fremere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fremere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛ.me.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmere
  • Hyphenation: frè‧me‧re

Verb

frèmere (first-person singular present frèmo, first-person singular past historic fremétti or (traditional) fremètti, past participle fremùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to shake, tremble [auxiliary avere]
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Dopo nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 81:
      Il suo volto cercava di atteggiarsi a una espressione di benvenuto, ma non potei trattenermi dal fremere di fronte a una così singolare fisionomia.
      His face was trying to give a welcoming look, but I couldn't restrain myself from trembling in front of such a singular physiognomy.

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

fremēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of fremō

Verb

fremere

  1. inflection of fremō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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