earthquake

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθkweɪk/
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• General-American: /ˈɝθkweɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)θkweɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: ER1 TH K W EY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”).

321 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: адгьылҵысра (adgjəlcʼəsra) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Acehnese: geumpa — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Afrikaans: aardbewing — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Afrikaans: aardskudding — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Afrikaans: aardtrilling — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ainu: シㇼシモイェ (sirsimoye) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Akan: asase wosoɔ — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Aklanon: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Albanian: tërmet — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Albanian: shkundëllimë — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Southern Altai: јер силкиниш (ǰer silkiniš) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Amharic: የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ (yämäret mänḳäṭḳäṭ) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: زَلْزَال (zalzāl) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: زِلْزال (zilzāl) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: زَلْزَلَة (zalzala) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: هَزَّة أَرْضِيَّة — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: رَجْفَة (rajfa) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: زلزلة (zilzila) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: زَلْزَال (zilzāl) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Arabic: هَزَّة أَرْضِيَّة — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Aragonese: tierratremo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Aragonese: terrentrín — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Araki: muhu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Aramaic: ܪܥܠܐ (reʿlā) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Aramaic: ܙܘܥܐ (zawʿā) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Aramaic: רעלא (reʿlā) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Aramaic: זועא (zawʿā) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Armenian: երկրաշարժ (erkrašarž) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Assamese: ভূঁইকঁপ (bhũikõp) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Assamese: ভূমিকম্প (bhumikompo) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Asturian: terremotu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Avar: дуниял (dunijal) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Avar: ракьбагъари (rakklʼbağari) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Azerbaijani: zəlzələ — shaking of the surface of a planet
• West Coast Bajau: linug — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Bambara: dugukoloyɛrɛyɛrɛ — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Bashkir: ер тетрәү (yer tetrəw) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Basque: lurrikara — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Belarusian: землятру́с (zjemljatrús) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Belarusian: землетрасе́нне (zjemljetrasjénnje) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Belarusian: землетрасе́ньне (zjemljetrasjénʹnje) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Bengali: ভূমিকম্প (bhumikompo) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Bhojpuri: भुँइडोल (bhũiḍōl) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Bhojpuri: भूकंप (bhūkamp) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Central Bikol: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Central Bikol: teremoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Northern Catanduanes Bikol: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Bislama: etkwek — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Breton: kren-douar — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Brunei Bisaya: gampa bumi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Bulgarian: земетресе́ние (zemetresénie) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Burmese: ငလျင် (nga.lyang) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Buryat: газар хүдэлэлгэ (gazar xüdelelge) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Catalan: terratrèmol — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Catalan: sisme — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Cebuano: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Cebuano: teremoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Eastern Cham: kayun tanâh — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Eastern Cham: tatuen tanâh — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chamicuro: ijmulalaki — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chechen: мохк бегор (moxk begor) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Cherokee: ᎦᏙ ᎠᎵᏖᎸᎮᏍᎬ (gado alitelvhesgv) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chinese Cantonese: 地震 (dei6 zan3) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chinese: дидун (didun) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Eastern Min Chinese: 地震 (dê-cīng) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Gan Chinese: 地震 (ti5 'ziin4) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hakka Chinese: 地震 (thi-chṳ́n) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chinese: 地動 /地动 (zh-min-nan) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chinese: 地震 (zh-min-nan) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Jin Chinese: 地震 (di3 zeng3) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chinese Mandarin: 地震 (dìzhèn) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chinese Mandarin: 地動 /地动 (dìdòng) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Northern Min Chinese: 地震 (dī-cěng) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Wu Chinese: 地震 (6di-tsen5) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Xiang Chinese: 地震 (di5 zhen4) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chuvash: ҫӑр чӗтренни (śăr č̬ĕtrenni) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chuvash: ҫӗр чӗтренӗвӗ (śĕr č̬ĕtrenĕvĕ) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Coptic: ⲕⲙⲧⲟ (kmto) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Cornish: dorgrys — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Crimean Tatar: zelzele — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Czech: zemětřesení — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Dakota: makháchąchą — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Danish: jordskælv — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Deg Xinag: nganʼ ditʼanh — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Dutch: aardbeving — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Dutch: aardschok — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Dzongkha: ས་ཡོམ (sa yom) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Emilian: taramòt — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Emilian: teremòt — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Emilian: teremôt — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Erzya: модасоркс (modasorks) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Esperanto: tertremo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Estonian: maavärin — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Evenki: дунэ самнадяран (dunə samnaʒaran) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Farefare: tẽn-mĩiŋo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Farefare: tɩn-mĩiŋo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Faroese: jarðskjálvti — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Fijian: uneune — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Finnish: maanjäristys — shaking of the surface of a planet
• French: tremblement de terre — shaking of the surface of a planet
• French: séisme — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Old Frisian: erthbivinge — shaking of the surface of a planet
