how to pronounce murmur

/ˈmɜː.məɹ/

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murmur is pronounced in two syllables

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ɜː

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video examples of murmur pronunciation

An example use of murmur in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… ordered a wagon murmur so I'm very …”

meaning of murmur

Murmur is a low, indistinct sound.

murmur frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word murmur occurs in english on average 4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics murmur can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that murmur can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;