mumble

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• /ˈmʌmbəl/
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• Northern-England: /ˈmʊmbəl/
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From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen. Perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk mumpa (“to gum, to chew without teeth”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غَمْغَمَة (ḡamḡama) — quiet vocalization
• Bulgarian: мънкане (mǎnkane) — quiet vocalization
• Chinese Mandarin: 低語 /低语 (dīyǔ) — quiet vocalization
• Czech: mumlání — quiet vocalization
• Danish: mumlen — quiet vocalization
• Finnish: mumina — quiet vocalization
• German: Murmeln — quiet vocalization
• Hungarian: motyogás — quiet vocalization
• Italian: biascicamento — quiet vocalization
• Italian: mugugno — quiet vocalization
• Italian: borbottio — quiet vocalization
• Italian: balbettio — quiet vocalization
• Italian: farfugliamento — quiet vocalization
• Norwegian: mumling — quiet vocalization
• Polish: mamrotanie — quiet vocalization
• Russian: бормота́ние (bormotánije) — quiet vocalization
• Spanish: mascujada — quiet vocalization
• Spanish: balbuceo — quiet vocalization
• Spanish: balbucencia — quiet vocalization
• Tamil: முணுமுணுப்பு (muṇumuṇuppu) — quiet vocalization
• Central Bikol: kimutkimot — to speak unintelligibly
• Bulgarian: мънкам (mǎnkam) — to speak unintelligibly
• Bulgarian: фъфля (fǎflja) — to speak unintelligibly
• Chinese Mandarin: 咕噥 /咕哝 (gūnong) — to speak unintelligibly
• Czech: mumlat — to speak unintelligibly
• Danish: mumle — to speak unintelligibly
• Dutch: mompelen — to speak unintelligibly
• Esperanto: murmuri — to speak unintelligibly
• Faroese: mutla — to speak unintelligibly
• Faroese: mølma — to speak unintelligibly
• Finnish: mumista — to speak unintelligibly
• Finnish: mutista — to speak unintelligibly
• Finnish: mongertaa — to speak unintelligibly
• French: marmonner — to speak unintelligibly
• German: murmeln — to speak unintelligibly
• German: nuscheln — to speak unintelligibly
• Hungarian: motyog — to speak unintelligibly
• Icelandic: muldra — to speak unintelligibly
• Indonesian: bergumam — to speak unintelligibly
• Ingrian: popottaa — to speak unintelligibly
• Italian: biascicare — to speak unintelligibly
• Italian: mugugnare — to speak unintelligibly
• Italian: farfugliare — to speak unintelligibly
• Italian: balbettare — to speak unintelligibly
• Italian: borbottare — to speak unintelligibly
• Japanese: 呟く (tsubuyaku) — to speak unintelligibly
• Japanese: 囁く (sasayaku) — to speak unintelligibly
• Lithuanian: murmėti — to speak unintelligibly
• Macedonian: мумла (mumla) — to speak unintelligibly
• Malay: gumam — to speak unintelligibly
• Māori: whakameme — to speak unintelligibly
• Māori: pararāwaha — to speak unintelligibly
• Māori: whakahāhā — to speak unintelligibly
• Māori: nanu — to speak unintelligibly
• Norwegian: mumle — to speak unintelligibly
• Polish: mamrotać — to speak unintelligibly
• Portuguese: murmurar — to speak unintelligibly
• Russian: бормота́ть (bormotátʹ) — to speak unintelligibly
• Russian: пробормота́ть (probormotátʹ) — to speak unintelligibly
• Russian: мя́млить (mjámlitʹ) — to speak unintelligibly
• Russian: промя́млить (promjámlitʹ) — to speak unintelligibly
• Scottish Gaelic: brunndail — to speak unintelligibly
• Spanish: mascullar — to speak unintelligibly
• Spanish: mascujar — to speak unintelligibly
• Spanish: mamullar — to speak unintelligibly
• Spanish: balbucear — to speak unintelligibly
• Spanish: balbucir — to speak unintelligibly
• Swedish: mumla — to speak unintelligibly
• Tamil: முணுமுணு (muṇumuṇu) — to speak unintelligibly
• Thai: พึมพํา (pʉm-pam) — to speak unintelligibly
• Ukrainian: ми́мрити (mýmryty) — to speak unintelligibly
• Uzbek: ming’irlamoq — to speak unintelligibly
• Vietnamese: lí nhí — to speak unintelligibly
• German: mümmeln — to chew something gently with closed lips