I felt a small tremor, but rather than an earthquake, it was just a truck driving by.
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Tremor
//ˈtɹɛmɚ//
Synonyms for "tremor" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
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Noun(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
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13 entriesderived
16 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
131 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σεισμός noun (earthquake)
- τρόμος noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- təkan noun (earthquake)
- yeraltı təkan noun (earthquake)
Bulgarian
3 entries- леко земетресение noun (earthquake)
- потръпване noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- тремор noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
Chamicuro
1 entries- ka'nakosilo noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 哆嗦 noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- 哆嗦 noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- 地震 noun (earthquake)
- 發抖 /发抖 noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Czech
3 entries- otřes noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- otřes noun (earthquake)
- třes noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Emilian
4 entries- taramòt noun (earthquake)
- tarmarìa noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tarmarî noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tarmarôla noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Esperanto
3 entries- seismo noun (earthquake)
- sismo noun (earthquake)
- tertremo noun (earthquake)
Finnish
4 entries- maan vavahtelu noun (earthquake)
- tärinä noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tärinä noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- vapina noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
French
4 entries- secousse sismique noun (earthquake)
- tremblement noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tremblement noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- tremblement de terre noun (earthquake)
Friulian
1 entries- trimôr noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Galician
1 entries- tremor noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
German
4 entries- Beben noun (earthquake)
- Erdbeben noun (earthquake)
- Tremor noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- Zittern noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Greek
4 entries- ρίγος noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- σεισμός noun (earthquake)
- τρεμούλα noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- ριγώ verb (to shake or quiver; to tremble)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- tranbleman noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ōlaʻi noun (earthquake)
Higaonon
1 entries- linog noun (earthquake)
Hungarian
4 entries- lökés noun (earthquake)
- remegés noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- remegés noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- rengés noun (earthquake)
Irish
3 entries- creathán noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- creathán talún noun (earthquake)
- crith noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
Italian
3 entries- terremoto noun (earthquake)
- tremore noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tremore noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
Japanese
4 entries- 地震 noun (earthquake)
- 振戦 noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- 振顫 noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- 揺れ noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Korean
3 entries- 떨림 noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- 지진 noun (earthquake)
- 진전 noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
Latin
3 entries- terrae mōtus noun (earthquake)
- tremor noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tremor noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
Māori
4 entries- ngāueue noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- rūpaku noun (earthquake)
- wheoi noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- ngaue verb (to shake or quiver; to tremble)
Nepali
2 entries- कम्पन noun (earthquake)
- भूकम्प noun (earthquake)
Persian
1 entries- لرزش noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Polish
4 entries- drżenie noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- drżenie noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- tremor noun (uncontrollable bodily shaking)
- wstrząs noun (earthquake)
Portuguese
3 entries- tremor noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tremor noun (earthquake)
- tremer verb (to shake or quiver; to tremble)
Quechua
2 entries- allpa chukchuy noun (earthquake)
- pacha kuyuy noun (earthquake)
Russian
4 entries- дрожа́ние noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- дрожь noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- сотрясе́ние noun (earthquake)
- толчки́ noun (earthquake)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- potres noun (earthquake)
Sicilian
1 entries- trimuri noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Spanish
2 entries- temblor noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- temblor noun (earthquake)
Swedish
4 entries- jordskalv noun (earthquake)
- skakning noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- skalv noun (earthquake)
- skaka verb (to shake or quiver; to tremble)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự run rẩy noun (earthquake)
Walloon
2 entries- tronna noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
- tronnaedje noun (shake, quiver, or vibration)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
There was a violent tremor during the night, so I was scared and couldn't sleep very well.
Source: tatoeba (2674318)
If you feel a tremor near the coast, evacuate immediately to high ground or another safe location.
Source: tatoeba (2678457)
The croaking frogs inspired tremor in Mary.
Source: tatoeba (4400709)
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