blunder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblʌn.dəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈblʌ̹n.dəː]
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• General-American: /ˈblʌn.dɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈblʌ̈n.dɚ] ~ [ˈblʌ̈n.dɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ʌndə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: B L AH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: груба грешка (gruba greška) — mistake
• Bulgarian: пропуск (propusk) — mistake
• Catalan: relliscada — mistake
• Catalan: ficada de pota — mistake
• Chinese Mandarin: 錯誤 /错误 (cuòwù) — mistake
• Dutch: blunder — mistake
• Finnish: kommellus — mistake
• Finnish: kömmähdys — mistake
• Finnish: munaus — mistake
• Finnish: töppäys — mistake
• Finnish: haksahdus — mistake
• French: gaffe — mistake
• French: impair — mistake
• French: faux pas — mistake
• French: maladresse — mistake
• French: bourde — mistake
• German: Patzer — mistake
• German: Schnitzer — mistake
• German: Fehler — mistake
• German: Fehlgriff — mistake
• German: Mißgriff — mistake
• German: Fauxpas — mistake
• German: Fehlleistung — mistake
• German: Ungeschicklichkeit — mistake
• German: Fehltritt — mistake
• German: Versehen — mistake
• Greek: γκάφα f σφάλμα (gkáfa) — mistake
• Greek: λάθος (láthos) — mistake
• Greek: παραδρομή (paradromí) — mistake
• Hebrew: פַּאֲשְׁלָה (pashlah) — mistake
• Hungarian: baklövés — mistake
• Hungarian: szarvashiba — mistake
• Irish: botún — mistake
• Irish: meancóg — mistake
• Irish: tuaiplis — mistake
• Italian: abbaglio — mistake
• Italian: strafalcione — mistake
• Italian: cantonata — mistake
• Italian: sfondone — mistake
• Italian: svarione — mistake
• Italian: topica — mistake
• Japanese: へま (hema) — mistake
• Japanese: ポカ (poka) — mistake
• Macedonian: кикс (kiks) — mistake
• Macedonian: ла́псус (lápsus) — mistake
• Macedonian: про́пуст (própust) — mistake
• Macedonian: гаф (gaf) — mistake
• Māori: pōkaku — mistake
• Māori: hēnga — mistake
• Māori: paheketanga — mistake
• Marathi: घोडचूक (ghoḍcūk) — mistake
• Norwegian Bokmål: tabbe — mistake
• Norwegian Bokmål: bommert — mistake
• Norwegian Bokmål: blunder — mistake
• Norwegian Bokmål: bukk — mistake
• Polish: gafa — mistake
• Portuguese: erro — mistake
• Portuguese: confusão — mistake
• Portuguese: gafe — mistake
• Portuguese: mico — mistake
• Portuguese: pontapé — mistake
• Russian: ляп (ljap) — mistake
• Russian: ля́псус (ljápsus) — mistake
• Russian: проко́л (prokól) — mistake
• Russian: про́мах (prómax) — mistake
• Russian: просчёт (prosčót) — mistake
• Russian: зево́к (zevók) — mistake
• Russian: грубая ошибка (grubaja ošibka) — mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: kiks — mistake
• Serbo-Croatian: кикс — mistake
• Spanish: error — mistake
• Spanish: condoro — mistake
• Spanish: descache — mistake
• Spanish: torpeza — mistake
• Spanish: desliz — mistake
• Spanish: error garrafal — mistake
• Spanish: metida de pata — mistake
• Spanish: tropiezo — mistake
• Spanish: desatino — mistake
• Spanish: topinada — mistake
• Spanish: mote — mistake
• Spanish: gazapo — mistake
• Spanish: metedura de pata — mistake
• Spanish: metida de patas — mistake
• Spanish: cagada — mistake
• Spanish: traspié — mistake
• Swedish: blunder — mistake
• Swedish: tabbe — mistake
• Swedish: tavla — mistake
• Turkish: hata — mistake
• Old Norse: fingrbrjótr — big mistake in chess
• Vietnamese: nước sai lầm ngớ ngẩn (in Chess.com) — big mistake in chess
• Bulgarian: правя груби грешки (pravja grubi greški) — To make a stupid mistake
