whimper

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• /ˈwɪmpə/ Received Pronunciation, wine–whine merger
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• [ˈwɪmphə] Received Pronunciation, wine–whine merger
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• /ˈʍɪmpə/ without the wine–whine merger
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• [ˈw̥ɪmphə] without the wine–whine merger
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• /ˈwɪmpəɹ/ General American, wine–whine merger
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• [ˈwɪmphɚ] General American, wine–whine merger
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• /ˈʍɪmpəɹ/ without the wine–whine merger
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• [ˈw̥ɪmphɚ] without the wine–whine merger
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• rhymes with -ɪmpə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: W IH1 M P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W IH1 M P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَحْتَفَة — a low intermittent sob
• Asturian: lloramicu — a low intermittent sob
• Bulgarian: скимтене (skimtene) — a low intermittent sob
• Bulgarian: хленчене (hlenčene) — a low intermittent sob
• Catalan: gemec — a low intermittent sob
• Chinese Mandarin: 呜咽声 — a low intermittent sob
• Czech: fňukání — a low intermittent sob
• Czech: naříkání — a low intermittent sob
• Dutch: snik — a low intermittent sob
• French: gémissement — a low intermittent sob
• German: Wimmern — a low intermittent sob
• German: Gewimmer — a low intermittent sob
• German: Winseln — a low intermittent sob
• German: Schluchzen — a low intermittent sob
• Hebrew: יְבָבָה (yvavá) — a low intermittent sob
• Irish: geoin — a low intermittent sob
• Italian: piagnucolio — a low intermittent sob
• Macedonian: цимолење (cimolenje) — a low intermittent sob
• Māori: whakaingoingo — a low intermittent sob
• Māori: koroingoingo — a low intermittent sob
• Māori: kōingoingo — a low intermittent sob
• Norwegian Bokmål: klynk — a low intermittent sob
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klynk — a low intermittent sob
• Persian: زنویه (zenuye) — a low intermittent sob
• Plautdietsch: Wempa — a low intermittent sob
• Russian: хны́канье (xnýkanʹje) — a low intermittent sob
• Serbo-Croatian: cendranje — a low intermittent sob
• Serbo-Croatian: cvilež — a low intermittent sob
• Serbo-Croatian: cviljenje — a low intermittent sob
• Spanish: gimoteo — a low intermittent sob
• Ukrainian: пхикання (pxykannja) — a low intermittent sob
• Ukrainian: скімлення (skimlennja) — a low intermittent sob
• Asturian: lloramicar — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Asturian: ḥipar — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Asturian: lloricar — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Bulgarian: скимтя (skimtja) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Bulgarian: хленча (hlenča) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Catalan: gemegar — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Chinese Mandarin: 抽泣 (chōuqì) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Chinese Mandarin: 呜咽 (wūyè) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Czech: fňukat — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Czech: kňourat — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Danish: klynke — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Dutch: zuchtenkreunen — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Dutch: dreinen — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Esperanto: aĥi — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Esperanto: ploreti — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Finnish: vikistä — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Finnish: uikuttaa — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• French: gémir — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• French: pleurnicher — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Galician: choricar — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Galician: chorimicar — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: wimmern — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: winseln — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: quengeln — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: fiepen — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: pimpeln — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: pimmeln — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: schluchzen — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• German: stöhnen — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Greek: μυξοκλαίω (myxoklaío) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Ancient Greek: μινυρίζω (minurízō) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Hebrew: יִבֵּב (yibbév) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Hungarian: nyöszörög — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Italian: piagnucolare — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Macedonian: цимоли (cimoli) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Māori: whakaingoingo — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Māori: kōingoingo — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Māori: koroingoingo — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Norman: houîmbrer — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Norwegian Bokmål: klynke — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klynke — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Persian: نالیدن (nâlidan) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Polish: skomleć — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Polish: kwilić — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Portuguese: choramingar — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Russian: хны́кать (xnýkatʹ) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Russian: скули́ть (skulítʹ) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Serbo-Croatian: cendrati — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Serbo-Croatian: cviliti — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Serbo-Croatian: cviljeti — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Spanish: lloriquear — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Ukrainian: пхикати (pxykaty) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently
• Ukrainian: скімлити (skimlyty) — to cry or sob softly and intermittently