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Meaning of singultus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2

[sɪŋˈɡʊɫ.tʊs]

Definitions

sobbing, speech interrupted by sobs.
declension-4, masculine
hiccup
declension-4, masculine
A rattling in the throat; clucking (of a hen); croaking (of a raven); gurgling (of water).
broadly, declension-4, masculine
death rattle
declension-4, masculine

Equivalents

Bosanski kreket kreketav sob крекет крекетав

Català ranera de la mort

Čeština vzlykání vzlykot

Deutsch Gekrächze präfinales Rasseln Rasselatmung Schluchzen Todesrasseln

Ελληνικά αγκομάχημα αγκομαχητό αναφιλητό κράξιμο

English Clucking Croaking death rattle Hiccup Sob Sobbing

Español anhélito estertor sollozante sollozo

Suomi korahtaminen kotkottaminen kuolinkorina kurnuttaminen niiskuttaminen nyyhke nyyhkinä nyyhkintä nyyhkyttäminen nyyhkytys tuherrus

Français coassement gloussement sanglotant sanglotante sanglotement

Galego boqueadas choremia choro

हिन्दी कोहराम

Hrvatski kreket kreketav sob крекет крекетав

Magyar halálhörgés zokogás

Italiano gracidio rantolo della morte

日本語おろおろめそめそ嗚咽悲咽

한국어 깍깍 오열

Latina roncus

Malti ħurħara tal-mewt

Nederlands gesnik snotterend wenend

Polski gdakanie rzężenie

Português estertor vasca

Русский всхлипывание грай квак квакание

Српски kreket kreketav sob крекет крекетав

Svenska snyftning

Examples

“Virgā murmur omne compescitur, et nē fortuita quidem verberibus excepta sunt: tussēs, sternūmenta, singultūs!”

(The slaves who must stand near the master at dinnertime:) Every murmur is silenced by a rod, and even involuntary sounds aren’t safe from a beating: coughs, sneezes, or hiccups.

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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