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tumult

/ˈtuːməlt/TOO-muhlt
/ˈtuməlt/TOO-muhlt

Meaningan uproar

Common meaning: a loud confused noise

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TU‘swell, be strong or large’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 141, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latintumeō; tumor‘to swell’
  3. Frenchtumulte
  4. Englishtumult‘a loud confused noise’ · today

tum also in: tumidtumour

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin tumeō; tumor ‘to swell; a swelling’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry tumeō, p. 1912 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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