clatter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklætəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈklæthəː]
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• General-American: /ˈklæɾɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈklæɾɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K L AE1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren. The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14th century.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тракане (trakane) — A rattling noise
• Bulgarian: тропот (tropot) — A rattling noise
• Czech: klapání — A rattling noise
• Czech: klapot — A rattling noise
• Czech: rachocení — A rattling noise
• Czech: rachot — A rattling noise
• Finnish: kolina — A rattling noise
• Finnish: kalina — A rattling noise
• French: claquement — A rattling noise
• French: craquement — A rattling noise
• German: Geklapper — A rattling noise
• German: Gepolter — A rattling noise
• German: Klappern — A rattling noise
• German: Klackern — A rattling noise
• German: Geklacker — A rattling noise
• German: Rappeln — A rattling noise
• German: Gerappel — A rattling noise
• German: Geklapper — A rattling noise
• Macedonian: тро́пот (trópot) — A rattling noise
• Macedonian: лу́пање (lúpanje) — A rattling noise
• Russian: гро́хот (gróxot) — A rattling noise
• Russian: лязг (ljazg) — A rattling noise
• Russian: цокот (cokot) — A rattling noise
• Swedish: klapper — A rattling noise
• Turkish: takır tukur — A rattling noise
• Bulgarian: тупурдия (tupurdija) — A loud disturbance
• Finnish: rytinä — A loud disturbance
• French: vacarme — A loud disturbance
• Macedonian: тропо́тница (tropótnica) — A loud disturbance
• Sanskrit: तुमुल (tumula) — A loud disturbance
• Turkish: patır kütür — A loud disturbance
• Danish: kaglen — Noisy talk or chatter
• Russian: галдёж (galdjóž) — Noisy talk or chatter
• Russian: трескотня (treskotnja) — Noisy talk or chatter
• Russian: болтовня (boltovnja) — Noisy talk or chatter
• Russian: гул (gul) — Noisy talk or chatter
• Bulgarian: тракам (trakam) — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Bulgarian: тропам (tropam) — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Esperanto: klakigi — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Finnish: kolisuttaa — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Finnish: kolistaa — To cause to make a rattling sound
• German: klappern — To cause to make a rattling sound
• German: poltern — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Macedonian: тро́поти (trópoti) — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Serbo-Croatian: zveketati — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Spanish: traquetear — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Ottoman Turkish: طاپرداتمق (tapırdatmak) — To cause to make a rattling sound
• Arabic: قَعْقَعَ (qaʕqaʕa) — To make a rattling noise
• Bulgarian: тракам (trakam) — To make a rattling noise
• Bulgarian: тропам (tropam) — To make a rattling noise
• Czech: klapat — To make a rattling noise
• Czech: cvakat — To make a rattling noise
• Czech: rachotit — To make a rattling noise
• Esperanto: klaki — To make a rattling noise
• Finnish: kolista — To make a rattling noise
• Finnish: kalista — To make a rattling noise
• French: claquer — To make a rattling noise
• French: craquer — To make a rattling noise
• Ingrian: kolissa — To make a rattling noise
• Portuguese: chocalhar — To make a rattling noise
• Portuguese: chacoalhar — To make a rattling noise
• Swedish: klappra — To make a rattling noise
• Ottoman Turkish: طاپردامق (tapırdamak) — To make a rattling noise
• Bulgarian: трополя (tropolja) — To chatter noisily or rapidly
• Bulgarian: дрънкам (drǎnkam) — To chatter noisily or rapidly
• Czech: žvanit — To chatter noisily or rapidly
• Czech: drčet — To chatter noisily or rapidly
• Czech: mlít pantem — To chatter noisily or rapidly
• Danish: kagle — To chatter noisily or rapidly
• Spanish: trapalear — To chatter noisily or rapidly