trembler

English

Noun

trembler (plural tremblers)

1. One who, or that which, trembles.
2. Any of various New World passerine birds of the family Mimidae.

Derived terms

• knee-trembler

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) trambler and its variants, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin (deprecated template usage) tremulāre, present active infinitive of (deprecated template usage) tremulō, a derivate of Classical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) tremere, present active infinitive of (deprecated template usage) tremō. Doublet with (deprecated template usage) trémuler

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃ble/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophones: tremblai, tremblé, tremblez

Verb

trembler

1. to shake
2. to tremble

Related terms

• tremblement
• trembleur

External links

• “trembler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Verb

trembler

1. to tremble; to quiver; to shake

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of trembler

infinitive	simple	trembler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	tremblant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		tremblé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tremble	trembles	tremble	tremblons	tremblez	tremblent
	imperfect	tremblois, trembloys	tremblois, trembloys	trembloit, trembloyt	tremblions, tremblyons	trembliez, tremblyez	trembloient, trembloyent
	past historic	trembla	tremblas	trembla	tremblasmes	tremblastes	tremblerent
	future	tremblerai, trembleray	trembleras	tremblera	tremblerons	tremblerez	trembleront
	conditional	tremblerois, trembleroys	tremblerois, trembleroys	trembleroit, trembleroyt	tremblerions, trembleryons	trembleriez, trembleryez	trembleroient, trembleroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tremble	trembles	tremble	tremblons	tremblez	tremblent
	imperfect	tremblasse	tremblasses	tremblast	tremblassions	tremblassiez	tremblassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tremble	—	tremblons	tremblez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

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Old French

Verb

trembler

1. to tremble
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Equitan

     m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler

     Such a pain has pierced my heart, that makes my whole body quiver

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of trembler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trembler			avoir tremblé
gerund		en tremblant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tremblant
past participle		tremblé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tremble	trembles	tremble	tremblons	tremblez	tremblent
	imperfect	trembloie, trembleie, trembloe, trembleve	trembloies, trembleies, trembloes, trembleves	trembloit, trembleit, tremblot, trembleve	trembliiens, trembliens	trembliiez, trembliez	trembloient, trembleient, trembloent, tremblevent
	preterite	tremblai	tremblas	trembla	tremblames	tremblastes	tremblerent
	future	tremblerai	trembleras	tremblera	tremblerons	trembleroiz, tremblereiz, tremblerez	trembleront
	conditional	trembleroie, tremblereie	trembleroies, tremblereies	trembleroit, tremblereit	trembleriiens, trembleriens	trembleriiez, trembleriez	trembleroient, tremblereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	tremble	trembles	tremble	tremblons	tremblez	tremblent
	imperfect	tremblasse	tremblasses	tremblast	tremblissons, tremblissiens	tremblissoiz, tremblissez, tremblissiez	tremblassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tremble	—	tremblons	tremblez	—

Descendants

• English: to tremble