What does susurrus mean?
Definitions for susurrus
sʊˈsɜr əssusurrus
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Princeton's WordNet
susurration, susurrusnoun
the indistinct sound of people whispering
"a soft susurrus of conversation"
Wiktionary
susurrusnoun
A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
Etymology: Onomatopoeic; from susurrus; likely from an older echoic word.
Wikipedia
susurrus
Whispering is an unvoiced mode of phonation in which the vocal cords are abducted so that they do not vibrate; air passes between the arytenoid cartilages to create audible turbulence during speech. Supralaryngeal articulation remains the same as in normal speech. In normal speech, the vocal cords alternate between states of voice and voicelessness. In whispering, only the voicing segments change, so that the vocal cords alternate between whisper and voicelessness (though the acoustic difference between the two states is minimal). Because of this, implementing speech recognition for whispered speech is more difficult, as the characteristic spectral range needed to detect syllables and words is not given through the total absence of tone. More advanced techniques such as neural networks may be used, however, as is done by Amazon Alexa.There is no symbol in the IPA for whispered phonation, since it is not used phonemically in any language. However, a sub-dot under phonemically voiced segments is sometimes seen in the literature, as [ʃʊ̣ḍ] for whispered should.
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susurrus
Susurrus refers to a whispering, murmuring or rustling sound. It is often used to describe the quiet but continuous noise of things such as leaves moving in a breeze, or hushed voices. It originates from the Latin word "susurrus," which also means whisper or rustle.
Webster Dictionary
Susurrusnoun
the act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur
Etymology: [L.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of susurrus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of susurrus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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