grouiller

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) to mill about, swarm with people
2. (intransitive) to swarm or crawl
3. (colloquial, reflexive) to hurry; to get a move on

Sinonieme

fourmiller

gargouiller

gigoter

pulluler

regorger

se rassembler

tracer

essaimer

grouiller de

s’attrouper

se magner

s'agiter

bouger

s'affairer

foisonner

Vertalings

wimmeln

brulicare

wriemelen

wemelen

krioelen

krielen

swarm

formigar

zwermen

teem

kaynaşmak

abound

enxamear

crawl

schwärmen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡʁu.je/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Middle High German: grüllen

Verwante met Old English: griellan

Verwante met Duits: grübeln

Verwante met Old Norse: grúfla

In summary

From Middle French grouiller (“to shake, stir, agitate, scold, hasten, swarm, teem, crawl”), from Old French grouiller (“to rumble”), alteration of Old French grouller (“to growl”), from Middle Dutch grollen (“to make a noise, rumble, growl, grunt, grumble, scold”), from Old Dutch *grullen, from Proto-Germanic *gruljaną, *graljaną (“to shout, make angry, provoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with Middle High German grüllen (“to scorn, jeer”), Old English griellan (“to anger, provoke, vex”). More at grill.
Alternate etymology derives sense of crawl from Frankish *grubilōn (“to dig, burrow, rummage, crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *grubilōną (“to dig, search, ponder”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, scratch”). Cognate with German grübeln (“to brood over, mull over, speculate, ponder”), Old Norse grúfla (“to bend low, creep, crawl”). More at crawl.