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Webster 1913 Edition

Tremor

Tre′mor

Noun.

[L., from

tremere

to tremble. See

Tremble

Verb.

]

A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion;

as, the

tremor

of a person who is weak, infirm, or old

He fell into an universal

tremor

of all his joints.

Harvey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tremor

TRE'MOR

Noun.

[L. from tremo.] An involuntary trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm or old.

He fell into a universal tremor.

Definition 2024

Tremor

See also: tremor and trémor

German

Noun

Tremor m ‎(genitive Tremors, plural Tremores)

tremor

Declension

Declension of Tremor

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tremor	die	Tremores
genitive	eines	des	Tremors	der	Tremores
dative	einem	dem	Tremor	den	Tremores
accusative	einen	den	Tremor	die	Tremores

tremor

See also: Tremor and trémor

English

Alternative forms

tremour (obsolete)

Noun

tremor ‎(plural tremors)

A shake, quiver, or vibration.
She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.
1. 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?

Translations

shake, quiver, or vibration

Chamicuro: ka'nakosilo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哆嗦 (zh) ‎(duōsuo), 顫抖 (zh), 颤抖 (zh) ‎(chàndǒu or zhàndǒu), 發抖 (zh), 发抖 (zh) ‎(fādǒu), 顫慄 (zh), 颤栗 (zh) ‎(zhànlì), 震顫 (zh), 震颤 (zh) ‎(zhènchàn)
Czech: třes m, otřes m
Emilian: tarmarî f, termarìa f, tarmarìa f, tarmarôla f,
Finnish: väreily, vavahtelu, tärinä
French: trémulation (fr) f, tremblement (fr) m
Friulian: trimôr
German: Zittern n
Greek: τρεμούλα (el) f ‎(tremoúla), ρίγος (el) n ‎(rígos)

Hungarian: reszketés (hu), remegés (hu)
Italian: tremore
Japanese: 震え ‎(ふるえ, furue), 揺れ ‎(ゆれ, yure)
Latin: tremor m
Persian: لرزش (fa) ‎(larzeš)
Polish: drżenie (pl) n
Portuguese: tremor (pt) m
Russian: дрожь (ru) f ‎(drožʹ), дрожа́ние (ru) n ‎(drožánije)
Sicilian: trimuri
Spanish: temblor (es)
Swedish: skakning c

uncontrollable bodily shaking

Japanese: 振戦、震顫、振顫 ‎(しんせん, shinsen)

Latin: tremor m

earthquake

Chinese:
Mandarin: 地震 (zh)
Czech: otřes m
Emilian: taramòt m, teremòt m
Esperanto:
Finnish: maan vavahtelu
French: tremblement de terre (fr) m, secousse sismique f, trémor (fr) m
German: Beben (de) n
Greek: σεισμός (el) m ‎(seismós)

Hungarian: remegés (hu), rázkódás (hu), lökés (hu)
Japanese:
Nepali:
Polish: wstrząs (pl) m
Portuguese: tremor (pt) m
Quechua: pacha kuyuy, allpa chukchuy
Russian: сотрясе́ние (ru) n ‎(sotrjasénije), толчки́ (ru) m pl ‎(tolčkí)
Swedish: skalv (sv) n, jordskalv (sv) n
Vietnamese: sự run rẩy

Verb

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

to shake or quiver; to tremble

Chinese:
Mandarin: 哆嗦 (zh) ‎(duōsuo), 顫抖 (zh), 颤抖 (zh) ‎(chàndǒu or zhàndǒu)
Finnish: värähdellä (fi), väreillä, vavahdella (fi)
French: trembler (fr)
German: zittern (de)
Greek: τρέμω (el) ‎(trémo), ριγώ (el) ‎(rigó)

Hungarian: reszket (hu), remeg (hu)
Japanese: 震える ‎(ふるえる, furueru)
Polish: drżeć (pl)
Portuguese: tremer (pt)
Russian: дрожа́ть (ru) ‎(drožátʹ), трясти́сь (ru) ‎(trjastísʹ)
Swedish: skaka (sv)

Latin

Etymology

From tremō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtre.mor/, [ˈtrɛ.mɔr]

Noun

tremor m ‎(genitive tremōris); third declension

trembling, quaking

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tremor	tremōrēs
genitive	tremōris	tremōrum
dative	tremōrī	tremōribus
accusative	tremōrem	tremōrēs
ablative	tremōre	tremōribus
vocative	tremor	tremōrēs

Descendants

English: tremor
French: trémeur
Friulian: trimôr
Italian: tremore

Portuguese: tremor
Sicilian: trimuri
Spanish: tremor

Verb

tremor

first-person singular present passive indicative of tremō

References

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tremor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

tremor (plural tremors)

terror; great fear

Old French

Alternative forms

tremour (Anglo-Norman)

Noun

tremor m ‎(oblique plural tremors, nominative singular tremors, nominative plural tremor)

terror; great fear

Descendants

English: tremor (borrowed)
French: trémeur

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tremor.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈmoɾ/

Noun

tremor m (plural tremores)

Spanish

Noun

tremor m ‎(plural tremores)

tremor, trembling

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Webster 1913 Edition

Tremor

Tre′mor

Webster 1828 Edition

Tremor

TRE'MOR

Definition 2024

Tremor

Tremor

German

Noun

Declension

tremor

tremor

English

Alternative forms

Noun

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Verb

Derived terms

Related terms

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Latin

Etymology

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Verb

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Middle English

Noun

Old French

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Noun

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Portuguese

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Noun

Spanish

Noun

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