shudder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌdə/
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• Northern-England: /ˈʃʊdə/
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• Wales: /ˈʃədə/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈʃɐdə/
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• General-American: /ˈʃʌdɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈʃʌɾɚ] flapping
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• Scotland: /ˈʃʌdəɾ/
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• rhymes with -ʌdə(ɹ)
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• homophone: shutter (flapping)
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AH1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English schoderen, from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdh-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: üşütmə — shivering tremor
• Azerbaijani: titrətmə — shivering tremor
• Azerbaijani: vicvicə — shivering tremor
• Bulgarian: треперене (treperene) — shivering tremor
• Bulgarian: потръпване (potrǎpvane) — shivering tremor
• Chinese Mandarin: 戰慄 /战栗 or 戰栗 /战栗 (zhànlì) — shivering tremor
• Chinese Mandarin: 觳觫 (húsù) — shivering tremor
• Czech: třesot — shivering tremor
• Czech: třes — shivering tremor
• Czech: třesavka — shivering tremor
• Dutch: rilling — shivering tremor
• Finnish: väristys — shivering tremor
• Finnish: vapina — shivering tremor
• Finnish: tutina — shivering tremor
• Finnish: puistatus — shivering tremor
• French: tremblement — shivering tremor
• French: frisson — shivering tremor
• Old French: friçon — shivering tremor
• Galician: arrepío — shivering tremor
• Galician: calafrío — shivering tremor
• German: Schauder — shivering tremor
• Ancient Greek: φρίκη (phríkē) — shivering tremor
• Ancient Greek: φρικασμός (phrikasmós) — shivering tremor
• Hindi: सिहरन (sihran) — shivering tremor
• Hindi: कँपकँपी (kãpkãpī) — shivering tremor
• Icelandic: hrollur — shivering tremor
• Icelandic: skjálfti — shivering tremor
• Italian: brivido — shivering tremor
• Italian: sussulto — shivering tremor
• Italian: tremolio — shivering tremor
• Māori: ngatari — shivering tremor
• Māori: ngateri — shivering tremor
• Marathi: हुडहुडी (huḍhuḍī) — shivering tremor
• Persian: چندش (čendeš) — shivering tremor
• Portuguese: arrepio — shivering tremor
• Portuguese: calafrio — shivering tremor
• Romanian: tremur — shivering tremor
• Romanian: fiori — shivering tremor
• Russian: содрога́ние (sodrogánije) — shivering tremor
• Russian: дрожь (drožʹ) — shivering tremor
• Scottish Gaelic: crith — shivering tremor
• Spanish: escalofrío — shivering tremor
• Ukrainian: здрига́ння (zdryhánnja) — shivering tremor
• Czech: zachvění n se — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• Finnish: väristys — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• French: frisson — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• German: (wohliger) Schauder — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• Icelandic: hrollur — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• Māori: oinga — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• Marathi: थरकाप (tharkāp) — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• Romanian: fior — moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson
• Albanian: fërgëlloj — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Catalan: estremir-se — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Czech: třást se — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Dutch: huiveren — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Finnish: väristä — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Finnish: vavista — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Finnish: tutista — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Finnish: puistattaa — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• French: frissonner — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• French: trembler — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• German: schaudern — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Ancient Greek: φρίσσω (phríssō) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Ancient Greek: ῥιγέω (rhigéō) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Hebrew: הִתְפַּלֵּץ (hitpalétz) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Icelandic: skjálfa — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Icelandic: hrylla við — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Italian: tremare — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Latin: tremō — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Latin: trepidō — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Māori: oi — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Māori: winiwini — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Māori: hihikiwi — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Māori: hāwiniwini — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Māori: wiwini — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Māori: ihiihi — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Marathi: भीतिने कापणे (bhītine kāpṇe) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Old English: āgrīsan — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Polish: wzdrygać się — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Polish: wzdrygnąć się — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Portuguese: tremer — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Portuguese: tiritar — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Romanian: tremura — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Russian: содрога́ться (sodrogátʹsja) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Russian: дрожа́ть (drožátʹ) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Sanskrit: त्रसति (trásati) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Scottish Gaelic: crith — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Spanish: temblar — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Swedish: rysa — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Ukrainian: здрига́тися (zdryhátysja) — to shake nervously, as if from fear
• Bulgarian: изтръпвам (iztrǎpvam) — to vibrate jerkily
• Bulgarian: потръпвам (potrǎpvam) — to vibrate jerkily
• Czech: třást se — to vibrate jerkily
• Finnish: väristä — to vibrate jerkily
• Finnish: vavista — to vibrate jerkily
• Finnish: tutista — to vibrate jerkily
• French: frissonner — to vibrate jerkily
• French: trembler — to vibrate jerkily
• German: zittern — to vibrate jerkily
• Icelandic: skjálfa — to vibrate jerkily
• Icelandic: hrylla við — to vibrate jerkily
• Māori: oioi — to vibrate jerkily
• Māori: ngateri — to vibrate jerkily
• Māori: māueue — to vibrate jerkily
• Marathi: हुडहुडी भरणे (huḍhuḍī bharṇe) — to vibrate jerkily
• Romanian: tremura — to vibrate jerkily
• Romanian: vibra — to vibrate jerkily
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg — to vibrate jerkily
• Scottish Gaelic: crith — to vibrate jerkily