tumult
See also: Tumult
English
Etymology
From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtuː.mʌlt/
Here pronounced: IPA(key): [ˈtʌmʌlt̰̚]Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌlt
Noun
tumult (plural tumults)
- Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
- Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
- Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
- the tumult of the elements
- the tumult of the spirits or passions
- A riot or uprising.
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂- (0 c, 47 e)
Translations
noise as made by a crowd
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violent commotion or agitation
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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.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tumult/, [tˢuˈmulˀd̥]
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
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyˈmʏlt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tu‧mult
- Rhymes: -ʏlt
Derived terms
- tumultueus
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.mult/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -umult
- Syllabification: tu‧mult
Noun
tumult m inan
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
- tumultowy
noun
- tumultant
Romanian
Swedish
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