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tremulant en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tremulāns (“trembling, shaking”), ultimately from Latin tremēre (“to tremble, shake”).

Meanings

  1. Trembling, tremulous.
    • Lightning exploded through the sky, followed quickly by a tremulant clap of thunder. 2009, Faye Kellerman, The Quality of Mercy, →ISBN, page 436:
    • The night air wrapped them warmly, and the balm of the little breezes that stirred the foliage around them was the smell of damask roses from the garden. . . . She stood by the bench, one hand resting on it; she stood all in the tremulant shadow. 1899, Booth Tarkington, chapter 6, in The Gentleman From Indiana:
    • [S]he continued in a throaty, yet tremulant voice, punctuating her words with a shy, small smile. 2010, Joy Jouse, School Days, →ISBN, page 39:

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tremulant en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/

Etymology

From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”).

Meanings

  1. A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument.
    • The tremulant is a small apparatus that gives to the tone of any department of an organ to which it may be applied a waving or undulating effect. 1855, Edward J. Hopkins, “XVI: The Tremulant”, in The Organ: Its History and Construction, page 70:
    • The tremulant intentionally disturbs the stability of the wind in order to produce a desirable musical oscillation. 2009, John R. Shanon, Understanding the Pipe Organ, →ISBN, page 22:

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