shudder

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English *shudderen, *schuderen (suggested by Middle English shuddering, schudering (“shaking, quivering, shuddering”)), from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen,^[1] iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌdə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌdɚ/
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- Homophone: shutter
Rhymes: -ʌdə(r)

NounEdit

shudder (plural shudders)

A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

SynonymsEdit

(shivering tremor): jiggle, quake, rumble, quiver
(frisson): shiver (cold), quiver, tingle, thrill

TranslationsEdit

shivering tremor

Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰慄 (zh) or 戰栗 (zh), 战栗 (zh) (zhànlì), 觳觫 (zh)
Czech: třesot m
Dutch: rilling (nl)
Finnish: väristys (fi), vapina, tutina, puistatus (fi)
French: tremblement (fr) m, frisson (fr) m
Galician: arrepío m, calafrío (gl) m
German: Schauder (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: φρίκη f (phríkē), φρικασμός m (phrikasmós)
Icelandic: hrollur (is) m, skjálfti (is) m

Italian: brivido (it)
Maori: ngatari, ngateri
Old French: friçon m
Portuguese: arrepio (pt) m, calafrio (pt) m
Romanian: tremur (ro) n, fiori m pl
Russian: содрога́ние (ru) n (sodrogánije), дрожь (ru) f (drožʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: crith f
Spanish: escalofrío (es) m

moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson

Czech: zachvění n se
Finnish: väristys (fi)
French: frisson (fr) m

German: Schauder (de) m
Icelandic: hrollur (is) m
Maori: oinga
Romanian: fior (ro)

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Translations to be checked

Norwegian: skrekkblandet fryd (2)

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} escalofrío (es) m

VerbEdit

shudder (third-person singular simple present shudders, present participle shuddering, simple past and past participle shuddered)