"tremulant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/ Forms: more tremulant [comparative], most tremulant [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin tremulāns (“trembling, shaking”), ultimately from Latin tremēre (“to tremble, shake”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*trem-}}, {{bor|en|ML.|tremulō|tremulāns|trembling, shaking}} Medieval Latin tremulāns (“trembling, shaking”), {{der|en|la|tremō|tremēre|to tremble, shake}} Latin tremēre (“to tremble, shake”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} tremulant (comparative more tremulant, superlative most tremulant)
  1. Trembling, tremulous.
    Sense id: en-tremulant-en-adj-uks0vrFa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/ Forms: tremulants [plural]
Etymology: From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|tremolante||trembling, shaking}} Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tremulant (plural tremulants)
  1. (music) A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tremulant-en-noun-5zfN9WYN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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