tumult
See also: Tumult
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtuː.mʌlt/
Here pronounced: IPA(key): [ˈtʌmʌlt̰̚]Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌlt
Noun edit
tumult (plural tumults)
- Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
- Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
- Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
- the tumult of the elements
- the tumult of the spirits or passions
- 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Football is a game of tumult and glory, of small disappointments and lingering dreams, and Mata has played long enough at the highest level to appreciate these truths.
- A riot or uprising.
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noise as made by a crowd
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violent commotion or agitation
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riot or uprising
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Verb edit
tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)
- (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
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Noun edit
tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)
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Declension of tumult
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tumult | tumulten | tumulter | tumulterne |
genitive | tumults | tumultens | tumulters | tumulternes |
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.
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tumult n (plural tumulten)
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Polish edit
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tumult m inan
- tumult (noise as made by a crowd)
- Synonym: zgiełk
- (archaic) tumult (violent commotion or agitation)
- Synonym: zamieszki
Declension edit
Declension of tumult
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adjective
noun
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.
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tumult n (plural tumulturi)
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Swedish edit
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tumult n
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Declension of tumult | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tumult | tumultet | tumult | tumulten |
Genitive | tumults | tumultets | tumults | tumultens |