shiver

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• General-American: /ˈʃɪvɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪvə/
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• rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)
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• homophone: shiva (non-rhotic)
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• CMU ARPABET: SH IH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.

From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer (“slate”)).

Origin uncertain

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: треперене (treperene) — the act or result of shivering
• Catalan: calfred — the act or result of shivering
• Chinese Mandarin: 哆嗦 (duōsuo) — the act or result of shivering
• Chinese Mandarin: 顫抖 /颤抖 (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu) — the act or result of shivering
• Chinese Mandarin: 發抖 /发抖 (fādǒu) — the act or result of shivering
• Chinese Mandarin: 顫慄 /颤栗 (zhànlì) — the act or result of shivering
• Chinese Mandarin: 震顫 /震颤 (zhènchàn) — the act or result of shivering
• Czech: třes — the act or result of shivering
• Czech: třas — the act or result of shivering
• Czech: třesení — the act or result of shivering
• Dutch: rilling — the act or result of shivering
• Esperanto: tremo — the act or result of shivering
• Finnish: hytinä — the act or result of shivering
• Finnish: värinä — the act or result of shivering
• Finnish: väristys — the act or result of shivering
• French: frisson — the act or result of shivering
• Old French: friçon — the act or result of shivering
• Galician: calafrío — the act or result of shivering
• Galician: arrepío — the act or result of shivering
• Galician: arreguizo — the act or result of shivering
• Galician: fervón — the act or result of shivering
• German: Zittern — the act or result of shivering
• Hindi: ठिठुरन (ṭhiṭhuran) — the act or result of shivering
• Hindi: कँपकँपी (kãpkãpī) — the act or result of shivering
• Hindi: सिहरन (sihran) — the act or result of shivering
• Ingrian: väry — the act or result of shivering
• Italian: brivido — the act or result of shivering
• Italian: tremore — the act or result of shivering
• Japanese: 震え (furue) — the act or result of shivering
• Kazakh: діріл (dırıl) — the act or result of shivering
• Latin: tremor — the act or result of shivering
• Māori: tūhauwiri — the act or result of shivering
• Persian: لرز (larz) — the act or result of shivering
• Polish: drżenie — the act or result of shivering
• Portuguese: calafrio — the act or result of shivering
• Portuguese: tremedeira — the act or result of shivering
• Portuguese: tremura — the act or result of shivering
• Russian: дрожь (drožʹ) — the act or result of shivering
• Russian: дрожа́ние (drožánije) — the act or result of shivering
• Spanish: escalofrío — the act or result of shivering
• Spanish: calofrío — the act or result of shivering
• Spanish: estremecimiento — the act or result of shivering
• Spanish: estremezón — the act or result of shivering
• Spanish: espeluzno — the act or result of shivering
• Spanish: repeluzno — the act or result of shivering
• Spanish: repelús — the act or result of shivering
• Bulgarian: тръпки (trǎpki) — a bodily response to cold
• Catalan: calfred — a bodily response to cold
• French: frisson — a bodily response to cold
• Galician: calafrío — a bodily response to cold
• Galician: arrepío — a bodily response to cold
• Galician: arreguizo — a bodily response to cold
• Galician: fervón — a bodily response to cold
• Hindi: ठिठुरन (ṭhiṭhuran) — a bodily response to cold
• Hindi: कँपकँपी (kãpkãpī) — a bodily response to cold
• Hindi: सिहरन (sihran) — a bodily response to cold
• Ingrian: kylmänväry — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: hurapa — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: tuawiri — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: harawiri — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: hūnonoi — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: tūhauwiri — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: tūngāwiri — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: harawiniwini — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: hāwiniwini — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: kūnāwiri — a bodily response to cold
• Māori: korohāwini — a bodily response to cold
• Persian: لرز (larz) — a bodily response to cold
• Portuguese: calafrio — a bodily response to cold
• Spanish: escalofrío — a bodily response to cold
