tremble

See also tremblé

English

Etymology

From Old French trambler and its variants, from Vulgar Latin tremulāre, present active infinitive of tremulō, a derivate of Classical Latin tremere, present active infinitive of tremō.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈtɹɛmbl̩/, /ˈtʃɹɛmbl̩/

Verb

tremble (third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled)

1. (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.

   Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears.

   The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.

Translations

to shake

• Aromanian: treambur (rup), treamur (rup)
• Catalan: tremolar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哆嗦 (cmn) (duōsuo), 顫抖 (cmn), 颤抖 (cmn) (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu), 發抖 (cmn), 发抖 (cmn) (fādǒu), 顫慄 (cmn), 颤栗 (cmn) (zhànlì), 震顫 (cmn), 震颤 (cmn) (zhènchàn)

• Crimean Tatar: qaltıramaq
• Czech: třást se (cs), chvět se (cs)
• Dutch: beven (nl)
• Esperanto: tremi (eo)
• Finnish: väristä (fi)
• French: trembler (fr), vibrer (fr)
• Friulian: trimâ, trimulâ, balitâ, fremi
• German: zittern (de)
• Hungarian: reszket (hu)
• Irish: creath (ga)
• Italian: tremare (it), tremolare (it)
• Japanese: 震える (ja) (ふるえる, furueru)
• Jèrriais: tremblier
• Korean: 떨다 (ko) (tteolda)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: له‌رزین

• Latgalian: treisēt
• Latin: tremō (la)
• Latvian: trīcēt (lv)
• Luxembourgish: zidderen (lb)
• Occitan: tremolar (oc)
• Old English: bifian (ang)
• Polish: drżeć (pl)
• Portuguese: tremer (pt)
• Quechua: chuhchuy (qu)
• Romanian: tremura (ro)
• Russian: дрожать (ru) (drožátʹ) , трястись (ru) (trjastísʹ) 
• Sardinian: tremuài (sc), tremulai (sc), tremulare (sc), trimulare (sc)
• Spanish: temblar (es)
• Telugu: అదురు (aduru)
• Tok Pisin: guria (tpi)
• Turkish: titremek (tr), ürpermek (tr)
• Vietnamese: run (vi), rung (vi)

Noun

tremble (plural trembles)

1. A shake, quiver, or vibration.

Translations

a shake

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哆嗦 (cmn) (duōsuo), 顫抖 (cmn), 颤抖 (cmn) (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu), 發抖 (cmn), 发抖 (cmn) (fādǒu), 顫慄 (cmn), 颤栗 (cmn) (zhànlì), 震顫 (cmn), 震颤 (cmn) (zhènchàn)

• Finnish: värinä (fi)
• French: tremblement (fr) m, vibration (fr) f
• German: Zittern (de) n

• Japanese: 震え (ja) (ふるえ, furue)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: له‌رزه‌

• Russian: дрожь (ru) (drožʹ) f , дрожание (ru) (drožánije) n 
• Spanish: temblor (es), vibración (es)
• Tok Pisin: guria (tpi)

Related terms

• tremor
• tremulous
• tremblor

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French

Verb

tremble

1. first-person singular present indicative of trembler
2. third-person singular present indicative of trembler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
5. second-person singular imperative of trembler

Noun

tremble m (plural trembles)

1. aspen