sough

• Verbe soutenu ou littéraire signifiant produire un son doux, chuchotant ou bruissant, comme le vent dans les arbres.

An archaic verb meaning to make a soft, murmuring, or rustling sound, like the wind in trees.

1. Make a murmuring soundC2formal

   To produce a soft, gentle, murmuring or rustling sound, like wind through trees or water flowing.

   Murmurer, bruire

   • The wind soughs through the pine forest at dusk.
   • Leaves sough softly as the breeze passes through them.
   • The river soughs over the smooth stones in its bed.

   Synonymesmurmurrustlesighsusurratewhisper