tumult

See also: Tumult

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.mʌlt/

• Audio (US); [ˈtʌmʌlt̰̚]:

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• Rhymes: -ʌlt

Noun

tumult (plural tumults)

1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
   • 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.

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.

Synonyms

• uproar
• ruckus

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂-‎ (0 c, 47 e)

• tumultuous

Translations

noise as made by a crowd

• Bulgarian: глъчка (bg) f (glǎčka), врява (bg) f (vrjava)
• Catalan: tumult (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喧やかまし哗 (zh) (xuanhua)

• Czech: nepokoj (cs) m
• Danish: tumult c, tummel c
• Dutch: tumult (nl) n
• Finnish: hälinä (fi), hulina (fi), mekkala (fi)
• French: barouf (fr) m, baroufe (fr) m
• German: Tumult (de) m, Krach (de) m, Lärm (de) m, lautes Stimmengewirr n
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 m (auhjōdus)
• Greek:

  Ancient: θόρυβος m (thórubos)

• Italian: tumulto (it) m
• Latin: clāmor (la) m, tumultus m
• Macedonian: вре́ва (vréva)
• Malayalam: ബഹളം (ml) (bahaḷaṁ)
• Maori: rarī
• Ottoman Turkish: گورلدی (gürüldü)
• Persian: هیاهو (fa) (hayâhu), سروصدا (fa) (sar-o-sedâ)
• Polish: tumult (pl) m
• Portuguese: tumulto (pt) m, clamor (pt) m
• Romanian: freamăt (ro), tumult (ro) n, tumulte
• Russian: гвалт (ru) (gvalt)
• Sanskrit: तुमुल (sa) n (tumula)
• Slovak: vrava f, bitka f
• Spanish: clamor (es) m, bullicio (es) m, alboroto (es) m

violent commotion or agitation

• Bulgarian: безредици (bg) f pl (bezredici)
• Finnish: kuohunta (fi), mellastus (fi)
• German: Tumult (de) m, chaotisches Durcheinander n
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌿𐍄𐌹 n (unsuti)
• Greek:

  Ancient: τύρβη f (túrbē)

• Higaonon: gobot
• Macedonian: разми́рици f pl (razmírici), не́ред m (néred), бунт m (bunt)
• Polish: zamieszki (pl) f pl

riot or uprising

• Bulgarian: метеж (bg) m (metež)
• Catalan: tumult (ca) m
• Danish: oprør n
• Dutch: tumult (nl) n, oproer (nl) n
• Esperanto: tumulto (eo)
• Finnish: mellakka (fi); (archaic) meteli (fi)
• French: bagarre (fr) f
• Galician: tumulto (gl) m
• German: Tumult (de) m, Aufstand (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌽𐌰 m (drōbna)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ταραχή f (tarakhḗ)

• Italian: tumulto (it) m
• Macedonian: бунт m (bunt), ме́теж m (métež)
• Plautdietsch: Jeläw n
• Portuguese: tumulto (pt) m
• Spanish: tumulto (es) m
• Swedish: tumult (sv) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} borrán m
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} larma (sh) f

Verb

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.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumult/, [tˢuˈmulˀd̥]

Noun

tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)

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

Inflection

Declension of tumult

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tumult	tumulten	tumulter	tumulterne
genitive	tumults	tumultens	tumulters	tumulternes

Synonyms

• tummel

Related terms

• tumultagtig
• tumultarisk

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyˈmʏlt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tu‧mult
• Rhymes: -ʏlt

Noun

tumult n (plural tumulten)

1. tumult

Derived terms

• tumultueus

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tumultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.mult/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umult
• Syllabification: tu‧mult

Noun

tumult m inan

1. tumult (noise as made by a crowd)

   Synonym: zgiełk

2. (archaic) tumult (violent commotion or agitation)

   Synonym: zamieszki

Declension

Declension of tumult

	singular	plural
nominative	tumult	tumulty
genitive	tumultu	tumultów
dative	tumultowi	tumultom
accusative	tumult	tumulty
instrumental	tumultem	tumultami
locative	tumulcie	tumultach
vocative	tumulcie	tumulty

Derived terms

adjective

• tumultowy

 

noun

• tumultant

 

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.

Noun

tumult n (plural tumulturi)

1. tumult

   Synonyms: larmă, zarvă, agitație

Related terms

• tumultos, tumultuos

Swedish

Noun

tumult n

1. tumult, ruckus, row

Declension

Declension of tumult
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tumult	tumultet	tumult	tumulten
Genitive	tumults	tumultets	tumults	tumultens

References

• tumult in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tumult in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tumult in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)