muddle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌdl̩/
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• General-American: /ˈmʌd(ə)l/
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• rhymes with -ʌdəl
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ارتباك — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Arabic: تخبط — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Bulgarian: бъркотия (bǎrkotija) — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Czech: zmatek — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Czech: chaos — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Czech: nepořádek — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Czech: změť — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Dutch: wirwar — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Dutch: warboel — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Finnish: sotku — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Finnish: sekasotku — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• French: désordre — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• French: confusion — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• French: pagaille — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• German: Wirrwarr — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Hungarian: zagyvaság — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Hungarian: zűrzavar — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Hungarian: rendetlenség — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Hungarian: felfordulás — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Italian: pasticcio — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Italian: guazzabuglio — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Italian: casino — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Italian: pastrocchio — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Italian: pateracchio — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Italian: intruglio — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Occitan: borrolís — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Occitan: borrolh — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Occitan: borrolament — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Occitan: desòrdre — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Occitan: confusion — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Occitan: pastis — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Russian: путаница (putanica) — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Spanish: desorden — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Swedish: röra — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Swedish: oreda — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Swedish: virrvarr — a mixture; a confusion; a garble
• Bulgarian: обърквам (obǎrkvam) — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Czech: pomíchat — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Czech: plést — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Czech: poplést — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Czech: plést si — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Czech: poplést si — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Czech: pomotat — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Dutch: verwarren — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Dutch: door mekaar mengen — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Finnish: sotkea — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Finnish: sekoittaa — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• French: confondre — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• French: mélanger — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• French: embrouiller — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• French: rendre confus — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Galician: atrapallar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• German: verwirren — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Greek: συγχέω (synchéo) — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Greek: θολώνω (tholóno) — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Hungarian: összekever — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Hungarian: összezagyvál — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Hungarian: összekuszál — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Ido: konfuzeskar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Italian: pastrocchiare — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Italian: pasticciare — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Italian: ingarbugliare — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Italian: imbrogliare — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Italian: impasticciare — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Italian: aggrovigliare — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Italian: arruffare — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Occitan: mesclar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Occitan: borramesclar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Occitan: enrambolhar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Portuguese: baralhar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Romanian: încurca — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Romanian: încâlci — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Romanian: a face confuz — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Russian: перепу́тать (perepútatʹ) — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Russian: спу́тать (spútatʹ) — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir tro-chèile — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Sicilian: mbrugghiari — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Sicilian: ammiscari — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Sicilian: mpracchiari — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Spanish: mezclar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Spanish: confundir — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Spanish: embrollar — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Spanish: zarabutear — mix together, to mix up; to confuse
• Bulgarian: миксирам (miksiram) — mash for a cocktail
• Galician: machucar — mash for a cocktail
• Spanish: machacar — mash for a cocktail
• Czech: kalit — to make turbid or muddy
• Czech: zkalit — to make turbid or muddy
• Czech: zakalit — to make turbid or muddy
• Hungarian: összezavar — to make turbid or muddy
• Hungarian: kótyagossá tesz — to cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially
• Hungarian: fejébe száll — to cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially
• Hungarian: elherdál — to waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated
• Hungarian: elpazarol — to waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated
• Hungarian: elfecsérel — to waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated