croon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɹuːn/
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• General-American: /kɹun/
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• Scotland: /krøn/
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• Scotland: /krʏn/
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• rhymes with -uːn
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• CMU ARPABET: K R UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is borrowed from Scots croon (“to utter a deep, long-drawn-out sound; to utter a lament, mourn; to sing in a wailing voice, whimper, whine; to mutter or sing in an undertone, hum”) [and other forms], from Middle English cronen (“to sing or speak softly, hum, croon”) (croyn (Scotland)) [and other forms], probably from Middle Dutch crônen, krônen (“to groan, moan; to lament”) (modern Dutch kreunen (“to moan”)), or Old High German chrônan, krônen (“to babble, prattle; to chatter”), probably from Proto-West Germanic *kraunijan, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”). The noun is partly: * borrowed from Scots croon (“a lament, wail; mournful song; low murmuring tune; (obsolete) long-drawn-out sound”), from croon (verb): see above; and * derived from the verb. Cognates * Middle Dutch krônen (modern Dutch kreunen (“to groan, moan; to lament”)) * Middle Low German kroenen (“to babble, prattle; to chatter”), kronen (“to growl; to grumble; to scold”) * Old High German chrônan, chrônnan (“to babble, prattle; to chatter”) * Saterland Frisian krȫnen (“to cause to weep”)

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: broukání — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• Czech: pobrukování — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• Czech: (tiché) prozpěvování — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• Dutch: smartlap — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• Finnish: hyräily — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• German: gefühlsbetontes Lied — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• German: Schmachtfetzen — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• German: Schnulze — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• German: sentimentaler Schlager — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• Macedonian: потпевну́вање (potpevnúvanje) — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• Scottish Gaelic: luinneag — soft, low-pitched sound; soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune
• Finnish: kumina — low-pitched sound of a large bell
• Azerbaijani: zümzümə etmək — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Bulgarian: напявам (napjavam) — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Bulgarian: танани́кам (tananíkam) — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Catalan: entonar — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Chinese Mandarin: 低唱 (dīchàng) — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Chinese Mandarin: 哼 (hēng) — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Czech: broukat si — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Czech: pobrukovat si — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Czech: tiše zpívat — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Dutch: neuriën — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Finnish: hyräillä — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Galician: cantaruxar — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• German: säuseln — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• German: summen — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Hungarian: dúdol — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Macedonian: по́тпевне (pótpevne) — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Polish: nucić — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Polish: zanucić — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Russian: напева́ть (napevátʹ) — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Serbo-Croatian: пјеву́шити — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Serbo-Croatian: pjevúšiti — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Spanish: canturrear — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Vietnamese: ngâm nga — (transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice
• Czech: broukat — (transitive, intransitive) to speak (words) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner — see also coo
• Czech: šeptat — (transitive, intransitive) to speak (words) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner — see also coo
• Finnish: hymistä — (transitive, intransitive) to speak (words) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner — see also coo
• Finnish: hymistellä — (transitive, intransitive) to speak (words) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner — see also coo
• Macedonian: по́тшепне (pótšepne) — (transitive, intransitive) to speak (words) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner — see also coo
• Finnish: hyräillä — to soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly
• Malay: ulit — to soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly
• Finnish: ynistä — to make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle — see also bellow, low
• Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak) — to make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle — see also bellow, low
• Ottoman Turkish: اوكورمك (öğürmek) — to make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle — see also bellow, low
• Finnish: kumista — of a large bell: to make a low-pitched sound