Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tremor

/ˈtɹɛmɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: tremor
IPA: /ˈtɹɛmɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shake, quiver, or vibration.

noun

A shake, quiver, or vibration.

noun

verb

To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.

Example Sentences

"She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage."
"The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand."
"Did you feel the tremor this morning?"
"The ground tremored under their big boots."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *trem-, tremour, tremor

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɹɛmɚ/
British English: /ˈtɹɛmə/

Inflected Forms

tremors (plural) tremour (alternative, obsolete) tremors (present, singular) tremoring (participle, present) tremored (participle, past) tremored (past)

Derived Forms

antitremor microtremor tremology tremordominant tremorful tremorgenic tremorgram tremorgraph tremorgraphy tremorine tremorless tremorlike

Phrases

earth tremor essential tremor harmonic tremor night tremor

Synonyms

shudder earth tremor microseism quake

Homonyms

trimmer

Rhymes With

mclemore kraemer schlemmer emmer bremmer klemmer hemmer kemmer stemmer clemmer lemmer brehmer

Questions

How do you pronounce tremor?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɛmɚ/.
What does tremor mean?: A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Where does tremor come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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