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I am not sure but I can't find any words that describe normal calm breathing. Something that describes the exhale of a breath or blowing air out from your mouth. Not frantic or puffed breathing just relaxed sounds like a sigh. But a sigh describes what the person is doing... not really the actual sound... Are there any English words for this?
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I am not sure but I can't find any words that describe normal calm breathing. Something that describes the exhale of a breath or blowing air out from your mouth. Not frantic or puffed breathing just relaxed sounds like a sigh. But a sigh describes what the person is doing... not really the actual sound... Are there any English words for this?
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Sigh is also a sound. ("to make a sound suggesting a sigh" OR "the act or sound of sighing.") Source: dictionary.com/browse/sighed
– Bella Swan
2 days ago
Not sure if there's a one word term for this. I think most would just say regular breathing or a regular rhythm of breathing
– Smock
2 days ago
Just breathing itself. (Or breathe or breath, depending on how it's used.) Any other word would be used for something unusual. But if you have to draw a contrast with an adverb, then regular or normal as suggested.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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I am not sure but I can't find any words that describe normal calm breathing. Something that describes the exhale of a breath or blowing air out from your mouth. Not frantic or puffed breathing just relaxed sounds like a sigh. But a sigh describes what the person is doing... not really the actual sound... Are there any English words for this?
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I am not sure but I can't find any words that describe normal calm breathing. Something that describes the exhale of a breath or blowing air out from your mouth. Not frantic or puffed breathing just relaxed sounds like a sigh. But a sigh describes what the person is doing... not really the actual sound... Are there any English words for this?
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Sigh is also a sound. ("to make a sound suggesting a sigh" OR "the act or sound of sighing.") Source: dictionary.com/browse/sighed
– Bella Swan
2 days ago
Not sure if there's a one word term for this. I think most would just say regular breathing or a regular rhythm of breathing
– Smock
2 days ago
Just breathing itself. (Or breathe or breath, depending on how it's used.) Any other word would be used for something unusual. But if you have to draw a contrast with an adverb, then regular or normal as suggested.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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Sigh is also a sound. ("to make a sound suggesting a sigh" OR "the act or sound of sighing.") Source: dictionary.com/browse/sighed
– Bella Swan
2 days ago
Not sure if there's a one word term for this. I think most would just say regular breathing or a regular rhythm of breathing
– Smock
2 days ago
Just breathing itself. (Or breathe or breath, depending on how it's used.) Any other word would be used for something unusual. But if you have to draw a contrast with an adverb, then regular or normal as suggested.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Sigh is also a sound. ("to make a sound suggesting a sigh" OR "the act or sound of sighing.") Source: dictionary.com/browse/sighed
– Bella Swan
2 days ago
Sigh is also a sound. ("to make a sound suggesting a sigh" OR "the act or sound of sighing.") Source: dictionary.com/browse/sighed
– Bella Swan
2 days ago
Not sure if there's a one word term for this. I think most would just say regular breathing or a regular rhythm of breathing
– Smock
2 days ago
Not sure if there's a one word term for this. I think most would just say regular breathing or a regular rhythm of breathing
– Smock
2 days ago
Just breathing itself. (Or breathe or breath, depending on how it's used.) Any other word would be used for something unusual. But if you have to draw a contrast with an adverb, then regular or normal as suggested.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Just breathing itself. (Or breathe or breath, depending on how it's used.) Any other word would be used for something unusual. But if you have to draw a contrast with an adverb, then regular or normal as suggested.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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The most common word for breathing is "respiration" which is often broken down by definition into two actions - to inhale and exhale. There is also the technical term for normal breathing which is "eupnoea". However, the word "breathing" itself would seem to be descriptive enough for most usages.
If you are searching for an onomatopoeic word for the (sound of) regular breathing, I did find "susurration". It is a noun mostly used for a low, indistinct whispering sound. I found this online descriptive usage - susurration
[a soft, whispering or rustling sound] of the breeze
in the wayside grasses. However, it could be used as descriptive of breathing sounds as well - e.g. normal/calm/slow/indistinct breaths could be replaced with "susurrations" (the inhalations/exhalations of normal breathing in context). It can also be used in the adjective form "susurrous" - e.g. susurrous respiration/breaths/sounds.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/respiration
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/exhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/eupnoea
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/susurration
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Yeah but i'm trying to find a word that describes the sound that breathing makes not a word for the actual thing itself. Thanks tho!!
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The most common word for breathing is "respiration" which is often broken down by definition into two actions - to inhale and exhale. There is also the technical term for normal breathing which is "eupnoea". However, the word "breathing" itself would seem to be descriptive enough for most usages.
