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Meaning of Swarm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

swɔɹm

Definitions

A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
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.

Equivalents

Afrikaans swerm

العربية الحشد ثَوْل دبر رجل

Български рой стадо

Bosanski horda masa raj roj рој стадо

Català eixam

Čeština dav hejno hemžit se houf roj rojit se šplhat zástup

Cymraeg haid

Dansk sværm

Deutsch Gewimmel Schwarm

Ελληνικά εσμός ορδή όχλος σμήνος στίφος

Español aglomeración atestar barahúnda enjambrar enjambre hormiguear infestar masa muchedumbre multitud nube pulular

فارسی ازدحام

Suomi lauma parveilla parvi vyöryä

Français essaim essaimer grouillement nuée

Gaeilge saithe scaoth

Gàidhlig sgaoth sluagh

Galego enxame liorna

עברית נחיל

हिन्दी झुंड

Hrvatski horda masa raj roj рој стадо

Magyar horda mászik raj rajzik sokaság

Հայերեն պարս վխտալ

Bahasa Indonesia kerumunan

Italiano nugolo pullulare sciamare sciame

日本語くもかすみ密集群れ群衆蜂球雲霞

한국어 氳 떼 무리

Kurdî dav dav masa roj

Latina examen examino

Te Reo Māori poi rearea

Македонски рој

Nederlands massa menigte zwerm zwermen

Polski chmara ćma gęstwa mrowie rój

Português barafunda correição enxame enxamear fervilhar infestar multidão nuvem pulular roda-viva tropel turba turbamulta turbilhão

Română roi

Русский карабкаться кише́ть роиться Рой стая толпа́

Slovenčina roj

Shqip luzmë shemë

Српски horda masa raj roj рој стадо

Svenska myller svärm vimmel

Kiswahili jana

தமிழ் திரள்

Türkçe sürü

Українська кишіти натовп рій юрба

Examples

“[…] reſtleſs thoughts, that like a deadly ſwarm / Of Hornets arm'd […] ruſh upon me thronging,”

“a swarm of meteorites”

“those prodigious swarms that had settled themselves in every part of it [Italy]”

“Earthquakes were another concern, particularly after swarms were felt in Oklahoma.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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