Dictionary

clamor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈklæm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈkleə̯m.ɚ/ æ-raising
• /ˈklæm.ɚ/ (General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈklɛə̯m.ɚ/ æ-raising

Etymology

Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.

Meanings

1. (US, countable, uncountable) A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
   • 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: […] 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, page 17:
2. (US, countable, uncountable) Any loud and continued noise.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Forms

Deriveds

clamorer · outclamor · clamorous · clamorousness · beclamor · clamorsome · clamorously

Synonyms

tumult (great outcry) · outcry (great outcry)

Translations (70)

de Geschrei (great outcry or vociferation) · de Geschrei (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · pam quepaniausan (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · cs křik (great outcry or vociferation) · ga callán (loud and continued noise) · cs řev (great outcry or vociferation) · bg врява (great outcry or vociferation) · de Protest (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · cy twrw (loud and continued noise) · ary غوات (great outcry or vociferation) · cs vřava (great outcry or vociferation) · cs povyk (great outcry or vociferation) · grc θόρυβος (loud and continued noise) · ru шум (loud and continued noise) · nl gejoel (great outcry or vociferation) · de Gezeter (great outcry or vociferation) · nl gemor (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · ca clam (great outcry or vociferation) · nl geschreeuw (great outcry or vociferation) · nl gekrijt (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · az fəryad (great outcry or vociferation) · nl lawaai (loud and continued noise) · de Aufschrei (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · cy mwstwr (loud and continued noise) · nl gedruis (loud and continued noise) · pap gritamentu (great outcry or vociferation) · fr clameur (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · wa sclameure (great outcry or vociferation) · ru крик (great outcry or vociferation) · ca clamor (loud and continued noise) · mi manioro (great outcry or vociferation) · es clamor (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · bg шум (loud and continued noise) · de Schreierei (great outcry or vociferation) · ota خلاش (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · ca clam (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · bg глъчка (great outcry or vociferation) · ru ро́пот (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · nl geroep (great outcry or vociferation) · de Lärm (loud and continued noise) · fa فریاد (great outcry or vociferation) · de Lärmkulisse (loud and continued noise) · ru галдёж (great outcry or vociferation) · nl gegil (great outcry or vociferation) · es alarido (great outcry or vociferation) · cy dwndwr (loud and continued noise) · ca clamor (great outcry or vociferation) · es trulla (loud and continued noise) · es clamor (great outcry or vociferation) · nl boegeroep (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · gl clamor (great outcry or vociferation) · cs hluk (loud and continued noise) · mi rarī (great outcry or vociferation) · fi elämöinti (great outcry or vociferation) · pam kepanyawusan (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · pdt Klommua (loud and continued noise) · pam capaniausan (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · grc κέλαδος (loud and continued noise) · cs volání (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · cs křik (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · nl protest (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · pam kapanyawusan (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · wa boerlaedje (great outcry or vociferation) · de Ruf (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · grc θόρυβος (great outcry or vociferation) · nl gekrijs (great outcry or vociferation) · ca clamor (continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction; popular outcry) · ca clam (loud and continued noise) · pdt Klommua (great outcry or vociferation) · de Krach (loud and continued noise)

clamor en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈklæm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈkleə̯m.ɚ/ æ-raising
• /ˈklæm.ɚ/ (General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈklɛə̯m.ɚ/ æ-raising

Etymology

Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.

Meanings

1. (US, intransitive) To cry out or demand.
   • […] the cloth was removed, revealing seriously deformed and ugly feet. Bystanders immediately clamored for the cloth to be put back on, and not only because the feet were ugly – they really stunk, enough to bring tears to your eyes […] 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 39:
   • All the universities are sending in long petitions to restrict their production. Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility. But the R. U. R. shareholders, of course, won't hear of it. All the governments, on the other hand, are clamoring for an increase in production, to raise the standards of their armies. And all the manufacturers in the world are ordering Robots like mad. c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 2:
   • Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
2. (US, transitive) To demand by outcry.
   • Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
   • 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. 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013:
3. (US, intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
   • After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
4. (US, transitive) To influence by outcry.
   • His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
5. (US, obsolete, transitive) To silence.

Forms

Synonyms

din (to cry out)

Translations (22)

pt rogar (transitive: to demand by outcry) · nl van zich laten horen (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · mi manioro (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · cs dožadovat se (transitive: to demand by outcry) · got 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌽 (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · nl zich roeren (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · bg крещя (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · cy crochlefain (transitive: to demand by outcry) · de schreien (intransitive: to cry out and/or demand) · es clamar (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · de mit lautem Geschrei fordern (transitive: to demand by outcry) · cy crochlefain (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · es clamar (intransitive: to cry out and/or demand) · de laut werden (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · cs dovolávat se (transitive: to demand by outcry) · cy crochlefain (intransitive: to cry out and/or demand) · es clamorear (transitive: to demand by outcry) · fr vociférer (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · pt clamar (transitive: to demand by outcry) · fi hälistä (intransitive: to become noisy insistently) · bg вдигам врява (transitive: to demand by outcry) · cs volat (intransitive: to cry out and/or demand)