sorl

Verbal noun of sorla, ultimately onomatopoeic.^[1] First attested in 1587.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoːrˌl/

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sorl n

1. sound of many blended voices, murmur, buzz

   Gatans höga sorl tystades innanför portarna.

   The street's loud buzz was silenced inside the gates.

2. faint purling sound

   Parken var tyst, bortsett från fontänens idoga sorl.

   The park was quiet, aside from the continuous purl of the fountain.

• brus (“noise, static”)
• porl (“purl”)
• surr (“buzz”)
• mummel (“mumble”)
• stim (“bustle, buzz”)
• kakofoni (“cacophony”)

• sorl in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)