blunder

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes”). Cognates include Danish blunde (“to blink”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈblʌn.də(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"blVn.d@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈblʌn.dɚ/, SAMPA: /"blVn.d@`/

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• Rhymes: -ʌndə(r)

Noun

blunder (plural blunders)

1. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

Synonyms

• (error): blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko

Translations

mistake

Bulgarian: груба грешка (bg) f., пропуск (bg) m. Croatian: kiks (hr) m. Dutch: blunder (nl) m. Finnish: kommellus (fi), kömmähdys (fi), munaus (fi), haksahdus (fi) French: (colloquial) gaffe (fr) f., (colloquial) impair (fr) m., faux pas (fr) m., maladresse (fr) f., bourde (fr) German: Patzer (de) m., Schnitzer (de) m. Greek: σφάλμα (el) n., λάθος (el) n., παραδρομή (el) f.

Hungarian: baklövés (hu), szarvashiba (hu) Japanese: へま (hema), ポカ (poka) Portuguese: erro (pt) m., confusão (pt) m. Russian: ляп (ru) m., ляпсус (ru) m. Spanish: error (es) m., (Chile) condoro (es) m., (Colombia) descache (es) m., torpeza (es) f., desliz (es) m., garrafal (es) m., (Latin America) metida de pata (es) f. Swedish: blunder (sv) c., tabbe (sv) c., tavla (sv) c.

Verb

blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered)

1. To make a stupid mistake.
2. To move blindly or clumsily.

Translations

To make a stupid mistake

Bulgarian: правя груби грешки (bg) German: patzen (de)

Russian: ляпнуть, лопухнуться, (slang) лажаться Spanish: meter la pata (es)

To move blindly or clumsily

Bulgarian: вървя слепешката (bg)

Russian: двигаться ощупью, двигаться на ощупь

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Croatian: kiksati Greek: σφάλλω, λαθεύω

Anagrams

• bundler

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Dutch

Noun

blunder m. (plural blunders, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. blunder

Related terms

• blunderen

Anagrams

• brulden

Verb

blunder

1. first-person singular present indicative of blunderen.
2. imperative of blunderen.

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

blunder c.

1. blunder; clumsy mistake

Declension

Declension of blunder

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blunder	blundern	blundrar	blundrarna
genitive	blunders	blunderns	blundrars	blundrarnas