"trepidation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-trepidation.ogg [US], en-au-trepidation.ogg [Australia] Forms: trepidations [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|trepidātiō}} Latin trepidātiō, {{m|la|trepidō||be agitated}} trepidō (“be agitated”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trepidation (countable and uncountable, plural trepidations)
  1. anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms: agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry Translations (fearful state): безпокойство (bezpokojstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 驚恐 (Chinese Cantonese), 惊恐 (english: ging¹ hung²) (Chinese Cantonese), 驚惶 (Chinese Cantonese), 惊惶 (ging¹ wong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 不安 (english: bat¹ on¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 驚恐 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊恐 (jīngkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 驚惶 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊惶 (jīnghuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不安 (bù'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), opwinding (Dutch), ongerustheid (Dutch), pelko (Finnish), huoli (Finnish), hermostuneisuus (Finnish), inquiétude [feminine] (French), crainte (French), appréhension (French), Beklommenheit [feminine] (German), Angst [feminine] (German), Bangen [neuter] (German), trepidazione (Italian), timore (Italian), preoccupazione (Italian), insicurezza (Italian), dubbio (Italian), incertezza (Italian), apprensione (Italian), trepidatio [feminine] (Latin), Angst [feminine] (Plautdietsch), obawa [feminine] (Polish), trwoga [feminine] (Polish), trepidação (Portuguese), ansiedade (Portuguese), receio (Portuguese), tremor (Portuguese), perturbação (Portuguese), tremura (Portuguese), agitação (Portuguese), apreensão (Portuguese), trepidație [feminine] (Romanian), trepidare [feminine] (Romanian), беспоко́йство (bespokójstvo) (Russian), трево́га (trevóga) (Russian), неспокој (nespokoj) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), preocupación (Spanish), duda (Spanish), aprensión (Spanish), ansiedad (Spanish), inquietud (Spanish), desazón (Spanish), azoramiento (Spanish), trepidación (Spanish), bävan [common-gender] (Swedish), oro [common-gender] (Swedish), korku (Turkish), telaş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-trepidation-en-noun-LakI0gYV Disambiguation of Fear: 44 31 25 Disambiguation of 'fearful state': 51 40 8
  2. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: quaking, quivering Translations (involuntary trembling): треперене (treperene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vapina (Finnish), trépidation [feminine] (French), Zittern [neuter] (German), Erbeben [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-trepidation-en-noun-QhtHKJJ9 Disambiguation of 'involuntary trembling': 3 92 5
  3. (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (libration of the starry sphere): trepidaatio (Finnish), trépidation [feminine] (French), Trepidation [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-trepidation-en-noun-qoKklKqN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Obsolete scientific theories Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 14 66 Disambiguation of Obsolete scientific theories: 8 6 86 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'libration of the starry sphere': 4 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: intrepid, trepid, trepidancy, trepidate, trepidatious, trepidatiously, trepidatiousness, trepidatory, trepidity, trepidly

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      "word": "huoli"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "hermostuneisuus"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "crainte"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "appréhension"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Beklommenheit"
    },
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Angst"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bangen"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "trepidazione"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "timore"
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      "word": "preoccupazione"
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      "word": "insicurezza"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
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      "word": "ansiedade"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "receio"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "беспоко́йство"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "трево́га"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
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      "word": "preocupación"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "duda"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "ansiedad"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "inquietud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "desazón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "azoramiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
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      "word": "oro"
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      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "korku"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "telaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "treperene",
      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "треперене"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "word": "vapina"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Erbeben"
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