# tumult
## English
### Etymology

From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtjuː.mʌlt/, /ˈtʃuː.mʌlt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtuː.mʌlt/
* Audio (US); [ˈtʌmʌlt̰̚]:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌlt

### Noun

tumult (plural tumults)
* Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
** 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
* Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
    the tumult of the elements
    the tumult of the spirits or passions
** 1990 December 9, Walta Borawski, quoting Allen Barnett, “'Unfortunately, Life Has Followed Art...'”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 7:This is what I wanted my story 'Snapshot' to sound like — a very cold surface, with heat and passion beneath. The icy surface is going to break and you're totally engulfed in the tumult.
** 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian‎:Football is a game of tumult and glory, of small disappointments and lingering dreams, and Mata has played long enough at the highest level to appreciate these truths.
* A riot or uprising.

#### Synonyms

* uproar
* ruckus

#### Related terms

* tumultuous

#### Translations

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### Verb

tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)
* (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
** 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tumult/, [tˢuˈmulˀd̥]

### Noun

tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)
* uproar, tumult
* riot, disturbance
* scuffle

#### Synonyms

* tummel

#### Related terms

* tumultagtig
* tumultarisk

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tyˈmʏlt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: tu‧mult
* Rhymes: -ʏlt

### Noun

tumult n (plural tumulten)
* tumult

#### Derived terms

* tumultueus

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tumultus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu.mult/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -umult
* Syllabification: tu‧mult

### Noun

tumult m inan
* tumult (noise as made by a crowd)
    Synonym: zgiełk
* (archaic) tumult (violent commotion or agitation)
    Synonym: zamieszki

#### Derived terms

* tumultowy
* tumultant

### Further reading

* tumult in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* tumult in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.

### Noun

tumult n (plural tumulturi)
* tumult
    Synonyms: larmă, zarvă, agitație

#### Related terms

* tumultos, tumultuos

## Swedish
### Noun

tumult n
* tumult, ruckus, row

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | tumult | tumults |
| singular | definite | tumultet | tumultets |
| plural | indefinite | tumult | tumults |
| plural | definite | tumulten | tumultens |

### References

* tumult in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tumult in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tumult in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)