimë — continuous humming noise
• Azerbaijani: vızıltı — continuous humming noise
• Bulgarian: бръмчене (brǎmčene) — continuous humming noise
• Bulgarian: жужене (žužene) — continuous humming noise
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗡 (wēng) — continuous humming noise
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗡嗡 (wēngwēng) — continuous humming noise
• Czech: bzukot — continuous humming noise
• Dutch: zoem — continuous humming noise
• Esperanto: zumo — continuous humming noise
• Finnish: surina — continuous humming noise
• Finnish: humina — continuous humming noise
• Finnish: mutina — continuous humming noise
• Finnish: ininä — continuous humming noise
• German: Summen — continuous humming noise
• German: Brummen — continuous humming noise
• German: Gemurmel — continuous humming noise
• German: Raunen — continuous humming noise
• Ancient Greek: ζίγγος (zíngos) — continuous humming noise
• Hebrew: זמזום (zimzúm) — continuous humming noise
• Indonesian: dengung — continuous humming noise
• Italian: brusio — continuous humming noise
• Italian: ronzio — continuous humming noise
• Italian: bisbiglio — continuous humming noise
• Italian: mormorio — continuous humming noise
• Italian: sibilo — continuous humming noise
• Japanese: ブーン (būn) — continuous humming noise
• Javanese: swara mbengung — continuous humming noise
• Latgalian: sons — continuous humming noise
• Latgalian: saniešona — continuous humming noise
• Latvian: sanoņa — continuous humming noise
• Macedonian: брмчење (brmčenje) — continuous humming noise
• Macedonian: зуење (zuenje) — continuous humming noise
• Malay: dengung — continuous humming noise
• Māori: rangorango — continuous humming noise
• Polish: bzyczenie — continuous humming noise
• Polish: gwar — continuous humming noise
• Polish: wrzawa — continuous humming noise
• Portuguese: zumbido — continuous humming noise
• Russian: жужжа́ние (žužžánije) — continuous humming noise
• Russian: гул (gul) — continuous humming noise
• Russian: гуде́ние (gudénije) — continuous humming noise
• Spanish: zumbido — continuous humming noise
• Spanish: zurrido — continuous humming noise
• Swedish: surr — continuous humming noise
• Tagalog: buhag — continuous humming noise
• Turkish: cızıltı — continuous humming noise
• Turkish: cızırtı — continuous humming noise
• Turkish: mırıltı — continuous humming noise
• Turkish: vız — continuous humming noise
• Turkish: vızıltı — continuous humming noise
• Ottoman Turkish: زر (zır) — continuous humming noise
• Ottoman Turkish: طنطنه (tantana) — continuous humming noise
• Vietnamese: vo vo — continuous humming noise
• Vietnamese: vù vù — continuous humming noise
• Walloon: zûnaedje — continuous humming noise
• Walloon: zûnmint — continuous humming noise
• Finnish: sorina — audible friction of voice consonants
• German: Surren — audible friction of voice consonants
• German: Rollen — audible friction of voice consonants
• Turkish: cızıltı — audible friction of voice consonants
• Turkish: cızırtı — audible friction of voice consonants
• Dutch: opwinding — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Dutch: roes — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Finnish: potku — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Finnish: huuma — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• German: Schwung — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• German: Rausch — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• German: Taumel — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• German: Euphorie — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Italian: euforia — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Italian: ebbrezza — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Polish: faza — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Russian: задор (zador) — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Spanish: entusiasmo — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Spanish: interés — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Swedish: rus — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Turkish: coşku — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Turkish: heyecan — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Turkish: heves — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Turkish: şevk — rush of feeling of energy or excitement
• Dutch: belletje — informal: telephone call
• Finnish: kilautus — informal: telephone call
• Finnish: pirautus — informal: telephone call
• French: coup de fil — informal: telephone call
• German: Anruf — informal: telephone call
• Italian: squillo — informal: telephone call
• Portuguese: ligação — informal: telephone call
• Russian: звоно́к (zvonók) — informal: telephone call
• Swedish: signal — informal: telephone call
• Turkish: telefon konuşması — informal: telephone call
• Walloon: telefonaedje — informal: telephone call
• Bulgarian: слух (sluh) — information spread behind the scenes
• Bulgarian: мълва (mǎlva) — information spread behind the scenes
• Finnish: kohu — information spread behind the scenes
• Finnish: huhu — information spread behind the scenes
• German: Gemunkel — information spread behind the scenes
• German: Gerede — information spread behind the scenes
• German: Gerücht — information spread behind the scenes
• Hebrew: שמועה (sh'mu'á) — information spread behind the scenes
• Italian: pettegolezzo — information spread behind the scenes
• Russian: слу́хи (slúxi) — information spread behind the scenes
• Russian: молва́ (molvá) — information spread behind the scenes
• Spanish: suspiro — information spread behind the scenes
• Turkish: söylenti — information spread behind the scenes
• Walloon: zûna — information spread behind the scenes
