confusion

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• /kənˈfjuːʒən/
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• rhymes with -uːʒən
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From Middle English confusioun, from Old French confusion, from Latin confusio, confusionem. Morphologically confuse + -ion.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: huti — lack of clarity or order
• Arabic: اِلْتِبَاس (iltibās) — lack of clarity or order
• Arabic: لخبطة (laḵbaṭa) — lack of clarity or order
• Arabic: حوسة (ḥōsa) — lack of clarity or order
• Arabic: خربطة (ḵarbaṭa) — lack of clarity or order
• Armenian: շփոթ (špʻotʻ) — lack of clarity or order
• Assamese: খেলিমেলি (khelimeli) — lack of clarity or order
• Assamese: আউল (aul) — lack of clarity or order
• Azerbaijani: dolaşıqlıq — lack of clarity or order
• Bulgarian: объ́ркване (obǎ́rkvane) — lack of clarity or order
• Bulgarian: бъркоти́я (bǎrkotíja) — lack of clarity or order
• Catalan: confusió — lack of clarity or order
• Chinese Mandarin: 混亂 /混乱 (hǔnluàn) — lack of clarity or order
• Czech: zmatek — lack of clarity or order
• Danish: forvirring — lack of clarity or order
• Danish: forvirrelse — lack of clarity or order
• Dutch: verwarring — lack of clarity or order
• Dutch: war — lack of clarity or order
• Esperanto: konfuzo — lack of clarity or order
• Finnish: sekaannus — lack of clarity or order
• Finnish: epäselvyys — lack of clarity or order
• Finnish: hämmennys — lack of clarity or order
• French: confusion — lack of clarity or order
• French: désordre — lack of clarity or order
• German: Verwirrung — lack of clarity or order
• German: Durcheinander — lack of clarity or order
• German: Konfusion — lack of clarity or order
• German: Verwechslung — lack of clarity or order
• Greek: σύγχυση (sýnchysi) — lack of clarity or order
• Greek: μπέρδεμα (bérdema) — lack of clarity or order
• Ancient Greek: ταραχή (tarakhḗ) — lack of clarity or order
• Ancient Greek: τύρβη (túrbē) — lack of clarity or order
• Hebrew: בִּלְבּוּל (bilbúl) — lack of clarity or order
• Hindi: गड़बड़ (gaṛbaṛ) — lack of clarity or order
• Hungarian: zavar — lack of clarity or order
• Hungarian: összevisszaság — lack of clarity or order
• Icelandic: ruglingur — lack of clarity or order
• Icelandic: brengl — lack of clarity or order
• Irish: suaitheadh — lack of clarity or order
• Italian: confusione — lack of clarity or order
• Italian: disordine — lack of clarity or order
• Japanese: 混乱 (konran) — lack of clarity or order
• Khmer: ល្បែ (lbae) — lack of clarity or order
• Korean: 혼란 (hollan) — lack of clarity or order
• Ladino: embroyo — lack of clarity or order
• Ladino: dubarina — lack of clarity or order
• Ladino: enredijo — lack of clarity or order
• Ladino: mareo — lack of clarity or order
• Ladino: taburra — lack of clarity or order
• Latin: tumultus — lack of clarity or order
• Malay: kekeliruan — lack of clarity or order
• Māori: matangerengere — lack of clarity or order
• Māori: kaumingomingo — lack of clarity or order
• Māori: pōkaikaha — lack of clarity or order
• Polish: zamieszanie — lack of clarity or order
• Polish: chaos — lack of clarity or order
• Portuguese: confusão — lack of clarity or order
• Romanian: confuzie — lack of clarity or order
• Russian: пу́таница (pútanica) — lack of clarity or order
• Russian: неразбери́ха (nerazberíxa) — lack of clarity or order
• Russian: беспоря́док (besporjádok) — lack of clarity or order
• Slovak: zmätok — lack of clarity or order
• Slovak: chaos — lack of clarity or order
• Spanish: confusión — lack of clarity or order
• Tamil: குழப்பம் (kuḻappam) — lack of clarity or order
• Telugu: తడబాటు (taḍabāṭu) — lack of clarity or order
• Tocharian B: traike — lack of clarity or order
• Turkish: teşevvüş — lack of clarity or order
• Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış) — lack of clarity or order
• Ottoman Turkish: تشوش (teşevvüş) — lack of clarity or order
• Ushojo: وار خطئ — lack of clarity or order
• Arabic: اِرْتِبَاك (irtibāk) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Armenian: շփոթմունք (špʻotʻmunkʻ) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Armenian: շփոթվածություն (špʻotʻvacutʻyun) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Armenian: շփոթություն (špʻotʻutʻyun) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Bulgarian: объ́ркване (obǎ́rkvane) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Bulgarian: неяснота́ (nejasnotá) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Catalan: confusió — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 混淆 (hùnxiáo, hùnyáo, hǔnxiáo) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Danish: forvirring — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Danish: forvirrelse — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Esperanto: konfuzo — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Finnish: hämmennys — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• French: malentendu — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• French: confusion — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• German: Verwirrung — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• German: Missverständnis — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Greek: σύγχυση (sýnchysi) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Greek: παραζάλη (parazáli) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Greek: σάστισμα (sástisma) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Ancient Greek: ταραχή (tarakhḗ) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Hindi: भ्रम (bhram) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Icelandic: ruglingur — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Icelandic: brengl — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Irish: cíor thuathail — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Italian: disorientamento — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Italian: sbandamento — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Japanese: 混乱 (konran) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Japanese: 混同 (kondō) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Korean: 혼란 (hollan) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Korean: 혼동 (hondong) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Korean: 착란 (changnan) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Malayalam: ആശയക്കുഴപ്പം (āśayakkuḻappaṁ) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Māori: raumaharatanga — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Māori: pōnānātanga — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Māori: matangerengere — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Khiamniungan Naga: tālâm — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Norwegian Bokmål: forveksling — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forveksling — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Plautdietsch: Wirwoa — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Polish: nieporozumienie — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Portuguese: confusão — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Quechua: musphay — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Quechua: pantay — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Romanian: confuzie — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Russian: недоразуме́ние (nedorazuménije) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Russian: замеша́тельство (zamešátelʹstvo) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Russian: смяте́ние (smjaténije) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Slovak: zmätenosť — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Slovak: nedorozumenie — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Swedish: förvirring — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Ottoman Turkish: شاشقینلق (şaşkınlık) — state of being confused; misunderstanding
• Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış) — state of being confused; misunderstanding