different between tumult vs madness

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)

1. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
2. Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.

3. 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)

1. (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)

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

1. tumult

Derived terms

• tumultueus

Polish

Etymology

From Latin tumultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu.mult/

Noun

tumult m inan

1. tumult (noise as made by a crowd)

   Synonym: zgie?k

2. (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)

1. tumult

Synonyms

• larm?
• zarv?
• agita?ie

Related terms

• tumultos, tumultuos

English

Etymology

From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæd.n?s/, /?mæd.n?s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mad.n?s/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?m?d.n?s/

Noun

madness (countable and uncountable, plural madnesses)

1. The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
2. rash folly

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insanity

Antonyms

• sanity

Translations

Anagrams

• Amsdens, desmans