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See also:Hum,húm,hùm,hũm,hừm,andHUM

English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishhummen(“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin toDutchhommelen(“to bumble, buzz”), dialectalDutchhommen(“to buzz, hum”),Middle High Germanhummen(“to hum”), probably ultimately ofimitative origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hum (pluralhums)

  1. A hummedtune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  2. An often indistinctsound resembling human humming.
    They could hear ahum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
  3. Busy activity, like thebuzz of a beehive.
  4. (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
  5. (dated) An imposition or hoax;humbug.
  6. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
  7. (with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
    • 2011 June 13, “Who, What, Why: Why is 'the hum' such a mystery?”, inBBC News‎[1]:
      There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "thehum" remains an unsolved case.
Derived terms
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Translations
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tune created orally with lips closed
indistinct sound resembling human humming
busy activity
See also
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The Hum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

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hum (third-person singular simple presenthums,present participlehumming,simple past and past participlehummed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a sound from thevocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
    We arehumming happily along with the music.
  2. (transitive) Toexpress by humming.
    tohum a tune
    The teamhummed “We Shall Overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.
  3. (intransitive) Todrone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
    • 1769,Firishta, translated byAlexander Dow,Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
      The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and thehumming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.
    • 1922 October 26,Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, inJacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at theHogarth Press,→OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press,1960,→OCLC:
      A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a beehumming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
  4. (intransitive) Tobuzz, be busily active like abeehive
    The streets werehumming with activity.
  5. (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
  6. (British, slang) Toreek, smell bad.
    This room reallyhums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
  7. (transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; tohumbug.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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to make sound with lips closed
to express by humming
to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion
to be busily active like a beehive
to produce low sounds which blend continuously
to smell bad
to deceive
to flatter by approving

Interjection

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hum

  1. Synonym ofhmm:a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
  2. Synonym ofum:a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.
Derived terms
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See also

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etymologically unrelated terms containing "hum"

Etymology 2

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FromHokkien蚶(ham) orCantonese蚶(ham1).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hum (uncountable)

  1. (informal, Malaysia, Singapore)Synonym ofsee hum(“blood cockles,ark clams”)

Anagrams

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Akan

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Pronunciation

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  • Tone: M

Predicate

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hum

  1. An identity for a "nom-int-txt" code: a wilde wish.
    humɔkɔ - a life cycle

Albanian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Maybe fromProto-Indo-European*skew-(“to cover, conceal”).

Noun

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hum m (pluralhumi, definitehuma)

  1. roughsea

Bahnar

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Bahnaric*huːm ~ hoːm, fromProto-Mon-Khmer*huum ~ *ʔum. Cognate withSedanghuam,Cuatahoːp,Pacohhoum,Puocʔuːm,Nyah Kurhóom. Probably also related to the forms with initial *s-, such asKhasisum andHuθúm.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hum 

  1. tobathe

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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jocular abbreviation ofhumeur (cfr.)

Noun

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hum n (pluralhummen,diminutivehummetje n)

  1. (good)mood

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeia

Alternative forms

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Interjection

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hum!

  1. uttering to attract attention, without literal meaning

French

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Etymology

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Expressive onomatopoeia; possible descent in ancient Latin or Frankish interjections.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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hum

  1. (onomatopoeia, colloquial)um...,hm

Further reading

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Jakaltek

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Etymology

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FromProto-Mayan*huuʼng.

Noun

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hum

  1. paper

References

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Middle English

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Pronoun

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hum

  1. Alternative form ofhem(“them”)

Ngamo

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Noun

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hùm

  1. water

References

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  • Takács, Gábor (2007)Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill,→ISBN, page201,→ISBN:
    […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Ngamo hùm [Schuh], […]

Phalura

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Etymology

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FromPashto[script needed](hum).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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hum (discourse,Perso-Arabic spellingہُم)

  1. also, as well as

References

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “hum”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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hum m (femininehuma)

  1. Archaic spelling ofum.

Usage notes

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In Brazil, this spelling is still seen in finance-related slips such as lottery tickets, cheques and receipts, in order to prevent fraud.

Article

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hum m (pluralhuns,femininehuma,feminine pluralhumas)

  1. Obsolete spelling ofum.

Interjection

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hum

  1. hmm

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*xъlmъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hȗm m (Cyrillic spellingху̑м)

  1. hillock
  2. barrow,tumulus(mound of earth raised over a grave)
Declension
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Declension ofhum
singularplural
nominativehȗmhúmovi
genitivehumahumova
dativehumuhumovima
accusativehumhumove
vocativehumehumovi
locativehumuhumovima
instrumentalhumomhumovima
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Noun

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hum f (Cyrillic spellingхум)

  1. (obsolete)arrogance
    Synonym:ȍholōst

References

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  • “hum”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025
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