tempest

== English == === Etymology === From Old French tempeste (French tempête), from Latin tempestas (“storm”), from tempus (“time, weather”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛm.pəst/ Hyphenation: tem‧pest === Noun === tempest (plural tempests) A storm, especially one with severe winds. Any violent tumult or commotion. (obsolete) A fashionable social gathering; a drum. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tempest (third-person singular simple present tempests, present participle tempesting, simple past and past participle tempested) (intransitive, rare) To storm. (transitive, chiefly poetic) To disturb, as by a tempest. ==== Translations ==== === References === Noah Webster (1828), “tempest”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. “tempest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “tempest”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. == Middle English == === Etymology === Old French tempeste === Noun === tempest (plural tempests) tempest (storm) ==== Descendants ==== English: tempest → Middle Irish: tubaiste Irish: tubaiste Scottish Gaelic: tubaist