Meanings
- uncountableThe interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person or small group in proximity to others who aren't listening to the translation.
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.
2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 141Synonyms: whisper interpreting, whispered interpreting, whispered interpretation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person or small group in proximity to others who aren't listening to the translation.
Origin
- Frenchchuchotage“whispering”
- Englishchuchotage
From French chuchotage (“whispering”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 耳語傳譯 /耳语传译, 耳語同傳 /耳语同传
- 耳語傳譯 /耳语传译 (ěryǔ chuányì)interpretation of a speech in a whisper
- 耳語同傳 /耳语同传 (ěryǔ tóngchuán)interpretation of a speech in a whisper
Dutch fluistertolken
- fluistertolkeninterpretation of a speech in a whisper
Finnish kuiskaustulkkaus
- kuiskaustulkkausinterpretation of a speech in a whisper
French chuchotage
- chuchotageinterpretation of a speech in a whisper
German Flüsterdolmetschen
- Flüsterdolmetscheninterpretation of a speech in a whisper
Hungarian fülbesúgásos tolmácsolás
- fülbesúgásos tolmácsolásinterpretation of a speech in a whisper
Japanese ウィスパリング
- ウィスパリングinterpretation of a speech in a whisper
Latvian čuksttulkošana
- čuksttulkošanainterpretation of a speech in a whisper
Portuguese interpretação sussurrada, interpretação murmurada
- interpretação sussurradainterpretation of a speech in a whisper
- interpretação murmuradainterpretation of a speech in a whisper
- chuchotageinterpretation of a speech in a whisper
Russian нашёптывание
- нашёптывание (našóptyvanije)interpretation of a speech in a whisper
Spanish cuchicheo
- cuchicheointerpretation of a speech in a whisper
Swedish viskningstolkning
- viskningstolkninginterpretation of a speech in a whisper
Cite this entry
chuchotage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuchotage
“chuchotage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuchotage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chuchotage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuchotage.
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