tremor

See also Tremor

English

Alternative forms

• tremour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmə(r)

Noun

tremor (plural tremors)

1. A shake, quiver, or vibration.

   She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.

2. An earthquake.

   Did you feel the tremor this morning?

Translations

shake, quiver, or vibration

• Chamicuro: ka'nakosilo
• 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)

• Czech: třes (cs) m
• Finnish: väreily (fi), vavahtelu (fi), tärinä (fi)
• French: trémulation (fr) f
• German: Zittern (de) n

• Greek: τρεμούλα (el) (tremoúla) f, ρίγος (el) (rígos) n
• Hungarian: reszketés (hu), remegés (hu)
• Japanese: 震え (ja) (ふるえ, furue), 揺れ (ja) (ゆれ, yure)
• Latin: tremor (la) m
• Persian: لرزش (fa) (larzeš)
• Polish: drżenie (pl) n
• Russian: дрожь (ru) (drožʹ) f, дрожание (ru) (drožánije) n
• Spanish: temblor (es)
• Swedish: skakning (sv) c

earthquake

• Finnish: maan vavahtelu
• French: tremblement (fr) m
• German: Beben (de) n
• Greek: σεισμός (el) (seismós) m
• Hungarian: remegés (hu), rázkódás (hu), lökés (hu)

• Polish: wstrząs (pl) m
• Quechua: pacha kuyuy (qu), allpa chukchuy (qu)
• Russian: сотрясение (ru) (sotrjasénije) n, толчки (ru) (tolčkí) m pl
• Swedish: skalv (sv) n, jordskalv (sv) n

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• Ido: tremo

Verb

tremor (third-person singular simple present tremors, present participle tremoring, simple past and past participle tremored)

1. To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.

Derived terms

• tremorous
• tremorously

Related terms

• tremble
• tremblor

Translations

to shake or quiver; to tremble

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哆嗦 (cmn) (duōsuo), 顫抖 (cmn), 颤抖 (cmn) (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu)

• Finnish: värähdellä, väreillä, vavahdella
• French: trembler (fr)
• German: zittern (de)
• Greek: τρέμω (el) (trémo), ριγώ (el) (rigó)

• Hungarian: reszket (hu), remeg (hu)
• Japanese: 震える (ja) (ふるえる, furueru)
• Polish: drżeć (pl)
• Portuguese: tremer (pt)
• Russian: дрожать (ru) (drožát'), трястись (ru) (trjastísʹ)
• Swedish: skaka (sv)

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Latin

Noun

tremor (genitive tremōris); m, third declension

1. trembling, quaking

Inflection

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

Verb

tremor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of tremō

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Middle English

Noun

tremor (plural tremors)

1. Terror, fear

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Portuguese

Noun

tremor m (plural tremores)

1. tremor
2. agitation