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um

also umm  (ŭm, əm)
interj.
Used to express doubt or uncertainty or to fill a pause when hesitating in speaking.
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um

(ʌm; əm)
interj
a representation of a common sound made when hesitating in speech

um

the internet domain name for
(Computer Science) US Minor Outlying Islands
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um

(ʌm, ʌ̃, əm, ə̃)

interj.
(used as an expression of doubt, hesitation, deliberation, etc.)
[1670–80]
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Translations

um

[ʌm] EXCL (in hesitation) → esto (Sp), este (LAm)
to um and err → vacilar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

um

[ˈʌm ˈəm] excl → euhumbilical cord [ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl] adj
(ANATOMY) → cordon m ombilical
(fig) → cordon m ombilical
to cut sb's umbilical cord → couper le cordon ombilical
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

um

interj → äh; (in decision, answering) → hm
vi to um and err → herumdrucksen; after a lot of umming and erring → nach vielen Ähs und Öhs
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