tumult
See also: Tumult
English
Etymology
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From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tumult (plural tumults)
- Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
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- 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
- A riot or uprising.
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Translations
noise as made by a crowd
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violent commotion or agitation
riot or uprising
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Verb
tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)
- (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
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- Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.
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Danish
Etymology
From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)
Inflection
Declension of tumult
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tumult | tumulten | tumulter | tumulterne |
genitive | tumults | tumultens | tumulters | tumulternes |
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Romanian
Etymology
Noun
tumult n (plural tumulturi)
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