different between clamor vs clamoring

English

Alternative forms

• clamour (UK English)

Etymology

Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin cl?mor (“a shout, cry”), from cl?m? (“cry out, complain”); the sense to silence may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?klæm.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?klæm.?/
• Homophone: clammer
• Rhymes: -æm?(?)

Noun

clamor (countable and uncountable, plural clamors) (American spelling)

1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
2. Any loud and continued noise.
3. A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Synonyms

• (great outcry): outcry, tumult

Derived terms

• clamorous
• clamorously
• clamorousness

Related terms

Translations

Verb

clamor (third-person singular simple present clamors, present participle clamoring, simple past and past participle clamored) (American spelling)

1. (intransitive) To cry out and/or demand.

   Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.

2. (transitive) To demand by outcry.

   Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears

   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     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.

3. (intransitive) To become noisy insistently.

   After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored

4. (transitive) To influence by outcry.

   His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote

5. (obsolete, transitive) To silence.

Synonyms

• (to cry out): din

Translations

Anagrams

• Colmar, molrac

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan clamor, from Latin cl?mor, cl?m?rem (“a shout, cry”), from cl?m? (“cry out, complain”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kl??mo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kla?mo?/
• Rhymes: -o(?)

Noun

clamor m or f (plural clamors)

1. clamor

Synonyms

• clam

Latin

Etymology

From cl?m? (“complain, cry out”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kla?.mor/, [?k??ä?m?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kla.mor/, [?kl??m?r]

Noun

cl?mor m (genitive cl?m?ris); third declension

1. a shout, shouting
2. an acclamation, applause
3. a clamor, cry, outcry, protest
4. a noise, sound

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: clamor, clamour
• French: clameur
• Italian: clamore
• Portuguese: clamor
• Spanish: clamor

References

• clamor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clamor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clamor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• clamor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Old French

Alternative forms

• clamour
• clamur

Etymology

From Latin cl?mor, cl?m?rem.

Noun

clamor m (oblique plural clamors, nominative singular clamors, nominative plural clamor)

1. clamor (continued shouting and uproar)

Descendants

• English: clamor, clamour
• French: clameur

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cl?mor, cl?m?rem.

Noun

clamor m (plural clamores)

1. din (loud noise)

   Synonyms: estrépido, algazarra

Related terms

• clamar
• chamar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cl?mor, cl?m?rem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla?mo?/, [kla?mo?]

Noun

clamor m (plural clamores)

1. a clamor, shout
2. a protest, outcry
3. a loud noise

Derived terms

• clamorear

Related terms

• clamar
• llamar

Further reading

• “clamor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• clamouring (mainly UK)

Verb

clamoring

1. present participle of clamor

Noun

clamoring (plural clamorings)

1. A sound that clamors.