um

um also umm  (m, m)

interj.

Used to express doubt or uncertainty or to fill a pause when hesitating in speaking.

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um¹

interj

a representation of a common sound made when hesitating in speech

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um²

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science)

the Internet domain name for US Minor Outlying Islands

Translations

um [ʌm] EXCL (in hesitation) → esto(Sp), este(LAm)
to um and err → vacilar

um [ˈʌm ˈ^əm] excl → euh
umbilical cord [ʌmˈbɪlɪk^əl] adj

(ANATOMY) → cordon m ombilical

(fig) → cordon m ombilical
to cut sb's umbilical cord → couper le cordon ombilical

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