clamor
English
WOTD – 29 April 2008
Alternative forms
- clamour (UK English)
Etymology
Recorded in English since c. 1385, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”); the sense to silence may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklæm.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈklæm.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: clammer
- Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Noun
clamor (countable and uncountable, plural clamors)
- A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415, book I, page 17:
- 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: […]
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- Any loud and continued noise.
- A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
Derived terms
Related terms
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Translations
great outcry or vociferation
loud and continued noise
continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry
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Verb
clamor (third-person singular simple present clamors, present participle clamoring, simple past and past participle clamored)
- (intransitive) To cry out and/or demand.
- Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
- (transitive) To demand by outcry.
- Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
- (intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
- After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
- (transitive) To influence by outcry.
- His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
- (obsolete, transitive) To silence.
Synonyms
- (to cry out): din
Translations
to become noisy insistently
to influence by outcry
to silence
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Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan clamor, from Latin clāmor, clāmōrem (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”).
Latin
Etymology
From clāmō (“complain, cry out”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.mor/, [ˈkɫaː.mɔr]
Noun
clāmor m (genitive clāmōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | clāmor | clāmōrēs |
Genitive | clāmōris | clāmōrum |
Dative | clāmōrī | clāmōribus |
Accusative | clāmōrem | clāmōrēs |
Ablative | clāmōre | clāmōribus |
Vocative | clāmor | clāmōrēs |
Descendants
References
- clamor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clamor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clamor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- clamor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
- to raise a shout, a cry: clamorem tollere (Liv. 3. 28)
- to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
Old French
Etymology
From Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.
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