lull

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* As a German surname, from personal names based on Leute (“people, population”). * As a Catalan surname, spelling variant of Llull.

From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing a lullaby”). Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: pauze — a period of rest
• Dutch: rust — a period of rest
• French: pause — a period of rest
• Galician: folganza — a period of rest
• Galician: descanso — a period of rest
• Irish: snag — a period of rest
• Italian: quiete — a period of rest
• Italian: pausa — a period of rest
• Italian: calma — a period of rest
• Italian: intervallo — a period of rest
• Italian: sosta — a period of rest
• Latin: quiēs — a period of rest
• Macedonian: затишје (zatišje) — a period of rest
• Portuguese: descanso — a period of rest
• Portuguese: folga — a period of rest
• Russian: зати́шье (zatíšʹje) — a period of rest
• Russian: переры́в (pererýv) — a period of rest
• Russian: па́уза (páuza) — a period of rest
• Russian: о́тдых (ótdyx) — a period of rest
• Russian: переку́р (perekúr) — a period of rest
• Swedish: stiltje — a period of rest
• Turkish: ara — a period of rest
• Turkish: sükûnet — a period of rest
• Bulgarian: затишие (zatišie) — a period without waves or wind.
• French: bonace — a period without waves or wind.
• French: calme — a period without waves or wind.
• Galician: calma — a period without waves or wind.
• Galician: calma branca — a period without waves or wind.
• German: Windstille — a period without waves or wind.
• German: Flaute — a period without waves or wind.
• Italian: calma piatta — a period without waves or wind.
• Italian: stasi — a period without waves or wind.
• Italian: bonaccia — a period without waves or wind.
• Italian: calmeria — a period without waves or wind.
• Italian: calma — a period without waves or wind.
• Macedonian: затишје (zatišje) — a period without waves or wind.
• Portuguese: calmaria — a period without waves or wind.
• Russian: штиль (štilʹ) — a period without waves or wind.
• Swedish: stiltje — a period without waves or wind.
• Russian: зати́шье (zatíšʹje) — an extended pause between sets of waves.
• Bulgarian: успокоявам (uspokojavam) — to cause to rest
• Bulgarian: приспивам (prispivam) — to cause to rest
• Chinese Mandarin: 催眠 (cuīmián) — to cause to rest
• Czech: ukolébat — to cause to rest
• Dutch: kalmeren — to cause to rest
• Dutch: in slaap wiegen — to cause to rest
• Finnish: tuudittaa — to cause to rest
• French: apaiser — to cause to rest
• French: bercer — to cause to rest
• French: calmer — to cause to rest
• Galician: arrolar — to cause to rest
• Galician: acalentar — to cause to rest
• German: beruhigen — to cause to rest
• Ancient Greek: βαυκαλάω (baukaláō) — to cause to rest
• Hungarian: elringat — to cause to rest
• Ido: dormigar — to cause to rest
• Italian: fare la ninna nanna — to cause to rest
• Italian: fare addormentare — to cause to rest
• Italian: indurre al sonno — to cause to rest
• Italian: cullare — to cause to rest
• Italian: ninnare — to cause to rest
• Kabuverdianu: nbala — to cause to rest
• Khmer: បំពេ (bɑmpei) — to cause to rest
• Māori: whakanā — to cause to rest
• Māori: whakanewha — to cause to rest
• Māori: oriori — to cause to rest
• Mapudungun: zikukeñen — to cause to rest
• Old English: swefian — to cause to rest
• Persian: لالا کردن (lâlâ kardan) — to cause to rest
• Piedmontese: niné — to cause to rest
• Polish: lulać — to cause to rest
• Portuguese: embalar — to cause to rest
• Russian: убаю́кивать (ubajúkivatʹ) — to cause to rest
• Russian: убаю́кать (ubajúkatʹ) — to cause to rest
• Russian: успока́ивать (uspokáivatʹ) — to cause to rest
• Russian: успоко́ить (uspokóitʹ) — to cause to rest
• Russian: усыпля́ть (usypljátʹ) — to cause to rest
• Russian: усыпи́ть (usypítʹ) — to cause to rest
• Serbo-Croatian: uljuljkan — to cause to rest
• Serbo-Croatian: miran — to cause to rest
• Spanish: arrullar — to cause to rest
• Spanish: adormecer — to cause to rest
• Swedish: vyssja — to cause to rest
• Swedish: lulla — to cause to rest
• Swedish: vagga — to cause to rest
• Tamil: தாலாட்டு (tālāṭṭu) — to cause to rest
• Tamil: உறக்கு (uṟakku) — to cause to rest
• Tamil: துயிற்று (tuyiṟṟu) — to cause to rest
• Thai: กล่อม (glɔ̀m) — to cause to rest
• Turkish: yatıştırmak — to cause to rest
• Vietnamese: ru — to cause to rest
• Bulgarian: утихвам (utihvam) — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
• Kabuverdianu: enbaladu — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
• Russian: затиха́ть (zatixátʹ) — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
• Russian: зати́хнуть (zatíxnutʹ) — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
• Swedish: bedarra — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
• Swedish: avta — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
• Tamil: அடங்கு (aṭaṅku) — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
• Turkish: dinmek — to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate