swarm

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
2. A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
3. A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
4. A number of small earthquakes (or other seismic events) occurring, with no clear cause, in a specific area within a relatively short space of time.

Verb

1. To move as a swarm.
2. To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
3. To fill a place as a swarm.
4. To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
5. To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
6. To breed multitudes.

Concepts

essaim

masse

essaimer

nuée

foule

fourmiller

grouiller

grouillement

groupe

tas

amas

bande

se rassembler

pulluler

volée

rassemblement

rassembler

horde

se grouper

banc

massif

troupe

troupeau

s’attrouper

grouper

vol d’oiseaux

affluer

nuage

crouth

crwth

marée humaine

cohue

racaille

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/swɔɹm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Swoorm (“swarm”), Dutch zwerm, German Schwarm, Danish sværm, Swedish svärm, Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm”), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).
The verb is from Middle English swarmen, swermen, from Old English swierman (“to swarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”), from the noun. Cognate with Scots swairm, swerm (“to swarm”), Dutch zwermen, German schwärmen, Danish sværme, Swedish svärma.