lame

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From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3lemH- (“to tire; to break”).

From Middle French lame, from Latin lāmina. Doublet of lamina.

266 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: а́цыркь (ácərkjʼ) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Abkhaz: а́цыркьзаара (ácərkjʼzaara) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Abkhaz: ацыркьыԥа (acərkjʼəpa) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Abkhaz: аҭуԥа́л (atupál) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Abkhaz: акәылԥаа́ (akwʼəlpaá) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Aghwan: 𐕄𐔰𐔾𐔰 (ḳala) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Albanian: çalë — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Gheg Albanian: shkep — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Arabic: أَعْرَج (ʔaʕraj) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Arabic: أَكْسَح (ʔaksaḥ) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Arabic: أَشَلّ (ʔašall) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Arabic: أعرج (aʕrag) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Arabic: أعرج (ʔaʕraj) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Aragonese: coixo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Armenian: կաղ (kaġ) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Aromanian: shcljop — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Asturian: coxu — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Azerbaijani: topal — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Bashkir: аҡһаҡ (aqhaq) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Bashkir: сатан (satan) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Belarusian: кульга́вы (kulʹhávy) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Bhojpuri: लंगड़ (laṅgaṛ) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Bulgarian: куц (kuc) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Catalan: coix — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Catalan: ranc — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Literary Chinese: 蹇 (jiān) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Chinese Mandarin: 瘸腿 (quétuǐ) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Chinese Mandarin: 跛 (bǒ) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Chinese Mandarin: 跛足 (bǒzú) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Chinese Mandarin: 瘸 (qué) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Czech: chromý — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Dalmatian: zuap — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Danish: lam — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Dutch: lam — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Dutch: verlamd — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Dutch: kreupel — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Dutch: mank — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Esperanto: lama — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Esperanto: kripla — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Finnish: rampa — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• French: boiteux — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• French: boiteuse — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• West-Frisian: mank — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Friulian: çuet — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Galician: coxo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Galician: rengo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Georgian: კოჭლი (ḳoč̣li) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Old Georgian: მკელობელი (mḳelobeli) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• German: lahm — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Greek: χωλός (cholós) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Greek: κουτσός (koutsós) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Ancient Greek: χωλός (khōlós) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Ancient Greek: σκιμβός (skimbós) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Pontic Greek: κοτσός (kotsós) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Pontic Greek: ξεροπόδαρος (xeropódaros) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Hebrew: צוֹלֵעַ (tzoléa') — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Hindi: लंग (laṅg) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Hindi: अपंग (apaṅg) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Hindi: पंगु (paṅgu) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Hindi: लँगड़ा (laṅgṛā) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Hungarian: sánta — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Icelandic: lamaður — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Ingrian: rampa — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Interlingua: claude — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Irish: bacach — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Italian: zoppo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Japanese: 足の不自由な (ashi-no fujiyū-na) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Japanese: 足の悪い (ashi-no warui) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Latin: claudus — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Lithuanian: luošas — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Lithuanian: šlubas — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Luxembourgish: schlamm — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Macedonian: куц (kuc) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Manchu: ᡩᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ (doholon) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Māori: tahakopa — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Māori: hauā — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Māori: waehauā — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Māori: tūparaka — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Mongolian: доголон (dogolon) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Neapolitan: sciancato — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Occitan: garrèl — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Occitan: ranc — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Old English: lama — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Ossetian: къуылых — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Persian: لنگ (lang) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Plautdietsch: lom — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Polish: kulawy — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Polish: kulejący — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Polish: chromy — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Portuguese: manco — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Portuguese: perneta — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Portuguese: coxo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Portuguese: capenga — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Quechua: hank'a — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Quechua: sucu — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Quechua: magro — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Quechua: wist'u — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Romanian: șchiop — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Romanian: olog — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Romansh: zop — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Russian: хромо́й (xromój) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Russian: хрома́ющий (xromájuščij) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Serbo-Croatian: хром — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Serbo-Croatian: hrom — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Sicilian: ciuncu — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Sicilian: ciancatu — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Sicilian: zoppu — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Slovak: chromý — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Spanish: cojo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Spanish: rengo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Spanish: renco — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Spanish: arrengado — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Swedish: lam — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Tausug: pilay — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Telugu: కుంటి (kuṇṭi) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Thai: ง่อย (ngɔ̂i) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Thai: ง่อยเปลี้ยเสียขา — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Thai: ขากะเผลก (kǎa-gà-plèek) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Thai: ขาเป๋ (kǎa-bpěe) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Thai: ขาพิการ (kǎa-pí-gaan) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Turkish: topal — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Udi: кӏала (ḳala) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Ukrainian: кульга́вий (kulʹhávyj) — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Venetan: cionpo — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Venetan: soto — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Venetan: zhot — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Venetan: çoto — unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs
• Arabic: أَعْرَج (ʔaʕraj) — moving with difficulty
• Dutch: kreupel — moving with difficulty
• Dutch: mankend — moving with difficulty
• Finnish: heikko — moving with difficulty
• Finnish: rampa — moving with difficulty
• Finnish: ontuva — moving with difficulty
• Greek: χωλός (cholós) — moving with difficulty
• Greek: κουτσός (koutsós) — moving with difficulty
• Hungarian: nyomorék — moving with difficulty
• Hungarian: béna — moving with difficulty
• Portuguese: manco — moving with difficulty
• Romanian: handicapat — moving with difficulty
• Romanian: schiopatand — moving with difficulty
• Russian: искале́ченный (iskaléčennyj) — moving with difficulty
• Russian: уве́чный (uvéčnyj) — moving with difficulty
• Sicilian: ciuncu — moving with difficulty
• Sicilian: acciuncatu — moving with difficulty
• Thai: กะเผลก (gà-plèek) — moving with difficulty
• Thai: โผลกเผลก — moving with difficulty
• Thai: กะโผลกกะเผลก — moving with difficulty
• Thai: โขยกเขยก — moving with difficulty
• Thai: ง่องแง่ง — moving with difficulty
• Thai: กระง่องกระแง่ง — moving with difficulty
• Thai: ย่องแย่ง — moving with difficulty
• Thai: กระย่องกระแย่ง — moving with difficulty
• Bulgarian: куц (kuc) — by extension, hobbling
• Dutch: wankel — by extension, hobbling
• Dutch: mankend — by extension, hobbling
• Finnish: ontuva — by extension, hobbling
• Finnish: heikko — by extension, hobbling
• Hungarian: sántikáló — by extension, hobbling
• Macedonian: куц (kuc) — by extension, hobbling
• Māori: totitoti — by extension, hobbling
• Polish: kuśtykający — by extension, hobbling
• Portuguese: capenga — by extension, hobbling
• Russian: хрома́ющий (xromájuščij) — by extension, hobbling
• Sicilian: ciuncu — by extension, hobbling
• Sicilian: acciuncatu — by extension, hobbling
• Sicilian: zoppu — by extension, hobbling
• Bulgarian: неубедителен (neubeditelen) — slang: unconvincing
• Czech: chabý — slang: unconvincing
• Dutch: flauw — slang: unconvincing
• Finnish: heikko — slang: unconvincing
• Finnish: huono — slang: unconvincing
• Finnish: tyhmä — slang: unconvincing
• Finnish: ontuva — slang: unconvincing
• French: pitoyable — slang: unconvincing
• French: nul — slang: unconvincing
• French: bancal — slang: unconvincing
• French: bateau — slang: unconvincing
• Greek: αστήρικτος (astíriktos) — slang: unconvincing
• Greek: αστείος (asteíos) — slang: unconvincing
• Hungarian: átlátszó — slang: unconvincing
• Macedonian: неу́бедлив (neúbedliv) — slang: unconvincing
• Polish: słaby — slang: unconvincing
• Polish: kiepski — slang: unconvincing
• Portuguese: fraco — slang: unconvincing
• Portuguese: capenga — slang: unconvincing
• Romanian: jalnic — slang: unconvincing
• Romanian: slab — slang: unconvincing
• Romanian: lipsit de gust — slang: unconvincing
• Russian: сла́бый (slábyj) — slang: unconvincing
• Russian: неубеди́тельный (neubedítelʹnyj) — slang: unconvincing
• Spanish: cojo — slang: unconvincing
• Thai: ฟังไม่ขึ้น — slang: unconvincing
• Arabic: سخيف (saḵīf) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Arabic: بايخ (bāyiḵ) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Bulgarian: скучен (skučen) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Bulgarian: безинтересен (bezinteresen) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Catalan: sonso — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Chinese Mandarin: 遜 /逊 (xùn) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Danish: lamt — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Dutch: flauw — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Esperanto: malmojosa — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Estonian: nõme — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Finnish: typerä — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Finnish: tyhmä — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Finnish: ontuva — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Finnish: laimea — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• French: nul — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• French: naze — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• French: poche — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• French: ringard — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Georgian: ბანძი (banʒi) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• German: ätzend — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• German: öde — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Hebrew: צוֹלֵעַ (tzoléa') — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Hungarian: béna — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Indonesian: cupu — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Italian: patetico — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Italian: stupido — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Japanese: ださい (dasai) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Japanese: 寒い (samui) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Macedonian: до́саден (dósaden) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Macedonian: здо́девен (zdódeven) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Macedonian: неинте́ресен (neintéresen) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teit — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Polish: kiepski — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Portuguese: palha — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Portuguese: sem graça — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Portuguese: chato — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Romanian: anost — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Romanian: plictisitor — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Romanian: sters — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Russian: беспонто́вый (bespontóvyj) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Russian: отсто́йный (otstójnyj) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Spanish: chafa — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Spanish: soso — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Spanish: monse — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Spanish: monsefú — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Swedish: lam — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: กระจอก (grà-jɔ̀ɔk) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: กาก (gàak) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: เฉิ่ม (chə̀m) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: เชย (chəəi) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: แป้ก (bpɛ̂k) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: เสร่อ (sà-rə̀ə) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: เสี่ยว (sìao) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: ห่วย (hùai) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Thai: เห่ย (hə̀əi) — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• Turkish: geyik — slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant
• French: lame de boulanger — tool for scoring bread
• French: grignette — tool for scoring bread
• Spanish: cuchilla de panadero — tool for scoring bread
• Thai: มีดกรีด(ลาย)ขนมปัง — tool for scoring bread
• Bulgarian: осакатявам (osakatjavam) — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Czech: осhromit — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Finnish: lamauttaa — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Finnish: rampauttaa — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Galician: manquexar — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Italian: azzoppare — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Macedonian: оса́кати (osákati) — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Polish: okulawić — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Portuguese: deixar manco — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Russian: калечить (kalečitʹ) — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Russian: увечить (uvečitʹ) — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Spanish: tullir — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Thai: ทําให้พิการ (tam-hâi-pí-gaan) — to cause a person or animal to become lame
• Thai: ทําให้ทุพพลภาพ (tam-hâi-túp-pon-lá-pâap) — to cause a person or animal to become lame