Meaning

6 senses
  1. The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords; the sound thus produced.

    I spoke in a near whisper.

    Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern

    шёпотšópot

    ше́пітšépit

    speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

  2. (usually plural)A rumor.

    There are whispers of rebellion all around.

  3. (figuratively)A faint trace or hint (of something).

    The soup had just a whisper of basil.

  4. A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.

    a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

  5. (Internet)A private message to an individual in a chat room.

  6. A projection of intention and influence caused by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means.

Examples

401 sentences
  1. She whispered it in my ear.

    Вона прошепотіла це мені на вухо. — deniko

    ruОна прошептала мне это на ухо. — paul_lingvo

  2. He whispered the answer in my ear.

    Він прошепотів відповідь мені на вухо. — deniko

    deEr flüsterte mir die Antwort ins Ohr. — Manfredo

  3. She whispered to me that she was hungry.

    Вона прошепотіла мені, що хоче їсти. — deniko

    ruОна мне прошептала, что она голодна. — MikaM

    deSie flüsterte mir zu, dass sie hungrig sei. — xtofu80

  4. Tom whispered something to Mary and she smiled.

    Том прошепотів щось Марії, і вона посміхнулася. — older

    ruТом что-то прошептал Мэри, и она улыбнулась. — villard85

    deTom flüsterte Maria etwas zu, und sie lächelte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. He whispered something to me.

    Він щось мені прошепотів. — deniko

    ruОн мне что-то шепнул. — marafon

    deEr flüsterte mir etwas zu. — xtofu80

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of speaking in a quiet voice:
Русский
By meaning 1
act of speaking in a quiet voice:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of speaking in a quiet voice:

Origin

From Middle English whisperen, from Old English hwisprian (“to mutter, murmur, whisper”),

From Middle English whisperen, from Old English hwisprian (“to mutter, murmur, whisper”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwisprōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwisprōną (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).

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Forms

plural: whispers
Singularwhisper
Pluralwhispers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • whispered something
  • whispered something to
  • whispered something into
  • whispered something in
  • whispering to each

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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