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swarm
English
Etymology
From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”), from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Swoorm (“swarm”), Dutch zwerm, German Schwarm, Danish sværm, Swedish svärm, Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm”), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian ???????? (svirél?, “a pipe, reed”).
The verb is from Middle English swarmen, swermen, from Old English swierman (“to swarm”), from Proto-Germanic *swarmijan? (“to swarm”), from the noun. Cognate with Scots swairm, swerm (“to swarm”), Dutch zwermen, German schwärmen, Danish sværme, Swedish svärma.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sw??m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sw??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Noun
swarm (plural swarms)
- A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
- A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
- a swarm of meteorites
- those prodigious swarms that had settled themselves in every part of it [Italy]
- (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
Derived terms
- aswarm
Translations
Verb
swarm (third-person singular simple present swarms, present participle swarming, simple past and past participle swarmed)
- (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
- (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
- Every place swarming with soldiers.
- (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
- (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
- To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
- 1784, William Coxe, Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark
- At the top was placed a piece of money, as a prize for those who could swarm up and seize it.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
- She called out, and a boy came running along. He swarmed up a tree, and presently threw down a ripe nut. Ata pierced a hole in it, and the doctor took a long, refreshing draught.
- 1784, William Coxe, Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark
- To breed multitudes.
Translations
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Anagrams
- warms
Middle English
Alternative forms
- swrame, swarme
Etymology
From Old English swearm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swarm/, /sw?rm/
Noun
swarm (plural swarmes)
- A swarm (large, moving group of bees)
- (rare) A large group of people.
Derived terms
- swarmen
Descendants
- English: swarm
- Scots: swairm
References
- “swarm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.
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conclave
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclave (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + cl?vis (“key”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n.?kle?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n.kle?v/
Noun
conclave (plural conclaves)
- The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
- The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
- February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey
- It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.
- February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey
- A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
Derived terms
- in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.
Related terms
- clave
- clavis
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conclave.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ko??kla.v?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ku??kla.b?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ko??kla.ve/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclaves)
- conclave
- Synonym: conclau
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.klav/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclaves)
- conclave
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conclave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?kla.ve/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclavi)
- conclave
Derived terms
- conclavista
Latin
Etymology
From con- +? cl?vis (key).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon?kla?.u?e/, [k???k??ä?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon?kla.ve/, [k???kl??v?]
Noun
concl?ve n (genitive concl?vis); third declension
- room, chamber
- enclosed space that can be locked
- dining hall
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Descendants
- Catalan: conclave
- English: conclave
- French: conclave
- Italian: conclave
- Portuguese: conclave
- Russian: ???????? (konkláv)
- Spanish: cónclave
References
- conclave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conclave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conclave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- conclave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- conclave in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conclave in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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