hesitation

See also hésitation

English

Alternative forms

• hæsitation (chiefly archaic) [18^th–19^th C.]

Etymology

From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hezɪˈteɪʃən/

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia hesitation (plural hesitations)

1. An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
2. A faltering in speech; stammering.

Related terms

• hesitate

Translations

act of hesitating

Chinese: Mandarin: 躊躇 (zh), 踌躇 (zh) (chóuchú), 猶豫 (zh), 犹豫 (zh) (yóuyù), 遲疑 (zh), 迟疑 (zh) (chíyí), 彷徨 (zh) (pánghuáng) Czech: váhání (cs) n. Finnish: empiminen, epäröiminen, epäröinti German: Zögern n. Greek: δισταγμός m. (δistagmos)

Indonesian: keragu-raguan (id) Italian: esitazione (it) Japanese: 躊躇 (chūcho), ためらい (tamerai) Luxembourgish: Zécken (lb) n. Polish: wahanie n., niezdecydowanie n. Scottish Gaelic: sgogarsaich (gd) f. Swedish: tvekan (sv) c.

faltering in speech

Chinese: Mandarin: 支吾 (zh) (zhīwu), 吞吐 (zh) (tūntǔ), 口吃 (zh) (kǒuchī), 結巴 (zh), 结巴 (zh) (jiéba)

Czech: zaváhání (cs) n. Finnish: takeltelu (fi) German: Zögern n.