• Dutch: blunderen — To make a stupid mistake
• Dutch: een flater slaan — To make a stupid mistake
• Dutch: een bok schieten — To make a stupid mistake
• Dutch: miskleunen — To make a stupid mistake
• Dutch: flateren — To make a stupid mistake
• Esperanto: fuŝi — To make a stupid mistake
• French: faire une gaffe — To make a stupid mistake
• French: gaffer — To make a stupid mistake
• French: fauter — To make a stupid mistake
• French: se tromper — To make a stupid mistake
• French: se planter — To make a stupid mistake
• German: patzen — To make a stupid mistake
• German: einen Bock schießen — To make a stupid mistake
• German: danebengreifen — To make a stupid mistake
• German: vermasseln — To make a stupid mistake
• German: murksen — To make a stupid mistake
• German: vermurksen — To make a stupid mistake
• German: pfuschen — To make a stupid mistake
• German: Mist bauen — To make a stupid mistake
• German: sich blamieren — To make a stupid mistake
• Greek: σφάλλω (sfállo) — To make a stupid mistake
• Hungarian: bakot lő — To make a stupid mistake
• Italian: sbagliare — To make a stupid mistake
• Italian: prendere una cantonata — To make a stupid mistake
• Italian: prendere un abbaglio — To make a stupid mistake
• Italian: sgarrare — To make a stupid mistake
• Italian: errare — To make a stupid mistake
• Italian: toppare — To make a stupid mistake
• Italian: spropositare — To make a stupid mistake
• Marathi: घोडचूक करणे (ghoḍcūk karṇe) — To make a stupid mistake
• Norwegian Bokmål: tabbe seg ut — To make a stupid mistake
• Norwegian Bokmål: bukke — To make a stupid mistake
• Portuguese: cometer erro — To make a stupid mistake
• Portuguese: fazer besteira — To make a stupid mistake
• Portuguese: atrapalhar-se — To make a stupid mistake
• Russian: ля́пнуть (ljápnutʹ) — To make a stupid mistake
• Russian: лопухну́ться (lopuxnútʹsja) — To make a stupid mistake
• Russian: лажа́ться (lažátʹsja) — To make a stupid mistake
• Russian: облажа́ться (oblažátʹsja) — To make a stupid mistake
• Sanskrit: स्रेधति (sredhati) — To make a stupid mistake
• Spanish: meter la pata — To make a stupid mistake
• Spanish: cagarse fuera del tarro — To make a stupid mistake
• Spanish: cagar fuera del cajón — To make a stupid mistake
• Spanish: cagar fuera del tiesto — To make a stupid mistake
• Spanish: cagar fuera del tibor — To make a stupid mistake
• Thai: เพลี่ยงพล่ํา — To make a stupid mistake
• Thai: พลาดท่า — To make a stupid mistake
• Thai: เสียที — To make a stupid mistake
• Volapük: pökön — To make a stupid mistake
• Bulgarian: вървя слепешката (vǎrvja slepeškata) — To move blindly or clumsily
• Catalan: anar cegament — To move blindly or clumsily
• French: se déplacer maladroitement — To move blindly or clumsily
• French: se mouvoir maladroitement — To move blindly or clumsily
• German: stolpern — To move blindly or clumsily
• German: herumtappen — To move blindly or clumsily
• Italian: muoversi a tentoni — To move blindly or clumsily
• Italian: andare alla cieca — To move blindly or clumsily
• Latin: eo caece — To move blindly or clumsily
• Māori: pakihawa — To move blindly or clumsily
• Portuguese: andar cegamente — To move blindly or clumsily
• Russian: дви́гаться о́щупью (dvígatʹsja óščupʹju) — To move blindly or clumsily
• Russian: дви́гаться на о́щупь (dvígatʹsja na óščupʹ) — To move blindly or clumsily
• Russian: дви́гаться неуве́ренно (dvígatʹsja neuvérenno) — To move blindly or clumsily
• Spanish: dar tumbos — To move blindly or clumsily
• Swedish: drumla — To move blindly or clumsily