quiver

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪvə/
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• Canada, General-American: kwĭˈvər
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈkwɪvɚ/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K W IH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”).

Corruption of the French Cuivre, from cuivre (“copper”).

From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kokar (“container”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word. The mathematical sense originated as German Köcher in a 1972 paper by Pierre Gabriel; it was likely chosen because a quiver contains arrows, while a digraph contains directed edges (also called "arrows").

From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: koker — arrow container
• Albanian: kukur — arrow container
• Arabic: جَعْبَة (jaʕba) — arrow container
• Armenian: կապարճ (kaparč) — arrow container
• Azerbaijani: oxdan — arrow container
• Azerbaijani: oxqabı — arrow container
• Azerbaijani: sadaq — arrow container
• Azerbaijani: oxluq — arrow container
• Bashkir: һаҙаҡ (haźaq) — arrow container
• Belarusian: калча́н (kalčán) — arrow container
• Bulgarian: колча́н (kolčán) — arrow container
• Buryat: һаадаг (haadag) — arrow container
• Catalan: carcaix — arrow container
• Catalan: buirac — arrow container
• Chinese Mandarin: 箭圖 /箭图 (jiàntú) — arrow container
• Chinese Mandarin: 箭袋 (jiàndài) — arrow container
• Chinese Mandarin: 一袋箭 (yī dài jiàn) — arrow container
• Chinese Mandarin: 箭筒 (jiàntǒng) — arrow container
• Chinese Mandarin: 箙 (fú) — arrow container
• Czech: toulec — arrow container
• Danish: kogger — arrow container
• Danish: pilekogger — arrow container
• Dutch: koker — arrow container
• Dutch: pijlkoker — arrow container
• Egyptian: i-s-p:t-F27 (jspt) — arrow container
• Esperanto: sagujo — arrow container
• Estonian: nooletupp — arrow container
• Faroese: ørvahúsi — arrow container
• Faroese: pílahúsi — arrow container
• Finnish: nuolikotelo — arrow container
• Finnish: viini — arrow container
• French: carquois — arrow container
• French: pharètre — arrow container
• West-Frisian: koker — arrow container
• Galician: carcán — arrow container
• Galician: goldre — arrow container
• Galician: coldre — arrow container
• Galician: alxaba — arrow container
• Galician: carcás — arrow container
• Georgian: კაპარჭი (ḳaṗarč̣i) — arrow container
• Georgian: საისრე (saisre) — arrow container
• German: Köcher — arrow container
• Greek: φαρέτρα (farétra) — arrow container
• Ancient Greek: φαρέτρα (pharétra) — arrow container
• Ancient Greek: βελοθήκη (belothḗkē) — arrow container
• Ancient Greek: γωρυτός (gōrutós) — arrow container
• Greenlandic: qarsulivik — arrow container
• Hebrew: אַשְׁפָּה (ashpá) — arrow container
• Hindi: खोलि (kholi) — arrow container
• Hindi: तरकश (tarkaś) — arrow container
• Hungarian: tegez — arrow container
• Hungarian: puzdra — arrow container
• Icelandic: örvamælir — arrow container
• Indonesian: tarkas — arrow container
• Italian: faretra — arrow container
• Italian: turcasso — arrow container
• Japanese: 矢筒 (yadzutsu) — arrow container
• Japanese: 箙 (ebira) — arrow container
• Kalmyk: саадг (saadg) — arrow container
• Kazakh: қорамсақ (qoramsaq) — arrow container
• Khmer: បំពង់ព្រួញ (bɑmpŭəng pruəñ) — arrow container
• Korean: 화살통 (hwasaltong) — arrow container
• Korean: 전동 (jeondong) — arrow container
• Korean: 동개 (donggae) — arrow container
• Kyrgyz: саадак (saadak) — arrow container
• Lao: ແລ່ງ (lǣng) — arrow container
• Latin: gōrȳtos — arrow container
• Latin: pharetra — arrow container
• Latvian: bultu maks — arrow container
• Lithuanian: strėlinė — arrow container
• Lushootseed: ʔičəd — arrow container
• Macedonian: тул (tul) — arrow container
• Malayalam: ആവനാഴി (āvanāḻi) — arrow container
• Māori: pūkoro pere — arrow container
• Mongolian: саадаг (saadag) — arrow container
• Navajo: kʼaaʼ yeiłtįįh — arrow container
• Norwegian Bokmål: kogger — arrow container
• Old English: cocer — arrow container
• Old Norse: örmalr — arrow container
• Pali: bāṇadhi — arrow container
• Pawnee: pacuuʼuʼ — arrow container
• Pawnee: raawacuuʼuʼ — arrow container
• Persian: تیردان (tirdân) — arrow container
• Persian: ترکش (tarkaš) — arrow container
• Persian: تیرکش (tirkaš) — arrow container
• Persian: شگا (šagâ) — arrow container
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭭𐭲𐭢𐭫 (kntgl) — arrow container
• Polish: kołczan — arrow container
• Portuguese: aljava — arrow container
• Portuguese: fáretra — arrow container
• Portuguese: carcás — arrow container
• Romanian: tolbă — arrow container
• Russian: колча́н (kolčán) — arrow container
• Russian: тул (tul) — arrow container
• Serbo-Croatian: то̀болац — arrow container
• Serbo-Croatian: tòbolac — arrow container
• Slovak: tulec — arrow container
• Slovene: tul — arrow container
• Southern Altai: саадак (saadak) — arrow container
• Southern Altai: ок-јааныҥ кабы (ok-ǰaanïŋ kabï) — arrow container
• Spanish: aljaba — arrow container
• Spanish: carcaj — arrow container
• Spanish: goldre — arrow container
• Spanish: carcaza — arrow container
• Spanish: carcax — arrow container
• Swahili: podo — arrow container
• Swahili: ziaka — arrow container
• Swahili: pongono — arrow container
• Swedish: koger — arrow container
• Tagalog: salungan — arrow container
• Tagalog: talanga — arrow container
• Tajik: тирдон (tirdon) — arrow container
• Tajik: тиркаш (tirkaš) — arrow container
• Tamil: அம்பறாத் தூணி (ampaṟāt tūṇi) — arrow container
• Tatar: ук савыты (uq sawıtı) — arrow container
• Tatar: садак (sadaq) — arrow container
• Telugu: అంబులపొద (ambulapoda) — arrow container
• Telugu: తూణీరము (tūṇīramu) — arrow container
• Thai: แล่ง (lɛ̂ng) — arrow container
• Tibetan: གཞུ་ཤུབས (gzhu shubs) — arrow container
• Turkish: okluk — arrow container
• Turkish: sadak — arrow container
• Ottoman Turkish: اوقلق (okluk) — arrow container
• Turkmen: sagdak — arrow container
• Tuvan: колчан (kolçan) — arrow container
• Tuvan: согун саадаа (sogun saadaa) — arrow container
• Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎘𐎔𐎚 (ủṯpt) — arrow container
• Ukrainian: сагайда́к (sahajdák) — arrow container
• Ukrainian: колча́н (kolčán) — arrow container
• Ukrainian: ту́ла (túla) — arrow container
• Urdu: تَرْکَش (tarkaś) — arrow container
• Uzbek: o'qdon — arrow container
• Uzbek: sadoq — arrow container
• Uzbek: tirdon — arrow container
• Vietnamese: ống tên — arrow container
• Vietnamese: bao tên — arrow container
• ǃXóõ: ǃúla — arrow container
• Finnish: arsenaali — a ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons
• Macedonian: арсена́л (arsenál) — a ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons
• Serbo-Croatian: то̀болац — a ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons
• Serbo-Croatian: tòbolac — a ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons
