Tremor — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

a small earthquake

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈɛmɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈɛmə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈɛmə/

2 syllables Say it as /tɹˈɛmɚ/.

Examples

The earth was quaking

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shudder microseism quake earth tremor

Parts of Speech

noun	an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
noun	a small earthquake
noun	shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
verb	shake with seismic vibrations “The earth was quaking”

Word Forms

shudder	verb	tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
tremor	verb	shake with seismic vibrations
tremor	noun	a small earthquake
quake	noun	shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

tremblement

une vibration involontaire (comme si elle était due à une maladie ou à une peur)

🇪🇸Spanish

temblor

una vibración involuntaria (como por enfermedad o miedo)

🇮🇹Italian

tremore

una vibrazione involontaria (come per malattia o paura)

🇷🇺Russian

тремор

непроизвольная вибрация (как будто от болезни или страха)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भूकंप के झटके

एक अनैच्छिक कंपन (जैसे कि बीमारी या भय से)

🇧🇩Bengali

কম্পন

একটি অনৈচ্ছিক কম্পন (যেন অসুস্থতা বা ভয় থেকে)

🇮🇳Tamil

நடுக்கம்

ஒரு தன்னிச்சையான அதிர்வு (நோய் அல்லது பயம் போன்றது)

🇮🇳Telugu

వణుకు

అసంకల్పిత కంపనం (అనారోగ్యం లేదా భయం నుండి)

🇮🇳Marathi

हादरा

एक अनैच्छिक कंपन (जसे की आजार किंवा भीतीमुळे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ધ્રુજારી

અનૈચ્છિક કંપન (જેમ કે માંદગી અથવા ભયથી)

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಡುಕ

ಅನೈಚ್ಛಿಕ ಕಂಪನ (ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಭಯದಿಂದ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിറയൽ

ഒരു അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ വൈബ്രേഷൻ (അസുഖം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഭയം പോലെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੰਬਣਾ

ਇੱਕ ਅਣਇੱਛਤ ਵਾਈਬ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਜਾਂ ਡਰ ਤੋਂ)

🇵🇰Urdu

تھرتھراہٹ

ایک غیر ارادی کمپن (گویا بیماری یا خوف سے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

震颤

不自觉的振动（好像是由于疾病或恐惧）

🇯🇵Japanese

震え

不随意の振動（病気や恐怖によるもののよう）

🇰🇷Korean

떨림

비자발적인 진동(질병이나 두려움으로 인한 것처럼)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự rung chuyển

một sự rung động không tự nguyện (như thể do bệnh tật hoặc sợ hãi)

🇹🇭Thai

ตัวสั่น

การสั่นสะเทือนโดยไม่สมัครใจ (ราวกับมาจากความเจ็บป่วยหรือความกลัว)

🇮🇩Indonesian

getaran

getaran yang tidak disengaja (seolah-olah karena penyakit atau ketakutan)

🇵🇭Filipino

panginginig

isang hindi sinasadyang panginginig ng boses (parang mula sa sakit o takot)

🇲🇾Malay

gegaran

getaran yang tidak disengajakan (seolah-olah dari penyakit atau ketakutan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رعاش

اهتزاز لا إرادي (كما لو كان من المرض أو الخوف)

🇮🇷Persian

لرزش

ارتعاش غیر ارادی (مثل بیماری یا ترس)

🇹🇷Turkish

titreme

istemsiz bir titreşim (sanki hastalık veya korkudan kaynaklanıyormuş gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

רַעַד

רטט לא רצוני (כאילו כתוצאה ממחלה או פחד)

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