tumult

See also Tumult

English

Etymology

From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʌməlt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌlt

Noun

tumult (plural tumults)

1. The noise as made by a crowd.
2. A riot or uprising.

Related terms

• tumultuous

Synonyms

• uproar
• ruckus

Translations

noise as made by a crowd

• Danish: tumult (da) c, tummel (da) c
• French: barouf (fr) m, baroufe (fr) m
• German: Tumult (de) m

• Latin: clamor (la) m
• Romanian: freamăt (ro), tumult (ro) n, tumulte (ro)
• Spanish: clamor (es) m, bullicio (es) m, alboroto (es) m

riot or uprising

• Danish: oprør (da) n
• French: bagarre (fr) f
• Galician: tumulto (gl) m

• German: Tumult (de) m
• Spanish: tumulto (es) m

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• Esperanto: tumulto (eo)
• Serbo-Croatian: larma (sh) f
• Swedish: tumult (sv) n

Verb

tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)

1. (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.

   Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. — Milton.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tumult/, [tˢuˈmulˀd̥]

Noun

tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)

1. uproar, tumult
2. riot, disturbance
3. scuffle

Inflection

    Inflection of tumult

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tumult	tumulten	tumulter	tumulterne
genitive	tumults	tumultens	tumulters	tumulternes

Synonyms

• tummel

Related terms

• tumultagtig
• tumultarisk

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tumultus

Noun

tumult n (plural tumulturi)

1. tumult

Synonyms

• larmă
• zarvă
• agitație

Related terms

• tumultos, tumultuos