• Albanian: zukat — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Albanian: gumëzhij — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Arabic: طَنَّ (ṭanna) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Bulgarian: бръмча (brǎmča) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Bulgarian: жужа (žuža) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Catalan: brunzir — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Catalan: brumir — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Czech: bzučet — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Dutch: zoemen — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Esperanto: zumi — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Finnish: surista — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Finnish: siristä — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Finnish: inistä — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• French: bourdonner — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Galician: zoar — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Gallo: brunder — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• German: brummen — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• German: summen — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• German: surren — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Hebrew: זמזם (zimzém) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Hungarian: zümmög — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Indonesian: berdengung — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Indonesian: berdenging — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Ingrian: pörissä — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Javanese: mbengung (krama/ngoko) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Latin: bombiō — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Macedonian: брмчи (brmči) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Macedonian: зуи (zui) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Māori: wheo — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Māori: wheowheo — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Māori: hohō — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Māori: rangorango — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Māori: tamumu — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Māori: tara — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Māori: rorohū — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Norman: bourdonner — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Polish: bzyczeć — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Polish: bzykać — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Polish: bzyknąć — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Polish: bąkać — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Polish: bąknąć — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Portuguese: zumbir — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Portuguese: zunir — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Romanian: bâzâi — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Russian: жужжа́ть (žužžátʹ) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Russian: гуде́ть (gudétʹ) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Sanskrit: गुञ्जति (guñjati) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Slovak: bzučať — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Spanish: zumbar — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Spanish: abejorrear — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Spanish: zurrir — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Swedish: surra — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Swedish: ina — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Turkish: cızırdamak — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Turkish: cızıldamak — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Turkish: vızıldamak — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Turkish: vızlamak — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Ukrainian: гуді́ти (hudíty) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Ukrainian: дзижча́ти (dzyžčáty) — to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
• Finnish: touhuta — to show a high level of activity and haste
• Finnish: sählätä — to show a high level of activity and haste
• Finnish: säpistä — to show a high level of activity and haste
• German: schwirren — to show a high level of activity and haste
• German: rauschen — to show a high level of activity and haste
• German: düsen — to show a high level of activity and haste
• Bulgarian: нашепвам (našepvam) — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Finnish: kuiskia — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Finnish: kuiskuttaa — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Finnish: kuiskutella — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• German: raunen — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• German: verbreiten (rumour) — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Russian: шепта́ться (šeptátʹsja) — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Spanish: comentar — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Turkish: mırıldamak — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Turkish: fısıldamak — to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
• Finnish: supista — to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice
• Finnish: supattaa — to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice
• German: murmeln — to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice
• German: brummeln — to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice
• German: brabbeln — to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice
• Turkish: mırıldamak — to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice
• Finnish: rynnäköidä — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• French: raser — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• German: zischen — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• German: rauschen — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• Russian: лете́ть на бре́ющем полёте (letétʹ na bréjuščem poljóte) — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• Swedish: lågsniffa — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• Turkish: vınlamak — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• Turkish: vız geçmek — aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
• Catalan: crespar — to cut the hair in a close-cropped style
• Finnish: ajaa siiliksi — to cut the hair in a close-cropped style
• French: tondre — to cut the hair in a close-cropped style
• German: trimmen — to cut the hair in a close-cropped style
• Hungarian: stuccol — to cut the hair in a close-cropped style
• Finnish: tyhjentää — to drink to the bottom
• Finnish: juoda pohjaan — to drink to the bottom
• German: leeren — to drink to the bottom
• German: kippen — to drink to the bottom
• German: stürzen — to drink to the bottom
• German: anpiepsen — to communicate by means of a buzzer