If you are searching for an onomatopoeic word for the (sound of) regular breathing, I did find "susurration". It is a noun mostly used for a low, indistinct whispering sound. I found this online descriptive usage - susurration
[a soft, whispering or rustling sound] of the breeze
in the wayside grasses. However, it could be used as descriptive of breathing sounds as well - e.g. normal/calm/slow/indistinct breaths could be replaced with "susurrations" (the inhalations/exhalations of normal breathing in context). It can also be used in the adjective form "susurrous" - e.g. susurrous respiration/breaths/sounds.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/respiration
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/exhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/eupnoea
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/susurration
answered 2 days ago
user22542user22542
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Yeah but i'm trying to find a word that describes the sound that breathing makes not a word for the actual thing itself. Thanks tho!!
– Chloe
2 days ago
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The most common word for breathing is "respiration" which is often broken down by definition into two actions - to inhale and exhale. There is also the technical term for normal breathing which is "eupnoea". However, the word "breathing" itself would seem to be descriptive enough for most usages.
If you are searching for an onomatopoeic word for the (sound of) regular breathing, I did find "susurration". It is a noun mostly used for a low, indistinct whispering sound. I found this online descriptive usage - susurration
[a soft, whispering or rustling sound] of the breeze
in the wayside grasses. However, it could be used as descriptive of breathing sounds as well - e.g. normal/calm/slow/indistinct breaths could be replaced with "susurrations" (the inhalations/exhalations of normal breathing in context). It can also be used in the adjective form "susurrous" - e.g. susurrous respiration/breaths/sounds.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/respiration
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/exhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/eupnoea
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/susurration
answered 2 days ago
user22542user22542
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Yeah but i'm trying to find a word that describes the sound that breathing makes not a word for the actual thing itself. Thanks tho!!
– Chloe
2 days ago
add a comment |
The most common word for breathing is "respiration" which is often broken down by definition into two actions - to inhale and exhale. There is also the technical term for normal breathing which is "eupnoea". However, the word "breathing" itself would seem to be descriptive enough for most usages.
If you are searching for an onomatopoeic word for the (sound of) regular breathing, I did find "susurration". It is a noun mostly used for a low, indistinct whispering sound. I found this online descriptive usage - susurration
[a soft, whispering or rustling sound] of the breeze
in the wayside grasses. However, it could be used as descriptive of breathing sounds as well - e.g. normal/calm/slow/indistinct breaths could be replaced with "susurrations" (the inhalations/exhalations of normal breathing in context). It can also be used in the adjective form "susurrous" - e.g. susurrous respiration/breaths/sounds.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/respiration
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/exhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/eupnoea
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/susurration
answered 2 days ago
user22542user22542
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The most common word for breathing is "respiration" which is often broken down by definition into two actions - to inhale and exhale. There is also the technical term for normal breathing which is "eupnoea". However, the word "breathing" itself would seem to be descriptive enough for most usages.
If you are searching for an onomatopoeic word for the (sound of) regular breathing, I did find "susurration". It is a noun mostly used for a low, indistinct whispering sound. I found this online descriptive usage - susurration
[a soft, whispering or rustling sound] of the breeze
in the wayside grasses. However, it could be used as descriptive of breathing sounds as well - e.g. normal/calm/slow/indistinct breaths could be replaced with "susurrations" (the inhalations/exhalations of normal breathing in context). It can also be used in the adjective form "susurrous" - e.g. susurrous respiration/breaths/sounds.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/respiration
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/inhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/exhale
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/eupnoea
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/susurration
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Yeah but i'm trying to find a word that describes the sound that breathing makes not a word for the actual thing itself. Thanks tho!!
– Chloe
2 days ago
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Yeah but i'm trying to find a word that describes the sound that breathing makes not a word for the actual thing itself. Thanks tho!!
– Chloe
2 days ago
Yeah but i'm trying to find a word that describes the sound that breathing makes not a word for the actual thing itself. Thanks tho!!
– Chloe
2 days ago
Yeah but i'm trying to find a word that describes the sound that breathing makes not a word for the actual thing itself. Thanks tho!!
– Chloe
2 days ago
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Sigh is also a sound. ("to make a sound suggesting a sigh" OR "the act or sound of sighing.") Source: dictionary.com/browse/sighed
– Bella Swan
2 days ago
Not sure if there's a one word term for this. I think most would just say regular breathing or a regular rhythm of breathing
– Smock
2 days ago
Just breathing itself. (Or breathe or breath, depending on how it's used.) Any other word would be used for something unusual. But if you have to draw a contrast with an adverb, then regular or normal as suggested.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago