mutter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌtə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈmʌtɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈmʌɾɚ]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmɐtə/
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• rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.

Etymology tree Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀭 (*maṭṭara) Hindi मटर (maṭar)bor. English mutter Borrowed from Hindi मटर (maṭar).

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غَمْغَمَة (ḡamḡama) — instance of muttering
• Arabic: تَمْتَمة — instance of muttering
• Bulgarian: мърморене (mǎrmorene) — instance of muttering
• Bulgarian: мънкане (mǎnkane) — instance of muttering
• Czech: zabručení — instance of muttering
• Czech: bručení — instance of muttering
• Czech: mručení — instance of muttering
• Czech: zamručení — instance of muttering
• Czech: mumlání — instance of muttering
• Czech: zamumlání — instance of muttering
• Dutch: gemompel — instance of muttering
• Dutch: geroezemoes — instance of muttering
• Finnish: mutina — instance of muttering
• Finnish: mumina — instance of muttering
• French: marmonnement — instance of muttering
• French: marmottement — instance of muttering
• German: Brummen — instance of muttering
• German: Murmeln — instance of muttering
• German: Murren — instance of muttering
• German: Nuscheln — instance of muttering
• Hebrew: מלמול (milmúl) — instance of muttering
• Icelandic: muldur — instance of muttering
• Icelandic: taut — instance of muttering
• Italian: mormorio — instance of muttering
• Central Kurdish: ورتە (wirte) — instance of muttering
• Northern Kurdish: birde-bird — instance of muttering
• Northern Kurdish: birdebird — instance of muttering
• Macedonian: мрмо́рење (mrmórenje) — instance of muttering
• Māori: meme — instance of muttering
• Polish: mamrotanie — instance of muttering
• Portuguese: murmúrio — instance of muttering
• Russian: бормота́ние (bormotánije) — instance of muttering
• Swedish: mutter — instance of muttering
• Turkish: homurdanma — instance of muttering
• Turkish: homurtu — instance of muttering
• Turkish: mırıldanma — instance of muttering
• Turkish: mırıltı — instance of muttering
• Arabic: تَمْتَمَ (tamtama) — speak under one's breath
• Arabic: هَمْهَمَ (hamhama) — speak under one's breath
• Arabic: غَمْغَمَ — speak under one's breath
• Azerbaijani: deyinmək — speak under one's breath
• Belarusian: мармыта́ць (marmytácʹ) — speak under one's breath
• Bulgarian: мърмо́ря (mǎrmórja) — speak under one's breath
• Chinese Mandarin: 咕噥 /咕哝 (gūnong) — speak under one's breath
• Czech: mumlat — speak under one's breath
• Czech: bručet (pod vousy) — speak under one's breath
• Dutch: mompelen — speak under one's breath
• Esperanto: grumbli — speak under one's breath
• Finnish: mutista — speak under one's breath
• Finnish: mumista — speak under one's breath
• French: grommeler — speak under one's breath
• French: marmonner — speak under one's breath
• French: marmotter — speak under one's breath
• Galician: roñar — speak under one's breath
• Galician: rosmar — speak under one's breath
• Galician: renegar — speak under one's breath
• German: murmeln — speak under one's breath
• Greek: μουρμουρίζω (mourmourízo) — speak under one's breath
• Ancient Greek: γογγύζω (gongúzō) — speak under one's breath
• Hebrew: מִלְמֵל (milmél) — speak under one's breath
• Hindi: बुदबुदाना (budbudānā) — speak under one's breath
• Hindi: बड़बड़ाना (baṛabṛānā) — speak under one's breath
• Icelandic: muldra — speak under one's breath
• Icelandic: tauta — speak under one's breath
• Icelandic: hvísla — speak under one's breath
• Ingrian: popottaa — speak under one's breath
• Irish: bí ag canrán — speak under one's breath
• Japanese: 呟く (tsubuyaku) — speak under one's breath
• Japanese: 囁く (sasayaku) — speak under one's breath
• Korean: 중얼거리다 (jung'eolgeorida) — speak under one's breath
• Northern Kurdish: birde-bird kirin — speak under one's breath
• Latin: muttiō — speak under one's breath
• Latin: mussō — speak under one's breath
• Macedonian: мр́мори (mŕmori) — speak under one's breath
• Māori: kūmeme — speak under one's breath
• Māori: hāmeme — speak under one's breath
• Māori: kōmemememe — speak under one's breath
• Māori: hāwata — speak under one's breath
• Māori: whakakōingoingo — speak under one's breath
• Māori: pātīhau — speak under one's breath
• Māori: pararāwaha — speak under one's breath
• Māori: mū — speak under one's breath
• Persian: زمزمه کردن (zemzeme kardan) — speak under one's breath
• Polish: bąkać — speak under one's breath
• Polish: bąknąć — speak under one's breath
• Polish: mamrotać — speak under one's breath
• Polish: mruczeć — speak under one's breath
• Portuguese: resmungar — speak under one's breath
• Romanian: bombăni — speak under one's breath
• Romanian: mormăi — speak under one's breath
• Russian: бормота́ть (bormotátʹ) — speak under one's breath
• Russian: пробормота́ть (probormotátʹ) — speak under one's breath
• Serbo-Croatian: мр̀мљати — speak under one's breath
• Serbo-Croatian: mr̀mljati — speak under one's breath
• Slovak: mrmlať — speak under one's breath
• Slovene: mrmrati — speak under one's breath
• Spanish: murmurar — speak under one's breath
• Swedish: muttra — speak under one's breath
• Thai: งึมงํา (ngʉm-ngam) — speak under one's breath
• Thai: บ่น (bòn) — speak under one's breath
• Thai: พึมพํา (pʉm-pam) — speak under one's breath
• Ukrainian: бурмоті́ти (burmotíty) — speak under one's breath
• Ukrainian: бубоні́ти (buboníty) — speak under one's breath
• Ukrainian: мимрити (mymryty) — speak under one's breath
• Ukrainian: мурмоті́ти (murmotíty) — speak under one's breath
• Vietnamese: lẩm bẩm — speak under one's breath
• Welsh: mwmian — speak under one's breath
• Welsh: myngial — speak under one's breath
• Welsh: grymial — speak under one's breath
• Arabic: تَمْتَمَ (tamtama) — speak incoherently
• Arabic: هَمْهَمَ (hamhama) — speak incoherently
• Azerbaijani: deyinmək — speak incoherently
• Belarusian: мармыта́ць (marmytácʹ) — speak incoherently
• Belarusian: бурча́ць (burčácʹ) — speak incoherently
• Belarusian: бубні́ць (bubnícʹ) — speak incoherently
• Bulgarian: мъ́нкам (mǎ́nkam) — speak incoherently
• Czech: mumlat — speak incoherently
• Esperanto: murmurdiri — speak incoherently
• Finnish: mutista — speak incoherently
• Finnish: mumista — speak incoherently
• French: marmonner — speak incoherently
• French: marmotter — speak incoherently
• German: murmeln — speak incoherently
• Hebrew: מִלְמֵל (milmél) — speak incoherently
• Icelandic: tuða — speak incoherently
• Icelandic: tauta — speak incoherently
• Japanese: 呟く (tsubuyaku) — speak incoherently
• Japanese: 囁く (sasayaku) — speak incoherently
• Korean: 중얼거리다 (jung'eolgeorida) — speak incoherently
• Northern Kurdish: birde-bird kirin — speak incoherently
• Macedonian: мр́мори (mŕmori) — speak incoherently
• Macedonian: му́мла (múmla) — speak incoherently
• Māori: pātihau — speak incoherently
• Māori: whakameme — speak incoherently
• Māori: hāwata — speak incoherently
• Portuguese: murmurar — speak incoherently
• Romanian: boscorodi — speak incoherently
• Russian: бормота́ть (bormotátʹ) — speak incoherently
• Russian: пробормота́ть (probormotátʹ) — speak incoherently
• Russian: бурча́ть (burčátʹ) — speak incoherently
• Russian: бубни́ть (bubnítʹ) — speak incoherently
• Slovak: mrmlať — speak incoherently
• Spanish: balbucear — speak incoherently
• Spanish: rozarse — speak incoherently
• Ukrainian: бурмоті́ти (burmotíty) — speak incoherently
• Ukrainian: бубоні́ти (buboníty) — speak incoherently
• Ukrainian: мимрити (mymryty) — speak incoherently
• Ukrainian: мурмоті́ти (murmotíty) — speak incoherently
• Ukrainian: муркоті́ти (murkotíty) — speak incoherently
• Ukrainian: бурча́ти (burčáty) — speak incoherently
• Welsh: mwmian — speak incoherently
• Welsh: myngial — speak incoherently
• Welsh: grymial — speak incoherently
• Czech: mručet — make a low sound
• Esperanto: murmuri — make a low sound
• Finnish: mutista — make a low sound
• Finnish: mumista — make a low sound
• French: grogner — make a low sound
• French: feuler — make a low sound
• French: râler — make a low sound
• Icelandic: muldra — make a low sound
• Northern Kurdish: birde-bird kirin — make a low sound
• Māori: komeme — make a low sound
• Māori: pātīhau — make a low sound
• Romanian: mormăi — make a low sound
• Romanian: mârâi — make a low sound