clumsiness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English clumsy

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English clumsiness

From clumsy + -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/

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Noun

clumsiness (countable and uncountable, plural clumsinesses)

1. A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

   He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.

   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house."

Translations

the condition or quality of being clumsy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 笨拙 (zh) (bènzhuō)

• Finnish: kömpelyys (fi)
• French: maladresse (fr) f, inélégance (fr) f
• Georgian: მოუქნელობა (moukneloba)
• German: Ungeschicklichkeit (de) f, Plumpheit (de) f, Unbeholfenheit (de) f
• Greek: αδεξιότητα (el) f (adexiótita)
• Hungarian: ügyetlenség (hu)
• Irish: liopastacht f, amscaíocht f, ciotrúntacht f
• Italian: goffaggine (it) f, inettitudine (it) f, sgraziataggine f
• Japanese: ふき (ja) (fuki), ドジ (doji), 不手際 (ja) (ふてぎわ, futegiwa)
• Kapampangan: kaburaldalan, keburaldalan
• Portuguese: desajeitamento m
• Russian: неуклю́жесть (ru) f (neukljúžestʹ), неповоро́тливость (ru) f (nepovorótlivostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гло̏ма̄зно̄ст f, не̏згра̄пно̄ст f

  Latin: glȍmāznōst (sh) f, nȅzgrāpnōst (sh) f

• Swedish: klumpighet (sv) c, klantighet (sv) c