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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmbəsəm/
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• US: /ˈkʌmbɚsəm/
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• rhymes with -ʌmbə(ɹ)səm
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH1 M B ER0 S AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hinderlik — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Afrikaans: moeilik — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Bulgarian: тежък (težǎk) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Bulgarian: обременителен (obremenitelen) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Chinese Mandarin: 繁瑣 /繁琐 (fánsuǒ) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Chinese Mandarin: 繁重 (fánzhòng) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Dutch: hinderlijk — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Dutch: lastig — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Dutch: moeilijk — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Dutch: moeizaam — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Dutch: zwaar — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Dzongkha: ལྗིད་ཅན (ljid can) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Finnish: vaivalloinen — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Finnish: hankala — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• French: encombrant — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Galician: pesado — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Galician: custoso — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Galician: traballoso — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• German: hinderlich, lästig — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• German: mühsam — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• German: beschwerlich — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Hungarian: bumfordi — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Italian: ingombrante — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Korean: 주체스럽다 (jucheseureopda) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Korean: 불편하다 (bulpyeonhada) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Macedonian: те́жок (téžok) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Māori: hīrawerawe — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Polish: uciążliwy — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Portuguese: incómodo — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Portuguese: incômodo — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Russian: обремени́тельный (obremenítelʹnyj) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Russian: затрудни́тельный (zatrudnítelʹnyj) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Russian: тя́гостный (tjágostnyj) — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Spanish: pesado — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Spanish: cargante — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Spanish: penoso — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Spanish: oneroso — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Swedish: otymplig — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Turkish: külfetli — burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
• Afrikaans: onhandig — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Afrikaans: moeilik — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Bulgarian: неудобен (neudoben) — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Chinese Mandarin: 笨重 (bènzhòng) — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Chinese Mandarin: 麻煩 /麻烦 (máfan) — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Dutch: lastig — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Dutch: moeilijk — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Dutch: moeizaam — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Dutch: onhandig — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Dutch: zwaar — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Dutch: omslachtig — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Finnish: kömpelö — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Finnish: hankalasti käsiteltävä — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Finnish: hankalakäyttöinen — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Galician: aparatoso — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• German: sperrig — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• German: umständlich — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Hungarian: nehézkes — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Irish: anásta — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Italian: difficile da usare — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Italian: macchinoso — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Macedonian: о́бемен (óbemen) — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Macedonian: неу́добен (neúdoben) — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Norwegian Bokmål: uhåndterlig — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Plautdietsch: schwoafalich — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Polish: nieporęczny — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Polish: niewygodny — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Portuguese: desajeitado — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Russian: громо́здкий (gromózdkij) — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Russian: неудо́бный (neudóbnyj) — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Spanish: aparatoso — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Spanish: abultado — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Turkish: zor taşınır — not easily managed or handled; awkward
• Afrikaans: moeilik — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Chinese Cantonese: 麻煩 /麻烦 (maa4 faan4) — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Chinese Mandarin: 麻煩 /麻烦 (máfan) — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Dutch: lastig — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Dutch: moeilijk — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Dutch: moeizaam — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Finnish: vaivalloinen — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Finnish: rasittava — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• French: pénible — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• French: fastidieux — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• German: schwierig — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Hungarian: nehéz — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Italian: difficile — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Italian: farraginoso — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Italian: complesso — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Polish: nieporęczny — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Russian: сло́жный (slóžnyj) — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Russian: проблематичный (problematičnyj) — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Spanish: farragoso — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Spanish: dispendioso — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Spanish: engorroso — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Turkish: zor — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Ottoman Turkish: دشوار (düşvâr) — hard, difficult, demanding to handle
• Dutch: log — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Dutch: lastig — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Finnish: kömpelö — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• French: lourd — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• French: lent — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• German: schwerfällig — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Hungarian: lomha — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Italian: gravoso — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Russian: объёмный (obʺjómnyj) — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Russian: грузный (gruznyj) — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Russian: объёмистый (obʺjómistyj) — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Turkish: ağır — inert, lumbering, slow in movement
• Turkish: hantal — inert, lumbering, slow in movement