stumble

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Noun

stumble (plural stumbles)

1. a fall, trip or substantial misstep
2. an error or blunder

Synonyms

• (a blunder): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, thinko
• See also Wikisaurus:error

Translations

a fall or trip

Danish: snublen c. Finnish: kompastus French: chute (fr) f., faux pas (fr) m. German: Stolpern (de) n., Fehltritt (de) m.

Italian: scivolone (it) m. Portuguese: tropeço (pt) Russian: спотыкание (ru) n. Spanish: tropezón (es) m.

an error or blunder

Danish: fejl c., fejltrin n. Finnish: virhe (fi), moka (fi) French: bourde (fr) f.

German: Fehler (de) m., Schnitzer (de) m. Russian: проступок (ru) m.

Verb

stumble (third-person singular simple present stumbles, present participle stumbling, simple past and past participle stumbled)

1. (intransitive) to trip or fall

   He stumbled over a rock.

2. (intransitive) to make a mistake or have trouble

   I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.

Derived terms

• stumble across
• stumble against
• stumble on
• stumble upon

Translations

to trip or fall

Czech: zakopnout (cs) Danish: snuble (da) Finnish: kompastua (fi), kompuroida (fi) French: trébucher (fr) German: stolpern (de)

Italian: scivolare (it) Korean: 넘어질 뻔하다 (ko) ((num uh jil pun ha da)) Portuguese: tropeçar (pt) Russian: спотыкаться (ru), оступаться (ru) Spanish: tropezar (es)

to make a mistake or have trouble

Danish: fejle, begå fejl Korean: 넘어질 뻔하다 (ko)

Portuguese: tropeçar Russian: ошибаться (ru), оступаться (ru)

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French: butter Ido: butar

Swedish: snubbla

See also

• stumbling block

Anagrams

• tumbles