blunt

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /blʌnt/
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• Northern-England: /blʊnt/
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• rhymes with -ʌnt
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• CMU ARPABET: B L AH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).

Two possible origins: * From Anglo-Norman blunt (“blond”), a nickname for someone with fair hair or a light complexion. * From Middle English blunt (“dull, stupid”), a nickname for a stupid person.

From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aklanon: dumpoe — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Southern Altai: томтык (tomtïk) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Southern Altai: моко (moko) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Southern Altai: ӧтпӧс (ötpös) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Arabic: كَلِيل (kalīl) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Armenian: բութ (butʻ) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Bashkir: үтмәҫ (ütməś) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Bashkir: тупаҫ (tupaś) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Bashkir: тупаҡ (tupaq) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Basque: kamuts — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Belarusian: тупы́ (tupý) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Bhojpuri: कुंद (kund) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Bulgarian: тъп (tǎp) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Bulgarian: притъпен (pritǎpen) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Burmese: တုံး (tum:) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Catalan: rom — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Chinese Mandarin: 鈍 /钝 (dùn) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Czech: tupý — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Danish: sløv — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Dutch: stomp — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Dutch: bot — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Esperanto: malakra — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Estonian: nüri — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Finnish: tylppä — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Finnish: tylsä — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• French: émoussé — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Galician: moucho — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Galician: obtuso — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Galician: mouco — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Georgian: ბლაგვი (blagvi) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• German: stumpf — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• German: abgestumpft — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Greek: αμβλύς (amvlýs) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Ancient Greek: ἀμβλύς (amblús) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Ancient Greek: κωφός (kōphós) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Hebrew: קֵהֶה (qehé) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Hindi: कुंद (kund) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Hungarian: tompa — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Hungarian: életlen — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Icelandic: sljór — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Indonesian: tumpul — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Indonesian: majal — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Ingrian: tyltsä — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Ingrian: nyrhi — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Ingrian: tylppä — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Italian: spuntato — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Japanese: 鈍い (nibui) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Khmer: រឹល (rɨl) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Korean: 무딘 (mudin) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Kyrgyz: мокок (mokok) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Latin: obtusus — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Latin: hebes — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Latin: retusus — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Latvian: truls — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Latvian: neass — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Lithuanian: bukas — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Macedonian: тап (tap) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Malay: tumpul — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Manx: neuvirragh — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Manx: angheyre — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: kotehe — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: pūnuki — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: hāpūpū — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: pūhoi — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: nguture — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: pūnguru — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: pūhuki — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: kuruhuki — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: tūnguru — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Māori: kiporo — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Mongolian: мохоо (moxoo) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Norwegian Bokmål: stump — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stump — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Occitan: mos — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Persian: کند (kond) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Polish: tępy — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Portuguese: cego — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Portuguese: rombo — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Portuguese: obtuso — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Romanian: tocit — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Romanian: neascutit — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Romanian: bont — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Russian: тупо́й (tupój) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Serbo-Croatian: туп — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Serbo-Croatian: tup — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Sicilian: tunnu — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Slovak: tupý — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Slovene: top — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: romo — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: obtuso — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: desafilado — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: despuntado — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: contundente — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: tundente — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: pompo — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: boto — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Spanish: botoso — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Swedish: trubbig — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Tamil: மழுங்கிய (maḻuṅkiya) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Tamil: மொக்கையான (mokkaiyāṉa) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Tausug: tumpul — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Thai: ทู่ (tûu) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Thai: ทื่อ (tʉ̂ʉ) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Turkish: küt — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Ottoman Turkish: كور (kör) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Ukrainian: тупи́й (tupýj) — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Vietnamese: cùn — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Welsh: pŵl — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Welsh: di-awch — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Zazaki: xırt — having a thick edge or point, not sharp
