murmurer

English

Etymology

murmur +‎ -er.

Noun

murmurer (plural murmurers)

  1. One who murmurs
    • 2007 March 17, Kelefa Sanneh, “An R&B Star Who Doesn’t Look Like One”, in New York Times‎:
      […] in a genre dominated by loud beats and wailing pleas, Mr. Thicke is a hard-core murmurer.

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French murmurer, borrowed from Latin murmurāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /myʁ.my.ʁe/
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Verb

murmurer

  1. to murmur

Conjugation
Conjugation of murmurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple murmurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple murmurant
/myʁ.my.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle murmuré
/myʁ.my.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present murmure
/myʁ.myʁ/		 murmures
/myʁ.myʁ/		 murmure
/myʁ.myʁ/		 murmurons
/myʁ.my.ʁɔ̃/		 murmurez
/myʁ.my.ʁe/		 murmurent
/myʁ.myʁ/
imperfect murmurais
/myʁ.my.ʁɛ/		 murmurais
/myʁ.my.ʁɛ/		 murmurait
/myʁ.my.ʁɛ/		 murmurions
/myʁ.my.ʁjɔ̃/		 murmuriez
/myʁ.my.ʁje/		 murmuraient
/myʁ.my.ʁɛ/
past historic2 murmurai
/myʁ.my.ʁe/		 murmuras
/myʁ.my.ʁa/		 murmura
/myʁ.my.ʁa/		 murmurâmes
/myʁ.my.ʁam/		 murmurâtes
/myʁ.my.ʁat/		 murmurèrent
/myʁ.my.ʁɛʁ/
future murmurerai
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁe/		 murmureras
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁa/		 murmurera
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁa/		 murmurerons
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 murmurerez
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁe/		 murmureront
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional murmurerais
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 murmurerais
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 murmurerait
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 murmurerions
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 murmureriez
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁje/		 murmureraient
/myʁ.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present murmure
/myʁ.myʁ/		 murmures
/myʁ.myʁ/		 murmure
/myʁ.myʁ/		 murmurions
/myʁ.my.ʁjɔ̃/		 murmuriez
/myʁ.my.ʁje/		 murmurent
/myʁ.myʁ/
imperfect2 murmurasse
/myʁ.my.ʁas/		 murmurasses
/myʁ.my.ʁas/		 murmurât
/myʁ.my.ʁa/		 murmurassions
/myʁ.my.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 murmurassiez
/myʁ.my.ʁa.sje/		 murmurassent
/myʁ.my.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — murmure
/myʁ.myʁ/		 — murmurons
/myʁ.my.ʁɔ̃/		 murmurez
/myʁ.my.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

murmurer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of murmurō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin murmuro, murmurare.

Verb

murmurer

  1. to whisper

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of murmurer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive murmurer avoir murmuré
gerund en murmurant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle murmurant
past participle murmuré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present murmur murmures murmure murmurons murmurez murmurent
imperfect murmuroie, murmureie, murmuroe, murmureve murmuroies, murmureies, murmuroes, murmureves murmuroit, murmureit, murmurot, murmureve murmuriiens, murmuriens murmuriiez, murmuriez murmuroient, murmureient, murmuroent, murmurevent
preterite murmurai murmuras murmura murmurames murmurastes murmurerent
future murmurerai murmureras murmurera murmurerons murmureroiz, murmurereiz, murmurerez murmureront
conditional murmureroie, murmurereie murmureroies, murmurereies murmureroit, murmurereit murmureriiens, murmureriens murmureriiez, murmureriez murmureroient, murmurereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present murmur murmurs murmurt murmurons murmurez murmurent
imperfect murmurasse murmurasses murmurast murmurissons, murmurissiens murmurissoiz, murmurissez, murmurissiez murmurassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— murmure — murmurons murmurez —

Descendants
  • → English: murmur
  • French: murmurer
  • Norman: murmuther
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