clamber
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clamber
- /ˈklæmbə/ UK
- /ˈklæmbɚ/ US
- /ˈklæmɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æmbə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English clambren, clameren, clemeren (“to climb, clamber; to crawl, creep”), then either:
* possibly from clam, clamb, clemb, past tense of climben (“to climb, get over; to ascend, rise”), and influenced by Old English clæmman (“to press”); or
* from Old English *clambrian, from Proto-Germanic *klambrōną or *klambizōną.
The English word is cognate with Low German klemmern, klempern (“to climb”), Scots clammer (“to clamber”); and compare also Danish klamre (“to cling”), Icelandic klambra, klembra (“to pinch closely together; clamp”), Swedish klamra (“to cling”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
verb clambers · clambering · clambered · clammer
noun clambers
- The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb. Against intruding uncalled, and without a proper Sybilline conductress, into the realms of grim Pluto, he might have objections, not easily removed; but against a clamber to the scene of Jove's own Court [Mount Olympus], no objection could possibly lie, except the danger of breaking his neck, in com
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verb to climb with difficulty or haphazardly
| Español | trepar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기어 올라감 gieo ollagam |
| 日本語 | 攀じ登る yojinoboru |
| 中文 | 攀登 pāndēng |
| Français | grimper |
| Deutsch | klettern, erklimmen, kraxeln, herumturnen, hinaufklettern, heraufklettern |
| Italiano | arrampicarsi |
| Ελληνικά | σκαρφαλώνω skarfalóno |
| Русский | кара́бкаться karábkatʹsja, вскара́бкаться vskarábkatʹsja, взбира́ться vzbirátʹsja, взобра́ться vzobrátʹsja |
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title = {clamber},
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