Meanings
nountremor (plural tremors)
plural tremors · alternative obsolete tremour
- medicineA rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.
The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand.
- An earthquake.
Did you feel the tremor this morning?
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
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Origin
- Latintremor
- Old Frenchtremor
- Anglo-Normantremour
- Middle Englishtremour“fright”
- Englishtremor
From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τρόμος, σεισμός
- τρόμος (trómos)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- σεισμός (seismós)earthquake
Bulgarian тремор, леко земетресение
- тремор (tremor)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- леко земетресение (leko zemetresenie)earthquake
- потръпване (potrăpvane)shake, quiver, or vibration
Chinese Mandarin 哆嗦, 顫抖 /颤抖
- 哆嗦 (duōsuo)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 顫抖 /颤抖 (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 發抖 /发抖 (fādǒu)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 顫慄 /颤栗 (zhànlì)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 震顫 /震颤 (zhènchàn)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 震動 /震动 (zhèndòng)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 地震 (dìzhèn)earthquake
- 哆嗦 (duōsuo)shake, quiver, or vibration
- 顫抖 /颤抖 (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu)shake, quiver, or vibration
- 發抖 /发抖 (fādǒu)shake, quiver, or vibration
- 顫慄 /颤栗 (zhànlì)shake, quiver, or vibration
- 震顫 /震颤 (zhènchàn)shake, quiver, or vibration
- 哆嗦 (duōsuo)to shake or quiver; to tremble
- 顫抖 /颤抖 (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu)to shake or quiver; to tremble
Czech otřes, třes
- otřesearthquake
- třesshake, quiver, or vibration
- otřesshake, quiver, or vibration
Esperanto tertremo, seismo
- tertremoearthquake
- seismoearthquake
- sismoearthquake
Finnish vapina, tärinä
- vapinauncontrollable bodily shaking
- tärinäuncontrollable bodily shaking
- maan vavahteluearthquake
- väreilyshake, quiver, or vibration
- vavahtelushake, quiver, or vibration
- tärinäshake, quiver, or vibration
- värähdelläto shake or quiver; to tremble
- väreilläto shake or quiver; to tremble
- vavahdellato shake or quiver; to tremble
French trémulation, tremblement
- trémulationuncontrollable bodily shaking
- tremblementuncontrollable bodily shaking
- trépidationuncontrollable bodily shaking
- tremblement de terreearthquake
- secousse sismiqueearthquake
- trémorearthquake
- trépidationearthquake
- tremblementshake, quiver, or vibration
- trépidationshake, quiver, or vibration
- tremblerto shake or quiver; to tremble
German Tremor, Beben
- Tremoruncontrollable bodily shaking
- Bebenearthquake
- Erdbebenearthquake
- Zitternshake, quiver, or vibration
- zitternto shake or quiver; to tremble
Greek σεισμός, τρεμούλα
- σεισμός (seismós)earthquake
- τρεμούλα (tremoúla)shake, quiver, or vibration
- ρίγος (rígos)shake, quiver, or vibration
- τρέμω (trémo)to shake or quiver; to tremble
- ριγώ (rigó)to shake or quiver; to tremble
Hawaiian ōlaʻi
- ōlaʻiearthquake
Hungarian remegés, rengés
- remegésuncontrollable bodily shaking
- rengésearthquake
- rázkódásearthquake
- lökésearthquake
- reszketésshake, quiver, or vibration
- remegésshake, quiver, or vibration
- reszketto shake or quiver; to tremble
- remegto shake or quiver; to tremble
Irish crith, creathán talún
- crithuncontrollable bodily shaking
- creathán talúnearthquake
- creathánshake, quiver, or vibration
Italian tremore, terremoto
- tremoreuncontrollable bodily shaking
- terremotoearthquake
- tremoreshake, quiver, or vibration
Japanese 振戦, 震顫
- 振戦uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 震顫uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 振顫 (shinsen)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 地震earthquake
- 震え (furue)shake, quiver, or vibration
- 揺れ (yure)shake, quiver, or vibration
- 震える (furueru)to shake or quiver; to tremble
Korean 진전, 지진
- 진전 (jinjeon)uncontrollable bodily shaking
- 지진 (jijin)earthquake
- 떨림 (tteollim)shake, quiver, or vibration
Latin tremor, terrae mōtus
- tremoruncontrollable bodily shaking
- terrae mōtusearthquake
- tremorshake, quiver, or vibration
Māori rūpaku, ngāueue
- rūpakuearthquake
- ngāueueshake, quiver, or vibration
- wheoishake, quiver, or vibration
- ngāueueto shake or quiver; to tremble
- ngaueto shake or quiver; to tremble
Persian لرزش
- لرزش (larzeš)shake, quiver, or vibration
Polish drżenie, tremor
- drżenieuncontrollable bodily shaking
- tremoruncontrollable bodily shaking
- wstrząsearthquake
- drżenieshake, quiver, or vibration
- drżećto shake or quiver; to tremble
Portuguese tremor, tremor
- tremorearthquake
- tremorshake, quiver, or vibration
- tremerto shake or quiver; to tremble
Russian сотрясе́ние, толчки́
- сотрясе́ние (sotrjasénije)earthquake
- толчки́ (tolčkí)earthquake
- дрожь (drožʹ)shake, quiver, or vibration
- дрожа́ние (drožánije)shake, quiver, or vibration
- дрожа́ть (drožátʹ)to shake or quiver; to tremble
- трясти́сь (trjastísʹ)to shake or quiver; to tremble
Spanish temblor, temblor
- temblorearthquake
- temblorshake, quiver, or vibration
Swedish skalv, jordskalv
- skalvearthquake
- jordskalvearthquake
- skakningshake, quiver, or vibration
- skakato shake or quiver; to tremble
Vietnamese sự run rẩy
- sự run rẩyearthquake
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tremor
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
tremor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tremor
MLA
“tremor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tremor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tremor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tremor.
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