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clamour

/kˈlæmə/KLA-mur
/kˈlæmɚ/KLA-mur

Meaningcry out

Common meaning: loud and sustained noise

Journey through time

  1. Latinclamare‘cry out’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftscry out → clamor, claimorclamur‘clamor, claimor’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsclamor, claimor → outcryclamour‘outcry’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsoutcry → loud and sustained noiseclamour‘loud and sustained noise’ · today

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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin clamare ‘cry out’.

Roots

Related words

claim

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