swarm

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• General-American: /swɔɹm/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /swɔːm/
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From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Swoorm (“swarm”), Dutch zwerm, German Schwarm, Danish sværm, Swedish svärm, Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm”), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”). The verb is from Middle English swarmen, swermen, from Old English swirman (“to swarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”), from the noun. Cognate with Scots swairm, swerm (“to swarm”), Dutch zwermen, German schwärmen, Danish sværme, Swedish svärma.

194 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: swerm — large number of insects
• Albanian: shemë — large number of insects
• Albanian: luzmë — large number of insects
• Arabic: ثَوْل (ṯawl) — large number of insects
• Armenian: պարս (pars) — large number of insects
• Asturian: ensame — large number of insects
• Belarusian: рой (roj) — large number of insects
• Bulgarian: рой (roj) — large number of insects
• Bulgarian: роя́к (roják) — large number of insects
• Catalan: eixam — large number of insects
• Chinese Mandarin: 群 (qún) — large number of insects
• Czech: roj — large number of insects
• Old Czech: roj — large number of insects
• Danish: sværm — large number of insects
• Dutch: zwerm — large number of insects
• Estonian: parv — large number of insects
• Estonian: pilv — large number of insects
• Finnish: parvi — large number of insects
• Franco-Provençal: èssem — large number of insects
• French: essaim — large number of insects
• French: grouillement — large number of insects
• Friulian: scuam — large number of insects
• Galician: enxame — large number of insects
• Georgian: ნაყარი (naq̇ari) — large number of insects
• German: Schwarm — large number of insects
• Greek: σμήνος (smínos) — large number of insects
• Ancient Greek: σμῆνος (smênos) — large number of insects
• Ancient Greek: ἑσμός (hesmós) — large number of insects
• Hebrew: נְחִיל (neḥíl) — large number of insects
• Hungarian: raj — large number of insects
• Hunsrik: Schwaarem — large number of insects
• Ido: esamo — large number of insects
• Irish: saithe — large number of insects
• Irish: scaoth — large number of insects
• Italian: sciame — large number of insects
• Italian: nugolo — large number of insects
• Japanese: 群れ (mure) — large number of insects
• Japanese: 雲霞 (unka) — large number of insects
• Korean: 떼 (tte) — large number of insects
• Korean: 무리 (muri) — large number of insects
• Latin: exāmen — large number of insects
• Latvian: spiets — large number of insects
• Latvian: pulciņš — large number of insects
• Lithuanian: spiečius — large number of insects
• Lithuanian: būrys — large number of insects
• Macedonian: рој (roj) — large number of insects
• Māori: pōī — large number of insects
• Mpade: mam — large number of insects
• Norwegian Bokmål: sverm — large number of insects
• Norwegian Bokmål: bisverm — large number of insects
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sverm — large number of insects
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bisverm — large number of insects
• Occitan: eissam — large number of insects
• Old East Slavic: рои (roi) — large number of insects
• Iranian Persian: اِزْدِحام (ezdehâm) — large number of insects
• Plautdietsch: Schwoarm — large number of insects
• Polish: rój — large number of insects
• Polish: chmara — large number of insects
• Portuguese: enxame — large number of insects
• Portuguese: nuvem — large number of insects
• Portuguese: correição — large number of insects
• Romanian: roi — large number of insects
• Russian: рой (roj) — large number of insects
• Sardinian: schissura — large number of insects
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaoth — large number of insects
• Serbo-Croatian: ро̑ј — large number of insects
• Serbo-Croatian: rȏj — large number of insects
• Sicilian: sciamu — large number of insects
• Sicilian: assamu — large number of insects
• Slovak: roj — large number of insects
• Slovene: roj — large number of insects
• Lower Sorbian: roj — large number of insects
• Spanish: enjambre — large number of insects
• Spanish: nube — large number of insects
• Swahili: jana — large number of insects
• Swedish: svärm — large number of insects
• Turkish: sürü — large number of insects
• Turkish: oğul — large number of insects
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغل (oğul) — large number of insects
• Ukrainian: рій (rij) — large number of insects
• Uzbek: uya — large number of insects
• Venetan: same — large number of insects
• Venetan: samo — large number of insects
• Volapük: kümam — large number of insects
• Welsh: haid — large number of insects
• Arabic: اِزْدِحَام (izdiḥām) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Bulgarian: ста́до (stádo) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Czech: dav — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Czech: hejno — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Czech: houf — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Czech: zástup — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Danish: sværm — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Dutch: menigte — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Dutch: massa — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Finnish: lauma — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• French: nuée — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• French: essaim — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Galician: liorna — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Galician: barafunda — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• German: Schwarm — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Greek: στίφος (stífos) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Greek: εσμός (esmós) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Greek: όχλος (óchlos) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Hungarian: horda — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Hungarian: sokaság — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Japanese: 群衆 (gunshū) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Lithuanian: spiečius — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Iranian Persian: اِزْدِحام (ezdehâm) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Polish: mrowie — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: multidão — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: enxame — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: turba — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: turbamulta — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: turbilhão — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: tropel — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: roda-viva — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Portuguese: barafunda — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Russian: толпа́ (tolpá) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Russian: ста́я (stája) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaoth — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Scottish Gaelic: sluagh — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Spanish: multitud — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Spanish: muchedumbre — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Spanish: masa — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Spanish: aglomeración — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Spanish: barahúnda — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Swahili: jana — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Swedish: myller — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Swedish: vimmel — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Tamil: திரள் (tiraḷ) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Ottoman Turkish: قالابالق (kalabalık) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Ottoman Turkish: كومه (küme) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Ukrainian: на́товп (nátovp) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Ukrainian: юрба́ (jurbá) — a mass of people or animals in turmoil
• Armenian: վխտալ (vxtal) — to move as a swarm
• Catalan: eixamenar-se — to move as a swarm
• Czech: hemžit se — to move as a swarm
• Czech: rojit se — to move as a swarm
• Czech: hrnout se — to move as a swarm
• Finnish: vyöryä — to move as a swarm
• French: essaimer — to move as a swarm
• Hungarian: rajzik — to move as a swarm
• Italian: pullulare — to move as a swarm
• Italian: sciamare — to move as a swarm
• Latin: exāminō — to move as a swarm
• Eastern Mari: авалаш (avalaš) — to move as a swarm
• Occitan: essaimar — to move as a swarm
• Portuguese: enxamear — to move as a swarm
• Russian: кишеть (kišetʹ) — to move as a swarm
• Russian: роиться (roitʹsja) — to move as a swarm
• Slovene: rojiti — to move as a swarm
• Spanish: enjambrar — to move as a swarm
• Walloon: samer — to move as a swarm
• Armenian: վխտալ (vxtal) — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Bulgarian: гъмжа (gǎmža) — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Catalan: pul·lular — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Chinese Mandarin: 翃 (hóng) — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜂擁 /蜂拥 (fēngyōng) — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Czech: hemžit se — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Czech: být plný — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Dutch: zwermen — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Hungarian: hemzseg — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Italian: pullulare — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Low German: swarmen — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Māori: rearea — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Māori: ngahua — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Māori: ngahue — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Māori: pōhūhū — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Māori: tāmuimui — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Māori: pūrau — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Eastern Mari: авалаш (avalaš) — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Portuguese: fervilhar — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Portuguese: pulular — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Russian: кише́ть (kišétʹ) — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Slovene: rojiti — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Spanish: hormiguear — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Spanish: pulular — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Ukrainian: киші́ти (kyšíty) — to teem, or be overrun with insects
• Armenian: վխտալ (vxtal) — to fill a place as a swarm
• Finnish: vyöryä sisään — to fill a place as a swarm
• Hungarian: elözönöl — to fill a place as a swarm
• Māori: ngahua — to fill a place as a swarm
• Māori: ngahue — to fill a place as a swarm
• Māori: rearea — to fill a place as a swarm
• Eastern Mari: авалаш (avalaš) — to fill a place as a swarm
• Portuguese: infestar — to fill a place as a swarm
• Russian: кишеть (kišetʹ) — to fill a place as a swarm
• Spanish: atestar — to fill a place as a swarm
• Spanish: infestar — to fill a place as a swarm
• Finnish: parveilla — to overwhelm
• Czech: šplhat — to climb by gripping with arms and legs
• Finnish: kiivetä nelinkontin — to climb by gripping with arms and legs
• Hungarian: mászik — to climb by gripping with arms and legs
• Russian: кара́бкаться (karábkatʹsja) — to climb by gripping with arms and legs