• West-Frisian: ierdskodding — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Friulian: taramot — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Gagauz: er tepremesi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Galician: terremoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Galician: terramoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Galician: sismo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Gamilaraay: burruwi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Georgian: მიწისძვრა (mic̣isʒvra) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• German: Erdbeben — shaking of the surface of a planet
• German: Ërdbebme — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Old High German: erdbibunga — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 (reirō) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Greek: σεισμός (seismós) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Greek: Εγκέλαδος (Egkélados) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Greek: τερρεμότο (terremóto) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ancient Greek: σεισμός (seismós) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Greenlandic: nunap sajunnera — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Gujarati: ધરતીકંપ (dhartīkamp) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Haitian Creole: tranbleman detè — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Haitian Creole: tranblemanntè — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Haitian Creole: tranblemandtè — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hawaiian: ōlaʻi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hebrew: רְעִידַת אֲדָמָה (r'idát adamá) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hebrew: רַעַשׁ (rá'ash) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Higaonon: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hiligaynon: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hindi: भूकंप (bhūkamp) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hindi: ज़लज़ला (zalzalā) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hindi: भूचाल (bhūcāl) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hindi: भूकप (bhūkap) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Hungarian: földrengés — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Icelandic: jarðskjálfti — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Icelandic: jarðhræring — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ido: sismo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ido: terocilo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ido: tertremo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ilocano: gingined — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Indonesian: gempa bumi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Indonesian: gempa — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Indonesian: lindu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Iranun: linug — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Iraqw: kunseeli — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Irish: crith talún — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Italian: terremoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Italian: sisma — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Italian: tremuoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Japanese: 地震 (jishin) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Javanese: lindhu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kachchi: ધરતીકંપ (dhartīkamp) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kalmyk: һазр чичрлһн (ğazr çiçrlğn) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kalmyk: һазр догдллһн (ğazr dogdllğn) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kankanaey: kayeg — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kankanaey: yegyeg — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kannada: ಭೂಕಂಪ (bhūkampa) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Wawa: ayun — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kashmiri: بُنیُٛل (bunyul) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kavalan: utuz — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kazakh: жер сілкіну (jer sılkınu) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kazakh: зілзала (zılzala) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kazakh: жер сілкінісі (jer sılkınısı) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Khmer: រញ្ជួយផែនដី (rɔɔrŭəñcuəy phaen dəy) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Khowar: بولموژی (bolmúži) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Klallam: sməxwə́yu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Korean: 지진 (jijin) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kumyk: тербенив (terbeniw) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Central Kurdish: بوومەلەرزە (bûmelerze) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Northern Kurdish: erdhej — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Northern Kurdish: bûmelerzî — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Northern Kurdish: erdlerzî — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Northern Kurdish: zelzele — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Kyrgyz: жер титирөө (jer titiröö) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Lao: ແຜ່ນດິນໄຫວ (phǣn din h) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Latin: terrae mōtus — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Latin: terraemōtus — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Latvian: zemestrīce — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Lezgi: залзала (zalzala) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ligurian: teramòtto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Lithuanian: žemės drebėjimas — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Lombard: terremott — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Low German: Eerdbeven — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Luxembourgish: Äerdbiewen — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Macedonian: земјотрес (zemjotres) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Magahi: 𑂦𑂳𑂅𑂀𑂙𑂷𑂪 (bhuĩḍol) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Maguindanao: linug — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malagasy: horohoron-tany — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malay: gempa — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malay: gempa bumi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malay: goyang gempa — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malay: tanah goyang — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malay: lindu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malayalam: ഭൂമികുലുക്കം (bhūmikulukkaṁ) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Malayalam: ഭൂകമ്പം (bhūkampaṁ) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Maltese: terremot — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Mansaka: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Manx: craa-hallooin — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Māori: rū — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Māori: rūwhenua — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Maranao: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Marathi: भूकंप (bhūkampa) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Eastern Mari: мланде чытыралтмaш (mlande čytyraltmaš) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Middle English: erthequake — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Middle English: erthe dyne — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Minangkabau: gampo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Mongolian: газар хөдлөлт (gazar xödlölt) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Timugon Murut: gongon ru tana — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: ta̱lo̱li̱n — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Navajo: kéyah haʼdéísná — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Nepali: भूकम्प (bhūkampa) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Nepali: भुइँचालो (bhuĩcālo) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Newar: भुखा (bhukhā) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Norwegian