swarm

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Etymology

Old English swearm

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

Noun

swarm (plural swarms)

1. A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
2. A mass of people or animals in turmoil.

Translations

large number of insects

Armenian: պարս (hy) (pars) Chinese: Mandarin: 群 (zh) (qún) Czech: roj (cs) m. Danish: sværm (da) c. Dutch: zwerm (nl) Finnish: parvi (fi) French: essaim (fr) m. (flying insects), grouillement (fr) m. (crawling insects) German: Schwarm (de) m. Greek: σμήνος (el) (smínos) n. Hungarian: raj (hu)

Italian: sciame (it) m., nugolo (it) m. Japanese: 群れ (ja) (むれ, mure) Polish: rój (pl) m. Portuguese: enxame (pt) m., infestação (pt) f., miríade (pt) f., nuvem (pt) f., correição (pt) f., praga (pt) f. Russian: рой (ru) (roj) m., стая (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: sgaoth (gd) m. Spanish: enjambre (es) Swahili: jana (sw) Swedish: svärm c. Ukrainian: рій (uk) (rij) m. Volapük: (bees) kümam (vo)

a mass of people or animals in turmoil

Danish: sværm (da) c. Dutch: menigte (nl), massa (nl) Finnish: lauma (fi) French: nuée (fr) f., essaim (fr) m. German: Schwarm (de) m. Greek: στίφος (el) (stífos) n., εσμός (el) (esmós) m., (people) όχλος (el) (óchlos) m. Hungarian: horda (hu), sokaság (hu) Japanese: 群衆 (ja) (ぐんしゅう, gunshū) Polish: mrowie n. Portuguese: multidão (pt) f., enxame (pt) m., aglomeração (pt) f., agrupamento (pt) m., chusma (pt) f., turba (pt) f., turbamulta (pt) f., turma (pt) f., turbilhão (pt) m., tropel (pt) m., legião (pt) f., massa (pt) f., mundaréu de gente (pt) m., manada (pt) f., estouro da boiada (pt) m., debandada (pt) f., roda-viva (pt) f., barafunda (pt) f., baderna (pt) f., nuvem (pt) f., batalhão (pt) m., horda (pt) f., leva (pt) f..

Russian: толпа (ru) (tolpá) f. Scottish Gaelic: (animals) sgaoth (gd) m., (people) sluagh (gd) m. Spanish: multitud, muchedumbre, masa, aglomeración, Swahili: jana (sw) Ukrainian: натовп (uk) (nátovp) m., юрба (uk) (jurbá) f.

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Mandarin: Simplified: 云集 (yúnjí); 蜂拥 (fēngyōng); 成群移动 (chéng qún yídòng), 大群(昆虫) (dà qún kūnchóng), (昆虫)群 (kūnchóng qún) Albanian: luzmë f. Serbo-Croatian: roj m. Italian: sciame m. Romanian: roi, stol m. and f.

Verb

swarm (third-person singular simple present swarms, present participle swarming, simple past and past participle swarmed)

1. (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
2. (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects.
3. (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
4. (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
5. To climb by gripping with arms and legs.

Translations

to move as a swarm

Finnish: vyöryä (fi)

Italian: pullulare (it)

to teem, or be overrun with insects

Hungarian: hemzseg (hu)

Italian: pullulare (it) Ukrainian: кишіти (uk) (kyšíty)

to fill a place as a swarm

Finnish: vyöryä (fi) sisään

to overwhelm

Finnish: vyöryttää (fi)

to climb by gripping with arms and legs

Finnish: kiivetä (fi) nelinkontin

Hungarian: mászik (hu)

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French: grouiller, pulluler Spanish: enjambrar (es) Portuguese: formigar (pt), pulular (pt), apinhar (pt), enxamear (pt), infestar (pt), encher (pt)

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

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