flounder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊ̯ndəː/
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• /ˈflæʊ̯ndəː/ Australian, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
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• /ˈflaːndəː/ General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈflaʊ̯ndɚ/
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• /ˈflæʊ̯ndɚ/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, /aʊ̯/-fronting
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• /ˈflaːndɚ/ Pittsburgh, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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• rhymes with -aʊndə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: F L AW1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English flowndre, from Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Northern French flondre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.

Possibly from the noun. Probably a blend of flounce + founder or a blend of founder + blunder or from Dutch flodderen (“wade”). See other terms beginning with fl, such as flutter, flitter, float, flap, flub, flip.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: soyu — Platichthys flesus
• Asturian: xoyu — Platichthys flesus
• Basque: platuxa latz — Platichthys flesus
• Bulgarian: камбала (kambala) — Platichthys flesus
• Catalan: plana — Platichthys flesus
• Chinese Mandarin: 川鰈 /川鲽 (chuāndié) — Platichthys flesus
• Czech: platýs bradavičnatý — Platichthys flesus
• Czech: flundra obecná — Platichthys flesus
• Danish: skrubbe — Platichthys flesus
• Danish: flynder — Platichthys flesus
• Dutch: bot — Platichthys flesus
• Esperanto: fleso — Platichthys flesus
• Estonian: lest — Platichthys flesus
• Finnish: kampela — Platichthys flesus
• French: flet — Platichthys flesus
• Galician: solla — Platichthys flesus
• Galician: lirpa — Platichthys flesus
• German: Flunder — Platichthys flesus
• Greek: πλευρονήκτης (plevroníktis) — Platichthys flesus
• Greek: ψήσσα (psíssa) — Platichthys flesus
• Hungarian: érdes lepényhal — Platichthys flesus
• Irish: leith — Platichthys flesus
• Irish: leadhbóg — Platichthys flesus
• Lithuanian: upinė plekšnė — Platichthys flesus
• Lushootseed: p'uay' — Platichthys flesus
• Māori: pātiki — Platichthys flesus
• Norman: fliandre — Platichthys flesus
• Norwegian: skrubbe — Platichthys flesus
• Polish: stornia — Platichthys flesus
• Polish: fląderka — Platichthys flesus
• Polish: flądra — Platichthys flesus
• Portuguese: linguado — Platichthys flesus
• Portuguese: solha — Platichthys flesus
• Russian: речна́я ка́мбала (rečnája kámbala) — Platichthys flesus
• Serbo-Croatian: иверак — Platichthys flesus
• Serbo-Croatian: iverak — Platichthys flesus
• Spanish: platija — Platichthys flesus
• Swedish: skrubbskädda — Platichthys flesus
• Swedish: flundra — Platichthys flesus
• Tagalog: tatampal — Platichthys flesus
• Turkish: pisi balığı — Platichthys flesus
• Bulgarian: пля́скам (pljáskam) — to flop around
• Czech: plácat se — to flop around
• Czech: zmítat se — to flop around
• Czech: házet sebou — to flop around
• Danish: sprælle — to flop around
• Dutch: spartelen — to flop around
• Esperanto: barakti — to flop around
• Finnish: pyörähtää — to flop around
• German: herumzappeln — to flop around
• German: hüpfen — to flop around
• German: taumeln — to flop around
• Greek: σπαρταρώ (spartaró) — to flop around
• Hungarian: ficánkol — to flop around
• Hungarian: fickándozik — to flop around
• Hungarian: evickél — to flop around
• Hungarian: hentereg — to flop around
• Hungarian: hempereg — to flop around
• Hungarian: vergődik — to flop around
• Hungarian: fetreng — to flop around
• Māori: tākaru — to flop around
• Māori: tangaru — to flop around
• Polish: rzucać się — to flop around
• Portuguese: debater-se — to flop around
• Russian: бара́хтаться (baráxtatʹsja) — to flop around
• Swedish: sprattla — to flop around
• Ukrainian: бо́рсатися (bórsatysja) — to flop around
• Ukrainian: побо́рсатися (pobórsatysja) — to flop around
• Finnish: kompuroida — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Finnish: horjua — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• French: tituber — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• German: Schwierigkeiten haben — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• German: sich fangen wollen — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Greek: παραπαίω (parapaío) — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Hungarian: botladozik — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Hungarian: bukdácsol — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Hungarian: botorkál — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Māori: tangaru — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Māori: tākaru — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Polish: brnąć — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Spanish: trastabillar — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Spanish: tambalearse — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Swedish: sprattla — to attempt to move or regain one's balance
• Azerbaijani: tutulmaq — to act clumsily or confused
• Bulgarian: обърквам се (obǎrkvam se) — to act clumsily or confused
• Czech: tápat — to act clumsily or confused
• Czech: váhat — to act clumsily or confused
• Czech: nevědět jak dál — to act clumsily or confused
• Finnish: kompuroida — to act clumsily or confused
• German: straucheln — to act clumsily or confused
• German: herumholpern — to act clumsily or confused
• Greek: παραδέρνω (paradérno) — to act clumsily or confused
• Hungarian: belezavarodik — to act clumsily or confused
• Hungarian: belegabalyodik — to act clumsily or confused
• Japanese: まごつく (magotsuku) — to act clumsily or confused
• Polish: plątać się — to act clumsily or confused
• Russian: сбива́ться (sbivátʹsja) — to act clumsily or confused
• Russian: сби́ться (sbítʹsja) — to act clumsily or confused
• Spanish: trastabillar — to act clumsily or confused
• Spanish: titubear — to act clumsily or confused
• Spanish: tartalear — to act clumsily or confused
• Spanish: trastrabillar — to act clumsily or confused
• Spanish: tartalearse — to act clumsily or confused