different between trill vs tremor

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??l/, [t??????l]
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

trill (plural trills)

1. (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
2. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ?rr?, /r/.
3. A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

Derived terms

• trilly

Translations

Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)

1. (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
   • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy

     To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.

2. (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
   • 1730, James Thomson, Seasons - Summer

     The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.

Synonyms

• roll

Derived terms

• triller

Translations

Further reading

• trill (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• trill consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen.

Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.
   • 1737, Richard Glover, Leonidas Book {{{1}}}

     Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.

Etymology 3

Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc.

Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl.

Related terms

• tirl

Etymology 4

Perhaps a blend of true +? real.

Adjective

trill (comparative triller, superlative trillest)

1. (slang, hip-hop culture) true, respected

Albanian

Noun

trill ? (indefinite plural trillime, definite singular trilli, definite plural trillimet)

1. whim, tantrum, bizarre fantasy

Derived terms

• trilloj

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

trill

1. imperative of trille

English

Alternative forms

• tremour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??m?/
• Rhymes: -?m?(?)
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /?t??m?/
  • Homophone: trimmer
  • Rhymes: -?m?(?)
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?t?i?m?(?)/

Noun

tremor (plural tremors)

1. A shake, quiver, or vibration.

   She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.

   1. A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

      The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand.

2. An earthquake.

   Did you feel the tremor this morning?

Translations

Verb

tremor (third-person singular simple present tremors, present participle tremoring, simple past and past participle tremored)

1. To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.
   • 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Seventeen, p. 188,^[1]

     The ground tremored under their big boots.

Derived terms

• tremorous
• tremorously

Related terms

• tremble
• tremblor
• tremulous

Translations

Anagrams

• remort, termor

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tremor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tremor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?e?mo?/

Noun

tremor m (plural tremores)

1. tremor
2. agitation

Related terms

• tremer

References

• “tremor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “tremor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tremor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tremor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English tremor, from Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.

Pronunciation

Noun

tremor

1. (medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions; tremor.

Further reading

• “tremor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

tremor (plural tremores)

1. (medicine) tremor

Latin

Etymology

From trem?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tre.mor/, [?t???m?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tre.mor/, [?t????m?r]

Noun

tremor m (genitive trem?ris); third declension

1. trembling, quaking, tremor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

tremor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of trem?

References

• tremor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tremor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tremor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

tremor

1. Alternative form of tremour

Old French

Alternative forms

• tremour (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin tremor, probably borrowed.

Noun

tremor m (oblique plural tremors, nominative singular tremors, nominative plural tremor)

1. terror; great fear

Related terms

• criembre

Descendants

• ? Middle English: tremour, tremor
  • English: tremor
• French: trémeur

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tremor, from Latin tremor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /t???mo?/

Noun

tremor m (plural tremores)

1. tremor
2. agitation

Related terms

• tremer

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish tremor (attested in El Cid), from Latin tremor. Although originally inherited, it was later used in some senses as a Latinism or Italianism (cf. tremore).

Noun

tremor m (plural tremores)

1. tremor, trembling

Related terms

• tremer
• temblar

References