Dictionary

hesitation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌhezɪˈtæɪʃən/ (Australia)
• (California, Southern) audio
• /ˌhezəˈtæɪʃən/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin haereō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō ▲ Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin -titō Latin haesitō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin haesitātiōbor. English hesitation From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of hesitating
2. (countable, uncountable) Doubt; vacillation.
   • She carried out the order without hesitation.
3. (countable, uncountable) A faltering in speech; stammering.

Forms

Deriveds

hesitational · hesitation form · hesitation marker · hesitation mark · hesitation wound

Relateds

hesitate

Synonyms

irresolution (doubt, vacillation) · hesitance · hold-up · wavering (doubt, vacillation) · shilly-shally · hesitancy · cunctation (act of hesitating)

Translations (65)

cmn 遲疑 /迟疑 (act of hesitating) · ca hesitació (act of hesitating) · sq drojë (act of hesitating) · la haesitātiō (act of hesitating) · kmr heziqîn (faltering in speech) · tr tereddüt (act of hesitating) · de Zögern (doubt; vacillation) · pl wahanie (act of hesitating) · hi झिझक (faltering in speech) · gd sòradh (faltering in speech) · eo ĉi hezito (act of hesitating) · el δισταγμός (act of hesitating) · hu hezitálás (act of hesitating) · it esitazione (act of hesitating) · cmn 彷徨 (act of hesitating) · ta தடுமாற்றம் (faltering in speech) · la cunctātiō (act of hesitating) · hu habozás (act of hesitating) · cmn 支吾 (faltering in speech) · fr hésitation (act of hesitating) · id keragu-raguan (act of hesitating) · hi संकोच (act of hesitating) · pt hesitação (act of hesitating) · gd sgogarsaich (act of hesitating) · es titubeo (act of hesitating) · ang ġewand (act of hesitating) · ta தயக்கம் (doubt; vacillation) · sq ndrojtje (doubt; vacillation) · bg нерешителност (act of hesitating) · cs váhání (act of hesitating) · ru нереши́тельность (act of hesitating) · gl vacilación (act of hesitating) · lb Zécken (act of hesitating) · fi takeltelu (faltering in speech) · kmr dudilî (act of hesitating) · sv tvekan (act of hesitating) · az tərəddüd (act of hesitating) · fi epäröinti (act of hesitating) · nl aarzeling (act of hesitating) · ja ためらい (act of hesitating) · de Zögern (faltering in speech) · cmn 吞吐 (faltering in speech) · eo hezitado (doubt; vacillation) · ja 躊躇 (act of hesitating) · tr duraksama (doubt; vacillation) · hu bizonytalankodás (act of hesitating) · cmn 口吃 (faltering in speech) · ro ezitare (act of hesitating) · cmn 猶豫 /犹豫 (act of hesitating) · ro șovăială (act of hesitating) · grc ὄκνος (act of hesitating) · ta தயக்கம் (act of hesitating) · kmr dilwasî (act of hesitating) · pl niezdecydowanie (act of hesitating) · gd sòradh (act of hesitating) · bg заекване (faltering in speech) · es hesitación (act of hesitating) · fi empiminen (act of hesitating) · cmn 躊躇 /踌躇 (act of hesitating) · cs zaváhání (faltering in speech) · bg колебание (act of hesitating) · de Zögern (act of hesitating) · cmn 結巴 /结巴 (faltering in speech) · ca vacil·lació (act of hesitating) · tr tereddüt (doubt; vacillation)