tremble
French, noun
tremble is spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tremble is a French masculine noun meaning “aspen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of trembler. With an accent, tremblé is a different word: “past participle of trembler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de Populus tremula, peuplier dont les feuilles tremblent au moindre vent”.
What does tremble mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaspen
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of trembler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est tracé d’une main tremblante, peu ferme. 2. Qui est sinueux, qui n’est pas droit. 3. Qui indique un sentiment de peur, de crainte. 4. Se dit d'un son ou d'une voix mal assurés.
noun: 1. Manière de trembler, type de tremblement. 2. Sorte de filet au dessin sinusoïdal. 3. Tracé sinueux.
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de Populus tremula, peuplier dont les feuilles tremblent au moindre vent. 2. Synonyme de peuplier faux-tremble.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tremble
- trembles plural
- tremblée feminine
- tremblés masculine plural
- tremblées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tremble
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tremble in French?
tremble appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).