Bokmål: jordskjelv — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jordskjelv — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Occitan: tèrratrem — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Occitan: tèrratremol — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Odia: ଭୂମିକମ୍ପ (bhumikampa) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Church Slavic: трѫсъ (trǫsŭ) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Old English: eorþbeofung — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ossetian: зӕххӕнкъуыст — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Mezquital-Otomi: mbimhai — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Pangasinan: yegieg — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Papiamentu: temblor — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Pashto: رېږدله (reẓdǝ́la) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Iranian Persian: زَمینلَرْزِه (zamin-larze) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Iranian Persian: زِلْزِلِه (zelzele) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Iranian Persian: بومَهَن (bumahan) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Piedmontese: teramòt — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Plautdietsch: Ieedbäben — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Polish: trzęsienie ziemi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Portuguese: sismo — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Portuguese: terramoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Portuguese: terremoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Portuguese: tremor de terra — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Portuguese: tremor — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Punjabi: ਭੂਚਾਲ (bhūcāl) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Rohingya: zolzola — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Rohingya: búsal — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Romagnol: taramòt — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Romanian: cutremur — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Rungus: gumugul ot pomogunan — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Russian: землетрясе́ние (zemletrjasénije) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Rwanda-Rundi: umutingito — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Pangutaran Sama: linug — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Sanskrit: भूकम्प (bhūkampa) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Scots: earthquake — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Scots: yirdquauk — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Scottish Gaelic: crith-thalmhainn — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Serbo-Croatian: зе̏мљотре̄с — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀трес — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Serbo-Croatian: zȅmljotrēs — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Serbo-Croatian: pòtres — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Shan: ဢိင်ႇသၼ်ႇ (ʼìng sàn) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Shor: чер нигилижи (çer nigiliji) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Sicilian: tirrimotu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Sicilian: tirrimutu — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Sinhalese: භූචලන (bhūcalana) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Slovak: zemetrasenie — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Slovene: potres — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Somali: dhulgariir — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Lower Sorbian: zemjerdžanje — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Upper Sorbian: zemjerženje — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Spanish: terremoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Sundanese: lini — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Swahili: tetemeko la ardhi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Swahili: zilizala — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Swedish: jordbävning — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Swedish: jordskalv — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Sylheti: ꠜꠁꠍꠣꠟ (bóisál) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tagabawa: linug — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tagalog: lindol — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tagalog: teremoto — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tai Dam: ꪵꪠ꪿ꪙꪒꪲꪙꪘꪳꪉ (phén đin nưng) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tajik: заминларза (zaminlarza) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tajik: зилзила (zilzila) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tamil: நிலநடுக்கம் பூகம்பம் (nilanaṭukkam) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tatar: җир тетрәү (cir teträw) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tatar: зилзилә (zilzilä) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tausug: linug — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Telugu: భూకంపం (bhūkampaṁ) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Telugu: భూకంపము (bhūkampamu) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ternate: sodidi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Thai: แผ่นดินไหว (pɛ̀n-din-wǎi) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Northern Thai: ᨹᩯ᩠᩵ᨶᨯᩥ᩠ᨶᩉ᩠ᩅᩱ — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tibetan: ས་ཡོམ (sa yom) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tibetan: ས་གཡོས (sa g.yos) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tigrinya: ምንቅጥቃጥ መሬት (mənḳəṭḳaṭ märet) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tiruray: luba — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tiwi: karrarluputi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tok Pisin: guria — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tolai: guria — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tongan: mofuike — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Turkish: deprem — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Turkish: zelzele — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ottoman Turkish: زلزله (zelzele) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Turkmen: ýer titremesi — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Tuvan: чер шимчээшкини (çer şimçeeşkini) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Udmurt: музъем зуркан (muzjem zurkan) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Ukrainian: землетру́с (zemletrús) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Urdu: زَلْزَلَہ (zalzala) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Uyghur: زىلزىلە (zilzile) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Uyghur: يەر تەۋرەش (yer tewresh) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Uzbek: zilzila — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Uzbek: yer qimirlash — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Vietnamese: động đất — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Võro: maavärrin — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Vurës: rir — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Walloon: tronnmint d' tere — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Walloon: hosmint d' tere — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Walloon: stombixhmint d' tere — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Waray-Waray: linog — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Welsh: daeargryn — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Xhosa: inyikima — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Yakan: linug — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Yakut: сир хамсааһына (sir qamsaahïna) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Yiddish: ערטקווייק (ertkveyk) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Yiddish: ערדציטערניש (erdtsiternish) — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Zazaki: bumlerz — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Zhuang: deihdoengh — shaking of the surface of a planet
• Chinese Mandarin: 地震 (dìzhèn) — Translations
• Manchu: ᠨᠠ ᠠᡧᡧᠠᠮᠪᡳ (na aššambi) — Translations