tumult

See also: Tumult

English

Etymology

From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʌməlt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌlt

Noun

tumult (plural tumults)

1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
   • Alexander Pope

     Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.

2. Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
   • 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Football is a game of tumult and glory, of small disappointments and lingering dreams, and Mata has played long enough at the highest level to appreciate these truths.

   the tumult of the elements

   the tumult of the spirits or passions

3. A riot or uprising.

Synonyms

• uproar
• ruckus

Related terms

• tumultuous

Translations

noise as made by a crowd

• Catalan: tumult (ca) m
• Czech: nepokoj (cs) m
• Danish: tumult c, tummel c
• Dutch: tumult (nl) n
• Finnish: hälinä (fi), hulina (fi), mekkala
• French: barouf (fr) m, baroufe (fr) m
• German: Tumult (de) m
• Italian: tumulto (it) m

• Latin: clāmor m
• Maori: rarī
• Persian: هیاهو‎‎ (fa) (hayâhu)
• Portuguese: tumulto (pt) m, clamor (pt) m
• Romanian: freamăt (ro), tumult (ro) n, tumulte
• Slovak: vrava f, bitka f
• Spanish: clamor (es) m, bullicio (es) m, alboroto (es) m

violent commotion or agitation

• Finnish: kuohunta (fi), mellastus (fi)

riot or uprising

• Catalan: tumult (ca) m
• Danish: oprør n
• Dutch: tumult (nl) n, oproer (nl) n
• Finnish: mellakka (fi); (archaic) meteli (fi)
• French: bagarre (fr) f
• Galician: tumulto (gl) m

• German: Tumult (de) m
• Italian: tumulto (it) m
• Portuguese: tumulto (pt) m
• Spanish: tumulto (es) m
• Swedish: tumult (sv) n

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} tumulto (eo)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} borrán m

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} larma (sh) f

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^(key): /tumult/, [tˢuˈmulˀd̥]

Noun

tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)

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

Inflection

Declension of tumult

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	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