bourdonnement

French

Etymology

From bourdonner +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buʁ.dɔn.mɑ̃/
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Noun

bourdonnement m (plural bourdonnements)

buzz, buzzing
drone, hum, humming
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné
  ...une sueur glacée est sortie à la fois de tous mes membres, j’ai senti mes tempes se gonfler, et j’avais les oreilles pleines de bourdonnements.
  ice-cold sweat dripped of every part of my body at the same time, I felt my temples swell, and there was a deafening hum in my ears.

Further reading

“bourdonnement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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