quiver

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
2. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
3. (obsolete) A vulva.
4. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
5. A multidigraph, especially in the context of representation theory.

Adj

Nimble, active.

Verb

To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.

Concepts

carquois

trembler

frémir

frisson

frissonner

tremblement

vibration

tressaillir

palpiter

devin

frémissement

biceps

vibrer

tressaillement

tressailler

grelotter

séisme

trembloter

flèche

palpitation

arc

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Synonymes

tremble

shake

🫨

shiver

shudder

quake

vibrate

quivering

quaver

trembling

palpitate

vibration

shaking

🫨

tremor

flutter

waver

flicker

wince

thrill

wave

👋

palpitation

shakiness

throb

quaking

chill

wag

tingle

swing

pulsate

fortune-teller

get nervous

flitter

wobble

tremble with fear

biceps

excited

give a start

pulsation

stir

beat

sway

tremolo

judder

shimmy

start

rattle

frisson

bag

startle

concussion

chilled

Traductions

temblar

Köcher

faretra

bibberen

aljaba

trillen

zittern

carcaj

beven

rillen

tremer

φαρέτρα

aljava

tremare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkwɪvə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: quiver

Appartenant à Old Dutch: cocar

Appartenant à néerlandais: koker

Appartenant à ancien anglais: cocer

Hérité de ancien anglais: *cwifer

In summary

From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kokar (“container”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word.
The mathematical sense originated as German Köcher in a 1972 paper by Pierre Gabriel; it was likely chosen because a quiver contains arrows, while a digraph contains directed edges (also called "arrows").