how to say “buzzer” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]זַמְזַם
The English word for buzzer is called that because of the sound it makes – bzzzzz.
Same with Hebrew – זמזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]לחצתי על הזמזם חצי שעה, אבל הם לא פתחו את הדלת!
I pressed the buzzer for half an hour, but they didn’t open the door!
This root ז.מ.ז.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /] also gives us the פיעל verb לזמזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /] – to hum.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]גוגל יכול לזהות את השיר שאתה מזמזם.
Google can identify the song you’re humming.