stutter

English

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈstʌɾɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"stV4@`/
• Rhymes: -ʌtə(r)

Verb

stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)

1. (intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

Synonyms

• (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer

Translations

to speak with spasmodic repetition

• Armenian: կակազել (hy) (kakazel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口吃 (cmn) (kǒuchī), 結巴 (cmn), 结巴 (cmn) (jiēbā), 磕巴 (cmn) (kēbā), 漏口 (cmn) (lòukǒu)

• Czech: koktat (cs)
• Dutch: stotteren
• Finnish: änkyttää (fi)
• French: balbutier (fr), bégayer (fr)
• German: stottern (de), stammeln (de)
• Greek: τραυλίζω (el) (travlizo)
• Hebrew: גמגם (he) (gimgém)
• Hungarian: dadog (hu)
• Ido: balbutar

• Italian: balbettare (it), tartagliare (it)
• Japanese: 吃る (ja) (どもる, domoru)
• Jèrriais: aheuqu'ter, bégaûder
• Latin: balbutio (la)
• Polish: jąkać się (pl)
• Portuguese: gaguejar (pt)
• Quechua: aklluykachay (qu), aklluy (qu)
• Romanian: bâlbâi (ro)
• Russian: заикаться (ru) (zaikát’sja), запинаться (ru) (zapinát’sja)
• Spanish: tartamudear (es), balbucir (es)
• Swedish: stamma (sv)
• Turkish: pepelemek (tr), kekelemek (tr)

Noun

stutter (plural stutters)

1. A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
2. (obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

• stammer

Translations

speech disorder

• Armenian: կակազում (hy) (kakazum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口吃 (cmn) (kǒuchī)

• Dutch: stotteren (nl) n
• Finnish: änkytys (fi)
• French: bégaiement (fr) m
• German: Stottern (de) n
• Greek: τραύλισμα (el) (travlisma) n
• Hebrew: גמגום (he) (gimgum)
• Irish: maolteanga (ga) f

• Italian: balbuzie (it) f
• Japanese: 吃り (ja) (どもり, domori)
• Korean: 더듬기 (ko) (deodeumgi)
• Polish: jąkanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: gagueira f
• Romanian: bâlbâire (ro)
• Russian: заикание (ru) (zaikánije) n
• Spanish: tartamudeo (es) m
• Turkish: kekeleme (tr), kekemelik (tr)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter

covert stutter

pseudostuttering

stutterer