Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clamour

/ˈklæm.ɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: clam-our
IPA: /ˈklæm.ɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.

verb

To salute loudly.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To stun with noise.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones."
"For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]"
"The second argument , against the integrity of the Law from this Omission , has been clamoured by a large Body of Answerers"
"At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe,"
"Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them."

Etymology

From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *kelh₁-, clāmor

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈklæm.ɚ/
British English: /ˈklæm.ə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

clamours (plural) clamor (alternative, US) clamours (present, singular) clamouring (participle, present) clamoured (participle, past) clamoured (past)

Derived Forms

clamourer clamoursome outclamour

Synonyms

clamor clamoring clamouring hue and cry

Homonyms

clamor

Rhymes With

grammar hammer glamour amor scammer jammer grammer clamor hamer stammer muammar slammer

Questions

How do you pronounce clamour?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈklæm.ɚ/.
What does clamour mean?: UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
Where does clamour come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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