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stutter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈstʌtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstʌtɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Meanings

  1. A speech disorder characterized by stuttering.
  2. (obsolete) One who stutters.
    • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103, And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stutters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

stuttery (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter) · stutter gun (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter) · interiorized stutter (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter) · stutterer (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter) · pseudostuttering (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter) · stutter edit (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter) · covert stutter (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter) · pseudostutter (Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter)

Synonyms

stammer · stammerer · stutterer

Translations (58)

dsb jěkotanje (speech disorder) · gl tartamudez (speech disorder) · ja 吃り (speech disorder) · kk кекештік (speech disorder) · lt mikčiojimas (speech disorder) · sc achichiadura (speech disorder) · ro bâlbâire (speech disorder) · hi कंठभंग (speech disorder) · nl stotteren (speech disorder) · lv stostīšanās (speech disorder) · ia balbutiamento (speech disorder) · bg пелтечене (speech disorder) · an tartameca (speech disorder) · ca quequeig (speech disorder) · he גמגום (speech disorder) · de Stottern (speech disorder) · cs koktání (speech disorder) · fr bégaiement (speech disorder) · cmn 口吃 (speech disorder) · krl eketys (speech disorder) · ru заика́ние (speech disorder) · hi हकलापन (speech disorder) · ast tatexu (speech disorder) · tr kekemelik (speech disorder) · ga maolteanga (speech disorder) · fi änkytys (speech disorder) · sh mucanje (speech disorder) · id gagap (speech disorder) · sa कण्ठभङ्ग (speech disorder) · sv stamning (speech disorder) · sk zajakavosť (speech disorder) · tr kekeleme (speech disorder) · pl jąkanie (speech disorder) · io stotero (speech disorder) · el τραύλισμα (speech disorder) · rm balbegiar (speech disorder) · cy atal dweud (speech disorder) · bg зае́кване (speech disorder) · es tartamudeo (speech disorder) · hu dadogás (speech disorder) · nv ałtʼaʼndziih (speech disorder) · mnc ᡥᡝᠯᡝᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ (speech disorder) · pt gagueira (speech disorder) · hi हकलाहट (speech disorder) · ko 더듬기 (speech disorder) · sk koktanie (speech disorder) · it balbuzie (speech disorder) · sq belbëzimi (speech disorder) · hy կակազում (speech disorder) · ast tartayu (speech disorder) · pam kakak (speech disorder) · dsb zajěkotanje (speech disorder) · uk заїкання (speech disorder) · sh муцање (speech disorder) · eu hitz-moteltasun (speech disorder) · zza kekezey (speech disorder) · fur balbuzie (speech disorder) · eo balbutado (speech disorder)

stutter en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈstʌtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstʌtɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
    • He stuttered a few words of thanks.
  2. (intransitive) To expel a gas with difficulty.
    • The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope.
    • I was stuttering after the marathon.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stuttering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stutters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stuttered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stuttered Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

stammer · hacker