• Armenian: դող (doġ) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Bulgarian: трепе́рене (trepérene) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Czech: záchvěv — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Czech: zachvění — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Czech: třes — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Czech: třesení — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Czech: chvění — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Finnish: vapina — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• French: tremblement — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• French: frisson — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• French: frémissement — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Georgian: თრთოლა (trtola) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Georgian: ჟრჟოლა (žržola) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Georgian: კანკალი (ḳanḳali) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Georgian: ცახცახი (caxcaxi) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Greek: ρίγος (rígos) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Greek: τρέμουλο (trémoulo) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Hindi: कम्पन (kampan) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Hindi: थर्राना (tharrānā) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Macedonian: трепе́рење (trepérenje) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Macedonian: тре́пет (trépet) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Polish: drżenie — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Russian: дрожь (drožʹ) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Russian: тре́пет (trépet) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Spanish: temblor — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Swedish: skakar — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Telugu: వణుకు (vaṇuku) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Telugu: కంపించు (kampiñcu) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Tok Pisin: guria — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Ukrainian: тремті́ння (tremtínnja) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Ukrainian: тре́мор (trémor) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Yiddish: ציטער (tsiter) — shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion
• Bulgarian: треперя (treperja) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Bulgarian: вибрирам (vibriram) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Catalan: tremolar — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 顫抖 /颤抖 (chàndǒu) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Czech: chvět se — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Czech: třást se — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Danish: dirre — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Danish: sitre — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Danish: bævre — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Dutch: rillen — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Esperanto: tremi — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Finnish: väristä — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• French: frémir — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Galician: tremer — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Galician: fremer — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Galician: trenguelear — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Galician: bracuñar — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Georgian: კანკალი (ḳanḳali) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• German: flattern — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• German: zittern — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• German: zucken — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Greek: τρέμω (trémo) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Ancient Greek: τρέμω (trémō) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Greenlandic: angaluppoq — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Greenlandic: aalaqqajuppoq — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Hawaiian: naka — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Hindi: थर्राना (tharrānā) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Hindi: थरथराना (tharathrānā) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Ingrian: hötissä — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Italian: fremere — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Japanese: 揺らめく (yurameku) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Kazakh: діріл (dırıl) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Macedonian: тре́пери (tréperi) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: kurepe — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: ore — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: oreore — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: kūreperepe — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: tīkorikori — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: whakahokirua — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: kereū — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: aroarowhaki — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Māori: ori — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Mongolian: чичрэх (čičrex) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Mongolian: дагжих (dagžix) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Occitan: tremolar — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Persian: لرزیدن (larzidan) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Polish: drżeć — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Portuguese: tremer — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Portuguese: estremecer — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Russian: дрожа́ть (drožátʹ) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Russian: трепета́ть (trepetátʹ) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Russian: трясти́сь (trjastísʹ) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Serbo-Croatian: дрхтати — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Serbo-Croatian: треперити — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Serbo-Croatian: drhtati — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Serbo-Croatian: treperiti — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Spanish: temblar — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Swedish: darra — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Swedish: skälva — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Tamil: துடி (tuṭi) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Telugu: అదురు (aduru) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Tok Pisin: guria — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Ukrainian: тремті́ти (tremtíty) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
• Yiddish: ציטערן (tsitern) — shake or move with slight and tremulous motion