stutter

English

Etymology

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstʌtɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstʌtə/
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Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)

Verb

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

(transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
He stuttered a few words of thanks.
(intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty
The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.

Synonyms

(speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer

Translations

to speak with spasmodic repetition — see stammer

Noun

stutter (plural stutters)

A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
Synonym: stammer
(obsolete) One who stutters.
Synonyms: stutterer, stammerer
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,
  And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.

Translations

speech disorder — See also translations at stuttering,‎ stammering,‎ stammer#Noun

Albanian: belbëzimi
Aragonese: tartameca f
Armenian: կակազում (hy) (kakazum)
Asturian: tartayu m, tatexu m
Basque: hitz-moteltasun
Bulgarian: зае́кване (zaékvane)
Catalan: quequeig (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 口吃 (zh) (kǒuchī)
Czech: koktání n
Dutch: stotteren (nl) n
Esperanto: balbutado
Finnish: änkytys (fi)
French: bégaiement (fr) m
Friulian: balbuzie f
Galician: tartamudez (gl) m
German: Stottern (de) n
Greek: τραύλισμα (el) n (trávlisma)
Hebrew: גמגום‎ (he) m (gimgum)
Hindi: हकलाहट (hi) f (haklāhaṭ), हकलापन (hi) m (haklāpan), कंठभंग (hi) m (kaṇṭhbhaṅg)
Hungarian: dadogás (hu)
Ido: stotero (io)
Indonesian: gagap (id)
Interlingua: balbutiamento
Irish: maolteanga f
Italian: balbuzie (it) f
Japanese: 吃り (domori)
Kapampangan: kakak
Karelian: eketys
Kazakh: кекештік (kekeştık)
Korean: 더듬기 (deodeumgi)
Latvian: stostīšanās
Lithuanian: mikčiojimas (lt)
Lower Sorbian: jěkotanje n, zajěkotanje n
Manchu: ᡥᡝᠯᡝᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ (heledembi)
Navajo: ałtʼaʼndziih
Polish: jąkanie (pl) n
Portuguese: gagueira f
Romanian: bâlbâire
Romansch: balbegiar m
Russian: заика́ние (ru) n (zaikánije)
Sanskrit: कण्ठभङ्ग (sa) m (kaṇṭhabhaṅga)
Sardinian: achichiadura f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: муцање
Roman: mucanje (sh)
Slovak: zajakavosť, koktanie
Spanish: tartamudeo (es) m
Swedish: stamning
Turkish: kekeleme (tr), kekemelik (tr)
Ukrainian: заїкання (zajikannja)
Welsh: atal dweud (cy)
Zazaki: kekezey

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb stutter

covert stutter
pseudostuttering
stutterer

Anagrams

Truetts, tutters