tumult

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English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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tumult (plural tumults)

  1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
  2. Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
    the tumult of the elements
    the tumult of the spirits or passions
    • 1990 December 9, Walta Borawski, quoting Allen Barnett, “'Unfortunately, Life Has Followed Art...'”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 7:
      This is what I wanted my story 'Snapshot' to sound like — a very cold surface, with heat and passion beneath. The icy surface is going to break and you're totally engulfed in the tumult.
    • 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian[1]:
      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.
  3. A riot or uprising.

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Verb

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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.

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin tumultus (noise, tumult).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tumult/, [tˢuˈmulˀd̥]

Noun

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tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)

  1. uproar, tumult
  2. riot, disturbance
  3. scuffle

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.

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tumult n (plural tumulten)

  1. tumult

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin tumultus.

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Noun

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tumult m inan

  1. tumult (noise as made by a crowd)
    Synonym: zgiełk
  2. (archaic) tumult (violent commotion or agitation)
    Synonym: zamieszki

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Derived terms

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adjective
noun

Further reading

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  • tumult in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tumult in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.

Noun

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tumult n (plural tumulturi)

  1. tumult
    Synonyms: larmă, zarvă, agitație
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Swedish

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Noun

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tumult n

  1. tumult, ruckus, row

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