• Armenian: բութ (butʻ) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Bulgarian: тъп (tǎp) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Bulgarian: глупав (glupav) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Danish: sløv — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Finnish: hidasälyinen — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• French: sot — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• French: obtus — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• French: idiot — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Galician: mouco — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Galician: obtuso — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• German: stumpf — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• German: träge — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Greek: αμβλύς (amvlýs) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Italian: ottuso — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Korean: 무딘 (mudin) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Macedonian: тап (tap) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Mongolian: мохоо (moxoo) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Persian: کند (kond) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Portuguese: obtuso — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Russian: тупо́й (tupój) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Spanish: obtuso — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Spanish: boto — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Spanish: botoso — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Tamil: மந்தம் (mantam) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Thai: ทื่อ (tʉ̂ʉ) — dull in understanding; slow of discernment
• Bulgarian: рязък (rjazǎk) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Bulgarian: безцеремонен (bezceremonen) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Dutch: bot — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Estonian: otsekohene — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Finnish: suorasukainen — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• French: abrupt — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Galician: ríspeto — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Galician: brusco — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• German: ungehobelt — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• German: unverblümt — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Hindi: मुँहफट (mũhphaṭ) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Japanese: ストレート (sutorēto) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Macedonian: груб (grub) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Macedonian: на́гол (nágol) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Macedonian: о́тсечен (ótsečen) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Macedonian: о́стар (óstar) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Polish: bezceremonialny — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Portuguese: brusco — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Sicilian: schittu — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Sicilian: francu — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Spanish: brusco — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Spanish: franco — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Spanish: directo — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Spanish: terminante — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Tamil: அப்பட்டம் (appaṭṭam) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Tamil: அப்பட்டமான (appaṭṭamāṉa) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Thai: ทื่อ (tʉ̂ʉ) — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Welsh: di-flewyn-ar-dafod — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Welsh: plaen — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Welsh: diseremoni — abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious
• Bulgarian: нечувствителен (nečuvstvitelen) — hard to impress or penetrate
• German: abgestumpft — hard to impress or penetrate
• Italian: spuntato — hard to impress or penetrate
• Portuguese: obtuso — hard to impress or penetrate
• Finnish: tylppä neula — short needle with a strong point
• Catalan: porro — cigar filled with marijuana
• Catalan: peta — cigar filled with marijuana
• Finnish: bluntti — cigar filled with marijuana
• French: blunt — cigar filled with marijuana
• Galician: peta — cigar filled with marijuana
• German: Blunt — cigar filled with marijuana
• Polish: blant — cigar filled with marijuana
• Portuguese: beque — cigar filled with marijuana
• Russian: кося́к (kosják) — cigar filled with marijuana
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̏ксна — cigar filled with marijuana
• Serbo-Croatian: bȕksna — cigar filled with marijuana
• Spanish: porro — cigar filled with marijuana
• Spanish: filin — cigar filled with marijuana
• Spanish: blon — cigar filled with marijuana
• Swedish: joint — cigar filled with marijuana
• Swedish: jolle — cigar filled with marijuana
• Swedish: joppe — cigar filled with marijuana
• Tamil: சுருட்டு (curuṭṭu) — cigar filled with marijuana
• Bulgarian: притъпявам (pritǎpjavam) — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Finnish: tylsyttää — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• French: émousser — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• German: abstumpfen — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Greek: αμβλύνω (amvlýno) — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Ancient Greek: ἀμβλύνω (amblúnō) — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Italian: smussare — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Italian: spuntare — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Macedonian: та́пи (tápi) — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Māori: tiwhatiwha — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Māori: whakapūhuki — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Māori: whakahāpūpū — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Māori: whakapūhoi — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Khiamniungan Naga: tāi — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Portuguese: cegar — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Spanish: embotar — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Spanish: despuntar — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Spanish: desafilar — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Spanish: enromar — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Swedish: trubba — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Tamil: மழுங்கடி (maḻuṅkaṭi) — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Tamil: முழுக்கு (muḻukku) — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Tamil: கூர்கெடு (kūrkeṭu) — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Welsh: pylu — to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker
• Dutch: afzwakken — to repress or weaken
• Finnish: latistaa — to repress or weaken
• Finnish: lässäyttää — to repress or weaken
• French: réprimer — to repress or weaken
• Greek: αμβλύνω (amvlýno) — to repress or weaken
• Ancient Greek: ἀμβλύνω (amblúnō) — to repress or weaken
• Portuguese: reprimir — to repress or weaken
• Spanish: embotar — to repress or weaken
• Tamil: மழுங்கடி (maḻuṅkaṭi) — to repress or weaken