When she began to stutter, her classmates couldn't help laughing.
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Stutter
//ˈstʌtɚ//
Synonyms for "stutter" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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9 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
7 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- belbëzimi noun (speech disorder)
Aragonese
1 entries- tartameca noun (speech disorder)
Armenian
1 entries- կակազում noun (speech disorder)
Asturian
2 entries- tartayu noun (speech disorder)
- tatexu noun (speech disorder)
Basque
1 entries- hitz-moteltasun noun (speech disorder)
Bulgarian
2 entries- зае́кване noun (speech disorder)
- пелтечене noun (speech disorder)
Catalan
1 entries- quequeig noun (speech disorder)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 口吃 noun (speech disorder)
Czech
1 entries- koktání noun (speech disorder)
Dutch
1 entries- stotteren noun (speech disorder)
Esperanto
1 entries- balbutado noun (speech disorder)
Finnish
1 entries- änkytys noun (speech disorder)
French
1 entries- bégaiement noun (speech disorder)
Friulian
1 entries- balbuzie noun (speech disorder)
Galician
1 entries- tartamudez noun (speech disorder)
German
1 entries- Stottern noun (speech disorder)
Greek
1 entries- τραύλισμα noun (speech disorder)
Hebrew
1 entries- גמגום noun (speech disorder)
Hindi
3 entries- कंठभंग noun (speech disorder)
- हकलापन noun (speech disorder)
- हकलाहट noun (speech disorder)
Hungarian
1 entries- dadogás noun (speech disorder)
Ido
1 entries- stotero noun (speech disorder)
Indonesian
1 entries- gagap noun (speech disorder)
Interlingua
1 entries- balbutiamento noun (speech disorder)
Irish
1 entries- maolteanga noun (speech disorder)
Italian
1 entries- balbuzie noun (speech disorder)
Japanese
1 entries- 吃り noun (speech disorder)
Kapampangan
1 entries- kakak noun (speech disorder)
Karelian
1 entries- eketys noun (speech disorder)
Kazakh
1 entries- кекештік noun (speech disorder)
Korean
1 entries- 더듬기 noun (speech disorder)
Latvian
1 entries- stostīšanās noun (speech disorder)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mikčiojimas noun (speech disorder)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- jěkotanje noun (speech disorder)
- zajěkotanje noun (speech disorder)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡥᡝᠯᡝᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ noun (speech disorder)
Navajo
1 entries- ałtʼaʼndziih noun (speech disorder)
Polish
1 entries- jąkanie noun (speech disorder)
Portuguese
1 entries- gagueira noun (speech disorder)
Romanian
1 entries- bâlbâire noun (speech disorder)
Romansch
1 entries- balbegiar noun (speech disorder)
Russian
1 entries- заика́ние noun (speech disorder)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कण्ठभङ्ग noun (speech disorder)
Sardinian
1 entries- achichiadura noun (speech disorder)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mucanje noun (speech disorder)
- муцање noun (speech disorder)
Slovak
2 entries- koktanie noun (speech disorder)
- zajakavosť noun (speech disorder)
Spanish
1 entries- tartamudeo noun (speech disorder)
Swedish
1 entries- stamning noun (speech disorder)
Turkish
2 entries- kekeleme noun (speech disorder)
- kekemelik noun (speech disorder)
Ukrainian
1 entries- заїкання noun (speech disorder)
Welsh
1 entries- atal dweud noun (speech disorder)
Zazaki
1 entries- kekezey noun (speech disorder)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Don't stutter!
Source: tatoeba (1357266)
I sometimes stutter.
Source: tatoeba (5851649)
How is it you speak with such a stutter?
Source: tatoeba (6457954)
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