murmurer

English

Etymology

murmur +‎ -er.

Noun

murmurer (plural murmurers)

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French murmurer, borrowed from Latin murmuro, murmurare.

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

murmurer

  1. to murmur

Conjugation
Conjugation of murmurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle murmurant
/myʁ.my.ʁɑ̃/
past participle murmuré
/myʁ.my.ʁe/
infinitive
simple murmurer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple murmurant
/myʁ.my.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (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 murmuro

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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— murmure — murmurons murmurez —

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