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tongue-twister en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.
   • The present name being a translation, "in brief," of the original tongue-twister, meaning "the river of the rock" 1855, H. Taylor with J. H. Beech, “Report of the Committee on Dysentery”, in The Transactions of the American Medical Association, volume viii, Philadelphia: Collins, page 568:

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Translations (79)

cy cwlwm tafod (phrase which is difficult to say) · tr tekerleme (phrase which is difficult to say) · yue 急口令 (phrase which is difficult to say) · fr virelangue (phrase which is difficult to say) · ko 잰말놀이 (phrase which is difficult to say) · ar تَنَافُر (phrase which is difficult to say) · ga rabhlóg (phrase which is difficult to say) · tl pamilipit-dila (phrase which is difficult to say) · ay laxra chinja (phrase which is difficult to say) · fy tongbrekkerssechje (phrase which is difficult to say) · eo langrompilo (phrase which is difficult to say) · ko 빠른말 (phrase which is difficult to say) · nl tongbreker (phrase which is difficult to say) · wa toitche-linwe (phrase which is difficult to say) · ga casfhocal (phrase which is difficult to say) · fi sanahirviö (phrase which is difficult to say) · pl łamaniec (phrase which is difficult to say) · be быстрамо́ўка (phrase which is difficult to say) · pt trava-línguas (phrase which is difficult to say) · bar Zungabrecha (phrase which is difficult to say) · gsw Zongabrecher (phrase which is difficult to say) · ca embarbussament (phrase which is difficult to say) · lv ātrruna (phrase which is difficult to say) · ja 早口言葉 (phrase which is difficult to say) · nds-de Tungenbreker (phrase which is difficult to say) · sh бр̀залица (phrase which is difficult to say) · uk скоромовка (phrase which is difficult to say) · ast traballingües (phrase which is difficult to say) · rsk язиколамка (phrase which is difficult to say) · pt trava-língua (phrase which is difficult to say) · lmo deslengualengua (phrase which is difficult to say) · sk jazykolam (phrase which is difficult to say) · pl łamaniec językowy (phrase which is difficult to say) · sw kitanza ndimi (phrase which is difficult to say) · ru скорогово́рка (phrase which is difficult to say) · ca travallengua (phrase which is difficult to say) · ro frântură de limbă (phrase which is difficult to say) · lv mēles mežģis (phrase which is difficult to say) · id pembelit lidah (phrase which is difficult to say) · gl trabalinguas (phrase which is difficult to say) · uz tez aytish (phrase which is difficult to say) · sv tungvrickare (phrase which is difficult to say) · es trabalenguas (phrase which is difficult to say) · ta நா பிறழ் (phrase which is difficult to say) · nn tungekrøll (phrase which is difficult to say) · it scioglilingua (phrase which is difficult to say) · az yanıltmac (phrase which is difficult to say) · cmn 繞口令 /绕口令 (phrase which is difficult to say) · ast empapiellu (phrase which is difficult to say) · mi pepe takimanawa (phrase which is difficult to say) · nb tungekrøll (phrase which is difficult to say) · kpv кывбертлас (phrase which is difficult to say) · fi kielivoimisteluloru (phrase which is difficult to say) · bg скоропоговорка (phrase which is difficult to say) · udm кылтӥян (phrase which is difficult to say) · lt greitãkalbė (phrase which is difficult to say) · oc viralenga (phrase which is difficult to say) · is tungubrjót (phrase which is difficult to say) · yi גיכווערטל (phrase which is difficult to say) · crh tezaytım (phrase which is difficult to say) · be скорагаво́рка (phrase which is difficult to say) · rsk швидковигваряце виреченє (phrase which is difficult to say) · bar Bappndralla (phrase which is difficult to say) · da tungebrækker (phrase which is difficult to say) · hu nyelvtörő (phrase which is difficult to say) · nan-hbl 桀口話 /桀口话 (phrase which is difficult to say) · ky жаңылтмач (phrase which is difficult to say) · eu aho-korapilo (phrase which is difficult to say) · nan-hbl 繞口令 /绕口令 (phrase which is difficult to say) · sh br̀zalica (phrase which is difficult to say) · el γλωσσοδέτης (phrase which is difficult to say) · te టంగ్-ట్విస్టర్ (phrase which is difficult to say) · nan-hbl 謔喙訣 /谑喙诀 (phrase which is difficult to say) · mk брзозбо́рка (phrase which is difficult to say) · tl pampilipit-dila (phrase which is difficult to say) · cs jazykolam (phrase which is difficult to say) · de Zungenbrecher (phrase which is difficult to say) · udm ӝогверан (phrase which is difficult to say) · cmn 拗口令 (phrase which is difficult to say)