stutter

English

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstʌɾɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌtə(r)

Verb

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

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

   He stuttered a few words of thanks.

Synonyms

• (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer

Translations

to speak with spasmodic repetition

• Armenian: կակազել (kakazel)
• Asturian: tartayar, tatexar, atartayar
• Chinese:

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

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

• Italian: balbettare, tartagliare
• Japanese: 吃る (どもる, domoru)
• Jèrriais: aheuqu'ter, bégaûder
• Latin: balbutio
• Maori: kikikiki
• Polish: jąkać się
• Portuguese: gaguejar (pt)
• Quechua: aklluykachay, aklluy
• Romanian: bâlbâi (ro)
• Russian: заикаться (ru) (zaikát’sja), запинаться (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

• Albanian: belbëzimi
• Aragonese: tartameca f
• Armenian: կակազում (kakazum)
• Asturian: tartayu m, tatexu m
• Basque: hitz-moteltasun
• Bulgarian: зае́кване (zaékvane)
• Catalan: quequeig m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口吃 (zh) (kǒuchī)

• Czech: koktání n
• Dutch: stotteren n
• Esperanto: balbutado
• Finnish: änkytys (fi)
• French: bégaiement (fr) m
• Friulan: balbuzie f
• Galician: tartamudez m
• German: Stottern n
• Greek: τραύλισμα (el) n (trávlisma)
• Hebrew: גמגום (he) m (gimgum)
• Hungarian: dadogás (hu)
• Ido: stotero (io)
• Indonesian: gagap (id)
• Interlingua: balbutiamento
• Irish: maolteanga f

• Italian: balbuzie f
• Japanese: 吃り (どもり, domori)
• Karelian: eketys
• Kazakh: кекештік (kekeştik)
• Korean: 더듬기 (deodeumgi)
• Latvian: stostīšanās
• Lithuanian: mikčiojimas
• Lower Sorbian: jěkotanje n, zajěkotanje n
• Polish: jąkanie n
• Portuguese: gagueira f
• Romanian: bâlbâire
• Romansch: balbegiar m
• Russian: заика́ние (ru) n (zaikánije)
• Sardinian: achichiadura f
• Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: муцање
  • Roman: mucanje
• Slovak: koktanie
• Spanish: tartamudeo (es) m
• Swedish: stamning
• Turkish: kekeleme (tr), kekemelik (tr)
• Ukrainian: заїкання (zajikannja)
• Welsh: atal dweud (cy)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter

covert stutter

pseudostuttering

stutterer