tremor
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛmɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛmə(ɹ)
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈtɹiːmə(ɹ)/
Noun edit
tremor (plural tremors)
- A shake, quiver, or vibration.
- She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.
- (medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.
- The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand.
- An earthquake.
- Did you feel the tremor this morning?
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Verb edit
tremor (third-person singular simple present tremors, present participle tremoring, simple past and past participle tremored)
- To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 17, in Small Island[1], London: Review, page 188:
- The ground tremored under their big boots.
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Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tremor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tremor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tremor m (plural tremores)
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References edit
- “tremor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “tremor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “tremor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tremor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English tremor, from Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tremor
- (medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions; tremor.
Further reading edit
- “tremor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
tremor (plural tremores)
- (medicine) tremor
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtre.mor/, [ˈt̪rɛmɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtre.mor/, [ˈt̪rɛːmor]
Noun edit
tremor m (genitive tremōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tremor | tremōrēs |
Genitive | tremōris | tremōrum |
Dative | tremōrī | tremōribus |
Accusative | tremōrem | tremōrēs |
Ablative | tremōre | tremōribus |
Vocative | tremor | tremōrēs |
Descendants edit
Verb edit
tremor
References edit
- “tremor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tremor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tremor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
tremor
- Alternative form of tremour
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- tremour (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology edit
From Latin tremor, probably borrowed.
Noun edit
tremor oblique singular, m (oblique plural tremors, nominative singular tremors, nominative plural tremor)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tremor, from Latin tremor.
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Noun edit
tremor m (plural tremores)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish tremor (attested in El Cid), from Latin tremor. Although originally inherited, it was later used in some senses as a Latinism or Italianism (cf. tremore).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tremor m (plural tremores)
- tremor, trembling
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References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “tremor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014