tumulto

Esperanto

Desegnaĵo de Novjorka tumulto, 1874

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tumultus (“uproar, riot”). Compare Italian tumulto, French tumulte, English tumult, German Tumult, Polish tumult.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tuˈmulto]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: tu‧mul‧to

Noun

tumulto (accusative singular tumulton, plural tumultoj, accusative plural tumultojn)

1. tumult, commotion
2. riot

   Policistoj vundigis multajn protestantojn dum tumulto ĉe la placo dimanĉe. ― Police officers injured many protesters during a riot at the square on Sunday.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tumultus (“uproar, tumult; riot”).

Noun

tumulto m (plural tumultos)

1. tumult, commotion, riot

Related terms

• tumultuoso

Further reading

• “tumulto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tumultus (“uproar, tumult; riot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈmul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: tu‧mùl‧to

Noun

tumulto m (plural tumulti)

1. commotion, uproar
2. turmoil, tumult
3. riot
4. trouble

Related terms

• tumultuoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tumultus (“uproar, tumult; riot”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈmuw.tu/ [tuˈmuʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈmuw.tu/ [tuˈmuʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈmuw.to/ [tuˈmuʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈmul.tu/ [tuˈmuɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
• Hyphenation: tu‧mul‧to

Noun

tumulto m (plural tumultos)

1. tumult
2. riot

Related terms

• tumultuoso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tumultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈmulto/ [t̪uˈmul̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: tu‧mul‧to

Noun

tumulto m (plural tumultos)

1. tumult, riot, mayhem

Related terms

• tumultuoso

 

Further reading

• “tumulto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28