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tremble

/tˈɹembəl/TREM-buhl
/tˈɹɛmbəl/TREM-buhl

Meaningto shake

Common meaning: to shake

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TAR‘tremble’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 133, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latintremō‘to shake, quiver’
  3. Middle Englishtremblensource
  4. Englishtremble‘to shake’ · today

trem also in: tremortremuloustremendous

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 tremō ‘to shake, quiver’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry tremō, p. 1895 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • tremō Latin “to shake, quiver”

Related words

tremendoustremortremulous

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