temblor

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈtɛmblɚ/ UK /ˈtɛmblə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an earthquake or earth tremor

A sharp temblor rattled windows across the coastal city.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an earthquake or earth tremor earthquake quake tremor seismtremblor

Word family

Related forms tremble tremor

Etymology

From American Spanish temblor ('a trembling, earthquake'), from Spanish temblar ('to tremble'), from Vulgar Latin *tremulare, from Latin tremulus ('trembling').

temblar Spanish tremulus Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# temblor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɛmblɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɛmblə/

## Meanings
1. an earthquake or earth tremor

## Examples
- A sharp temblor rattled windows across the coastal city.

## Synonyms
- earthquake
- quake
- tremor
- seism
- tremblor

## Related Forms
- tremble
- tremor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: temblar
- Root: tremulus

## Etymology
From American Spanish temblor ('a trembling, earthquake'), from Spanish temblar ('to tremble'), from Vulgar Latin *tremulare, from Latin tremulus ('trembling').

## AI Etymology
Temblor is from American Spanish temblor ('a trembling, earthquake'), from Spanish temblar ('to tremble'), from Vulgar Latin *tremulare, from Latin tremulus ('trembling'). Important recorded forms include temblar (Spanish) and tremulus (Latin). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers an earthquake or earth tremor. The wider family includes related words such as tremble and tremor.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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