clamour

== English == === Alternative forms === clamor (American spelling) === Etymology === From Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklæm.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklæm.ɚ/ Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ) === Noun === clamour (countable and uncountable, plural clamours) UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor. === Verb === clamour (third-person singular simple present clamours, present participle clamouring, simple past and past participle clamoured) UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor. (transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly. (transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise. (transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang. === Derived terms === == Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman clamour, from an earlier clamur, from Latin clamor === Noun === clamour (plural clamours) shout; cry; clamor ==== Synonyms ==== crie, crye ==== Descendants ==== English: clamor ==== References ==== “clamǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Noun === clamour oblique singular, f (oblique plural clamours, nominative singular clamour, nominative plural clamours) Late Anglo-Norman spelling of clamur querele oie ne pleinte ne clamour