• Spanish: calofrío — a bodily response to cold
• Spanish: tiritón — a bodily response to cold
• Bulgarian: отломка (otlomka) — a stony or glassy fragment
• Italian: scheggia — a stony or glassy fragment
• Afrikaans: sidder — to tremble or shake
• Albanian: fërgëlloj — to tremble or shake
• Arabic: اِرْتَجَفَ (irtajafa) — to tremble or shake
• Arabic: اِقْشَعَّرَ (iqšaʕʕara) — to tremble or shake
• Bulgarian: треперя (treperja) — to tremble or shake
• Catalan: esgarrifança — to tremble or shake
• Catalan: calfred — to tremble or shake
• Cebuano: kurog — to tremble or shake
• Cebuano: kugkog — to tremble or shake
• Cebuano: kigkig — to tremble or shake
• Chickasaw: yollichi — to tremble or shake
• Chinese Mandarin: 哆嗦 (duōsuo) — to tremble or shake
• Chinese Mandarin: 顫抖 /颤抖 (chàndǒu or zhàndǒu) — to tremble or shake
• Chinese Mandarin: 發抖 /发抖 (fādǒu) — to tremble or shake
• Chinese Mandarin: 顫慄 /颤栗 (zhànlì) — to tremble or shake
• Chinese Mandarin: 震顫 /震颤 (zhènchàn) — to tremble or shake
• Danish: skælve — to tremble or shake
• Dutch: rillen — to tremble or shake
• Dutch: bibberen — to tremble or shake
• Dutch: huiveren — to tremble or shake
• Esperanto: frostotremi — to tremble or shake
• Esperanto: tremi — to tremble or shake
• Finnish: hytistä — to tremble or shake
• Finnish: väristä — to tremble or shake
• French: frissonner — to tremble or shake
• Galician: bracuñar — to tremble or shake
• Galician: aterecer — to tremble or shake
• Galician: entanguecer — to tremble or shake
• Galician: tremelicar — to tremble or shake
• Galician: estremecer — to tremble or shake
• Galician: obrexar — to tremble or shake
• Galician: bavuriar — to tremble or shake
• Galician: calicar — to tremble or shake
• Galician: arresir — to tremble or shake
• Galician: abubiar — to tremble or shake
• German: zittern — to tremble or shake
• German: schauern — to tremble or shake
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (reiran) — to tremble or shake
• Greek: ριγώ (rigó) — to tremble or shake
• Greek: τουρτουρίζω (tourtourízo) — to tremble or shake
• Ancient Greek: ῥιγόω (rhigóō) — to tremble or shake
• Hindi: ठिठुरना (ṭhiṭhurnā) — to tremble or shake
• Hindi: काँपना (kā̃pnā) — to tremble or shake
• Hungarian: didereg — to tremble or shake
• Hungarian: reszket — to tremble or shake
• Icelandic: skjálfa — to tremble or shake
• Ingrian: värissä — to tremble or shake
• Italian: rabbrividire — to tremble or shake
• Italian: tremare — to tremble or shake
• Japanese: 震える (furueru) — to tremble or shake
• Central Kurdish: لەرزین (lerzîn) — to tremble or shake
• Latin: horreo — to tremble or shake
• Latin: tremo — to tremble or shake
• Māori: turiwātaitai — to tremble or shake
• Māori: turiwātautau — to tremble or shake
• Māori: hāwiniwini — to tremble or shake
• Māori: kūnāwiri — to tremble or shake
• Māori: hurapa — to tremble or shake
• Māori: tuawiri — to tremble or shake
• Māori: harawiri — to tremble or shake
• Māori: hūnonoi — to tremble or shake
• Māori: tūhauwiri — to tremble or shake
• Māori: harawiniwini — to tremble or shake
• Māori: korohāwini — to tremble or shake
• Māori: hunōnoi — to tremble or shake
• Mongolian: агзайх (agzajx) — to tremble or shake
• Khiamniungan Naga: tǖngāungàu — to tremble or shake
• Norman: frémi — to tremble or shake
• Norwegian: skjelve — to tremble or shake
• Occitan: tremolar — to tremble or shake
• Occitan: estrementir — to tremble or shake
• Persian: لرزیدن (larzidan) — to tremble or shake
• Polish: drżeć — to tremble or shake
• Portuguese: tiritar — to tremble or shake
• Portuguese: tremer — to tremble or shake
• Romanian: tremura — to tremble or shake
• Russian: дрожа́ть (drožátʹ) — to tremble or shake
• Russian: трясти́сь (trjastísʹ) — to tremble or shake
• Spanish: tiritar — to tremble or shake
• Spanish: temblar de frío — to tremble or shake
• Spanish: titiritar — to tremble or shake
• Spanish: titiritear — to tremble or shake
• Spanish: rilar — to tremble or shake
• Spanish: estremecerse — to tremble or shake
• Spanish: achucharse — to tremble or shake
• Swedish: darra — to tremble or shake
• Swedish: huttra — to tremble or shake
• Tagalog: nginig — to tremble or shake
• Tagalog: kaligkig — to tremble or shake
• Tagalog: katal — to tremble or shake
• Tamil: நடுங்கு (naṭuṅku) — to tremble or shake
• Ukrainian: тремтіти (tremtity) — to tremble or shake
• Unami: ànkahchi — to tremble or shake
• Vietnamese: run — to tremble or shake
• Yiddish: ציטערן (tsitern) — to tremble or shake
• Yiddish: טרייסלען (treyslen) — to tremble or shake