trembler

From tremble +‎ -er.

trembler (plural tremblers)

1. One who, or that which, trembles.
2. Any of various New World passerine birds of the family Mimidae.
3. The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine.

• knee-trembler

Inherited from Middle French trembler, from Old French trambler, trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (one of the sources of French craindre). Morphological doublet of trémuler.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.ble/

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• Homophones: tremblai, tremblé, tremblez

trembler

1. to tremble, shake

• trembler comme une feuille

• tremblement
• trembleur

• “trembler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From Old French trembler, trambler.

trembler

1. to tremble; to quiver; to shake

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: trembler

• trenbler, tranbler, trambler

From Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere.

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /tɾemˈbleːɾ/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /tɾamˈbleːɾ/
• (late) IPA^(key): /tɾamˈbleɾ/

trembler

1. to tremble
   • c. 1250, Rustebuef, L'Ave Marie Rustebuef:

     Au Jugement,
     Quant il fera si aigrement
     Tout le monde communement
     Trambler come fueille,

     On the day of Judgment
     When he will bitterly
     Make everyone
     Tremble like a leaf

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: trembler
  • French: trembler
• Norman: tremblier
• → Middle English: tremblen
  • English: tremble