whisper

Pronunciation: ['hwispә]

Average Rank: 9842

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 耳语, 密谈, 谣传, 沙沙声 vi. 耳语, 密谈, 沙沙地响 vt. 低声说

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
  • v. speak softly; in a low voice
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky gre
Word Forms:
Past: whispered
Present Participle: whispering
Plural: whispers
3rd Person: whispers
Past Participle: whispered

Word Frequency Rankings

TV & Movie Scripts
#6596

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 34.0% (Top 34.0% most frequent)
34.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#2931

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 70.7% (Top 70.7% most frequent)
70.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

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This word appears in 2 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across different contexts.

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