commotion

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• UK: /kəˈməʊ.ʃən/
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• US: /kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -əʊʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M OW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *kommoweō? Latin commoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commōtiōnemder. Middle French commocion English commotion From Middle French commocion, from Latin commōtiōnem, accusative singular of commōtiō, from commoveō + -tiō.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: իրարանցում (irarancʻum) — state of turbulent motion
• Bulgarian: турбуле́нция (turbuléncija) — state of turbulent motion
• Bulgarian: сумато́ха (sumatóha) — state of turbulent motion
• Catalan: commoció — state of turbulent motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 騷動 /骚动 (sāodòng) — state of turbulent motion
• Danish: bevægelse — state of turbulent motion
• Danish: oprør — state of turbulent motion
• Esperanto: tumulto — state of turbulent motion
• Finnish: kiehunta — state of turbulent motion
• Finnish: kiehuminen — state of turbulent motion
• Finnish: kuohunta — state of turbulent motion
• Finnish: kuohuminen — state of turbulent motion
• German: Aufregung — state of turbulent motion
• Hindi: ऊधम (ūdham) — state of turbulent motion
• Māori: whakatioro — state of turbulent motion
• Māori: tūkōripi — state of turbulent motion
• Portuguese: comoção — state of turbulent motion
• Russian: турбуле́нция (turbuléncija) — state of turbulent motion
• Russian: сумато́ха (sumatóxa) — state of turbulent motion
• Spanish: conmoción — state of turbulent motion
• Spanish: trulla — state of turbulent motion
• Walloon: rimowe-manaedje — state of turbulent motion
• Armenian: իրարանցում (irarancʻum) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Bulgarian: вълнение (vǎlnenie) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Bulgarian: смут (smut) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Catalan: commoció — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Catalan: avalot — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Catalan: esvalot — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Catalan: aldarull — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Czech: rozruch — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Czech: pozdvižení — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Czech: mela — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Danish: opstandelse — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Danish: tumult — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Danish: uro — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Danish: postyr — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Danish: røre — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Finnish: kiehunta — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Finnish: kiehuminen — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Finnish: kiehumistila — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Finnish: hulina — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Finnish: hälinä — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Finnish: melske — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Finnish: tohina — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• German: Spektakel — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• German: Theater — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• German: Zirkus — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• German: Aufstand — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• German: Tumult — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• German: Aufruhr — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Ancient Greek: θόρυβος (thórubos) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Hindi: धमाल (dhamāl) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Hindi: ऊधम (ūdham) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Hindi: हुड़दंग (huṛdaṅg) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Irish: anfais — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Irish: clampar — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Korean: 지랄 (jiral) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Central Kurdish: ھەرا (hera) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Latin: turba — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Latin: tumultus — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Māori: whakatioro — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Māori: tararau — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Māori: heihei — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Māori: tūkōripi — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Marathi: खळबळ (khaḷbaḷ) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Marathi: गोंधळ (gondhaḷ) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Marathi: हंगामा (haṅgāmā) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Khiamniungan Naga: tâmtâm — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Plautdietsch: Krom — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Polish: zamieszanie — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Polish: bigos — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Portuguese: comoção — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Romanian: freamăt — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Russian: сумато́ха (sumatóxa) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Russian: волне́ние (volnénije) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Russian: сумя́тица (sumjática) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Russian: сму́та (smúta) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Scottish Gaelic: ùpraid — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Spanish: tropelaje — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Spanish: pitote — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Spanish: trulla — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Telugu: హడావిడి (haḍāviḍi) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Walloon: rimowe-manaedje — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Welsh: cynnwrf — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Middle Welsh: kynnwryf — agitated disturbance or a hubbub
• Yiddish: טומל (tuml) — agitated disturbance or a hubbub