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fray
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?, IPA(key): /f?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English fraien, borrowed from Old French frayer, from Latin fric?re, present active infinitive of fric?.
Verb
fray (third-person singular simple present frays, present participle fraying, simple past and past participle frayed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
- (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)
- (transitive, archaic) frighten; alarm
- And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 63:
- "Besides, all the wit and Philosophy in the world can never demonstrate, that the killing and slaughtering of a Beast is anymore then the striking of a Bush where a Bird's Nest is, where you fray away the Bird, and then seize upon the empty Nest."
- 1830, Isaac Taylor, The Natural History of Enthusiasm
- the many checks and reverses which belong to the common course of human life , usually fray it away from present scenes
- (transitive) To bear the expense of; to defray.
- 1631, Philip Massinger, The Emperor of the East
- The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied.
- 1631, Philip Massinger, The Emperor of the East
- (intransitive) To rub.
- 1808, Walter Scott, Hunting Song
Related terms
- friction
- fricative
- affricate
- dentifrice
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English frai, aphetic variant of affray.
Noun
fray (plural frays)
- A fight or argument
- (archaic) Fright.
Related terms
- affray
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
Apocope of fraile (“friar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?ai/, [?f?ai?]
Noun
fray m (plural frayes)
- friar
Abbreviations
- fr.
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tumult
English
Etymology
From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?tju?.m?lt/, /?t?u?.m?lt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?tu?.m?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
tumult (plural tumults)
- Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
- A riot or uprising.
Synonyms
- uproar
- ruckus
Related terms
Translations
Verb
tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)
- (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tumult/, [t?u?mul?d?]
Noun
tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)
- uproar, tumult
- riot, disturbance
- scuffle
Inflection
Synonyms
- tummel
Related terms
- tumultagtig
- tumultarisk
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty?m?lt/
- Hyphenation: tu?mult
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
tumult n (plural tumulten)
- tumult
Derived terms
- tumultueus
Polish
Etymology
From Latin tumultus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tu.mult/
Noun
tumult m inan
- tumult (noise as made by a crowd)
- Synonym: zgie?k
- (archaic) tumult (violent commotion or agitation)
- Synonym: zamieszki
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) tumultowy
Further reading
- tumult in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- tumult in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin tumultus
Noun
tumult n (plural tumulturi)
- tumult
Synonyms
- larm?
- zarv?
- agita?ie
Related terms
- tumultos, tumultuos
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