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tremulant¹

  • /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin tremulāns (“trembling, shaking”), ultimately from Latin tremēre (“to tremble, shake”).

adjective more tremulant · most tremulant

  1. Trembling, tremulous. The night air wrapped them warmly, and the balm of the little breezes that stirred the foliage around them was the smell of damask roses from the garden. . . . She stood by the bench, one hand resting on it; she stood all in the tremulant shadow.

tremulant²

  • /ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/

Where it comes from

From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”).

noun tremulants

  1. A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument. The tremulant is a small apparatus that gives to the tone of any department of an organ to which it may be applied a waving or undulating effect.

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@misc{tremulant_2026,
  title = {tremulant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tremulant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}