clamor

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English

WOTD – 29 April 2008

Alternative forms

Etymology

Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”); the sense to silence may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.

Pronunciation

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  • Homophone: clammer
  • Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

Noun

clamor (countable and uncountable, plural clamors) (American spelling)

  1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  2. Any loud and continued noise.
  3. A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Verb

clamor (third-person singular simple present clamors, present participle clamoring, simple past and past participle clamored) (American spelling)

  1. (intransitive) To cry out and/or demand.
    Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
  2. (transitive) To demand by outcry.
    Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
    • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
      The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
  3. (intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
    After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
  4. (transitive) To influence by outcry.
    His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To silence.

Synonyms

  • (to cry out): din

Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin clāmor, clāmōrem (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

clamor m or f (plural clamors)

  1. clamor

Synonyms

References

  • “clamor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From clāmō (“complain, cry out”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

clāmor m (genitive clāmōris); third declension

  1. a shout, shouting
  2. an acclamation, applause
  3. a clamor, cry, outcry, protest
  4. a noise, sound
    Synonyms: clangor, strepitus, fragor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clāmor clāmōrēs
Genitive clāmōris clāmōrum
Dative clāmōrī clāmōribus
Accusative clāmōrem clāmōrēs
Ablative clāmōre clāmōribus
Vocative clāmor clāmōrēs

Descendants

  • French: clameur
  • → Italian: clamore
  • → Portuguese: clamor
  • → Spanish: clamor

References

  • “clamor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “clamor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clamor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • clamor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
    • to raise a shout, a cry: clamorem tollere (Liv. 3. 28)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.

Noun

clamor oblique singular, m (oblique plural clamors, nominative singular clamors, nominative plural clamor)

  1. clamor (continued shouting and uproar)

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.

Noun

clamor m (plural clamores)

  1. din (loud noise)
    Synonyms: estrépido, algazarra

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klaˈmoɾ/ [klaˈmoɾ]

Noun

clamor m (plural clamores)

  1. a clamor, shout
  2. a protest, outcry
  3. a loud noise

Derived terms

Further reading

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