svarmo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swer-der.
Proto-Germanic *swarmaz
Old English swearm
Middle English swarm
English swarmbor.
Esperanto svarmo

    From English swarm; compare also German Schwarm, Dutch zwerm, Danish sværm.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsvarmo/
    • Rhymes: -armo
    • Syllabification: svar‧mo

    Noun

    svarmo (accusative singular svarmon, plural svarmoj, accusative plural svarmojn)

    1. swarm, horde, mass, multitude (a large number of moving people, animals or other objects)
      • Ivy Kellermann (translator), La Reĝo de la Ora Rivero (The King of the Golden River) by John Ruskin, Chapter 3,
        svarmo da nigraj formikoj rampis ĉirkaŭ ĝiaj lipoj kaj gorĝo.
        a swarm of black ants were crawling about [the dog’s] lips and throat.
      • Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ĉu li venis trakosme? Ĉapitro 15,
        svarmo da infanoj kurantaj ĉialoken
        a swarm of children running everywhere
      • L. L. Zamenhof (translator), “En la lasta tago” (“On Judgment Day”) in Fabeloj by Hans Christian Andersen,
        la tuta sennombra svarmo de la steloj
        the whole countless multitude of the stars
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