chuchotage
English edit
Etymology edit
From French chuchotage (“whispering”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʃəʊˈtɑːʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʃoʊˈtɑʒ/
- Hyphenation: chu‧cho‧tage
Noun edit
chuchotage (uncountable)
- The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person in proximity to other people.
- 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 141:
- Eventually, the words of such Aramaic whisper-translations (called chuchotage in the modern world of international interpreters) were written down, mostly in small fragments, and these targums now provide precious linguistic and historical records for scholars of Judaism.
Translations edit
interpretation of a speech in a whisper
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French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chuchotage m (plural chuchotages)
Further reading edit
- “chuchotage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chuchotage.
Noun edit
chuchotage m (invariable)