throng

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
2. A group of things; a host or swarm.

Verb

1. (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
2. (intransitive) To congregate.
3. (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Adj

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland) Busy; hurried.

Concepts

foule

cohue

multitude

affluence

essaim

masse

affluer

attroupement

hall

presse

se presser

tourbe

troupe

meute

s’assembler en foule

bande

bousculade

bousculer

confiture

embouteillage

encombrement

groupe

Synonymes

crowd

swarm

mob

flock

multitude

mass

group

gather

concourse

jam

crowd around

pack

horde

press

congregate

stream

host

community

troop

surround

come together

mill about

crush

huddle

congestion

traffic jam

surge

gathering

besiege

shoal

beset

rabble

pile

cluster around

bunch

squeeze

congregation

herd

crowd round

hustle and bustle

ruck

band

block up

company

assembly

cluster

rush

party

🥳

drove

overcrowd

Traductions

folla

calca

muchedumbre

multitud

Gedränge

gentío

Gewühl

Menge

moltitudine

affluenza

Gewimmel

multidão

piena

Schar

Zulauf

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: throng

Hérité de ancien anglais: þrang

Appartenant à néerlandais: drang

Appartenant à allemand: Drang

Appartenant à allemand: Gedränge

In summary

From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”).