From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], from [en], accusative singular of [la], from [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. A state of turbulent motion .
2. An agitate d disturbance or a hubbub .
3. * [pages=97–98]
4. * [chapter=19]
5. [en] Sexual excitement.
6. * [passage=and now, glancing my eyes towards that part of his dress which cover'd the essential object of enjoyment, I plainly discover'd the swell and COMMOTION there]
**** Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:commotion
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Related terms
[en]
**** Translations
[state of turbulent motion]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Walloon: [wa]
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[agitated disturbance or a hubbub]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da] , [da] , [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr] , [mr] , [mr]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [colloquial]
- Telugu: [te]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
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- Italian: [it] , [it]
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** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[f]
1. a violent collision or shock ; concussion
2. shock , surprise
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]