tumult

See also: Tumult

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʌməlt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌlt

Noun

tumult (plural tumults)

  1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
    • (Can we date this quote?) 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:
      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
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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.
    • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
      Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.

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
  • tumultagtig
  • tumultarisk

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tumultus

Noun

tumult n (plural tumulturi)

  1. tumult

Synonyms
  • larmă
  • zarvă
  • agitație
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