From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], a frequentative of [en].[1] Compare [de], [dum] and [nl]. Perhaps
related to [nn].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly ; to fail to articulate .
2. * [III]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1680 | author=w:Thomas Otway | title= [The Orphan (play)]
|passage=A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and
MUMBLING to herself.}}
1. To chew something gently with closed lips.
**** Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:mutter
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[to speak unintelligibly]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to chew something gently with closed lips]
- German: [de]
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*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A quiet or unintelligible vocalization ; a low tone of voice .
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[quiet vocalization]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [rare]
- Tamil: [ta]
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*** References
References:
[1]. [R:New English Dictionary]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]