obtuse

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From Middle English obtuse, from Latin obtūsus (“blunt, dull; obtuse”), past participle of obtundere, from obtundō (“to batter, beat, strike; to blunt, dull”), from ob- (“against”) (see ob-) + tundō (“to beat, strike; to bruise, crush, pound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to hit; to push”)). More at obtund.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тъп (tǎp) — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Chinese Mandarin: 鈍 /钝 (dùn) — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Czech: tupý — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Esperanto: malakra — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Finnish: tylppä — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Finnish: tylsä — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Māori: hāpūpū — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Polish: rozwarty — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Portuguese: embotado — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Slovak: tupý — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Ottoman Turkish: كور (kör) — not sharp, pointed, or acute in form
• Armenian: բութ (butʻ) — botany, zoology: blunt
• Dutch: bot — botany, zoology: blunt
• Esperanto: stumpa — botany, zoology: blunt
• Finnish: tylppä — botany, zoology: blunt
• German: stumpf — botany, zoology: blunt
• Greek: αμβλύς (amvlýs) — botany, zoology: blunt
• Macedonian: тап (tap) — botany, zoology: blunt
• Portuguese: obtuso — botany, zoology: blunt
• Russian: тупо́й (tupój) — botany, zoology: blunt
• Russian: притуплённый (pritupljónnyj) — botany, zoology: blunt
• Spanish: obtuso — botany, zoology: blunt
• Spanish: romo — botany, zoology: blunt
• Swedish: trubbig — botany, zoology: blunt
• Swedish: slö — botany, zoology: blunt
• Armenian: բութ (butʻ) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Asturian: obtusu — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Belarusian: тупы́ (tupý) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Bulgarian: тъп (tǎp) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Burmese: ကျယ် (kyai) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Catalan: obtús — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Chinese Mandarin: 鈍 /钝 (dùn) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Czech: tupý — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Esperanto: obtuza — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Estonian: nüri — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Estonian: tömp — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Finnish: tylppä — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• French: obtus — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Galician: obtuso — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• German: stumpf — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Greek: αμβλύς (amvlýs) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Hungarian: tompa — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Iban: chakah — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Ingrian: tyltsä — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Italian: ottuso — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Japanese: 鈍角の (donkaku no) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Khmer: ទាល (tiəl) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Lithuanian: bukas — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Macedonian: тап (tap) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Malay: cakah — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Māori: hāpūpū — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Central Melanau: langak — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Central Melanau: tangak — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Mongolian: мохоо (moxoo) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Navajo: ałhiʼdiidzo — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Norwegian: stump — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Polish: rozwarty — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Polish: tępy — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Portuguese: obtuso — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Romanian: obtuz — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Russian: тупо́й (tupój) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Slovak: tupý — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Slovene: tup — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Spanish: obtuso — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Swedish: trubbig — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Tagalog: bika — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Thai: ป้าน (bpâan) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Ukrainian: тупи́й (tupýj) — geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°
• Armenian: բութ (butʻ) — intellectually dull
• Bulgarian: тъп (tǎp) — intellectually dull
• Catalan: obtús — intellectually dull
• Chinese Mandarin: 遲鈍 /迟钝 (chídùn) — intellectually dull
• Czech: tupý — intellectually dull
• Czech: omezený — intellectually dull
• Czech: zabedněný — intellectually dull
• Dutch: afgestompt — intellectually dull
• Esperanto: stulta — intellectually dull
• Esperanto: malsprita — intellectually dull
• Estonian: juhm — intellectually dull
• Estonian: tülp — intellectually dull
• Estonian: loid — intellectually dull
• Finnish: hidasjärkinen — intellectually dull
• Finnish: hidasälyinen — intellectually dull
• French: obtus — intellectually dull
• Galician: parvo — intellectually dull
• Georgian: ჩლუნგი (člungi) — intellectually dull
• Georgian: ყეყეჩი (q̇eq̇eči) — intellectually dull
• Georgian: შტერი (šṭeri) — intellectually dull
• German: begriffsstutzig — intellectually dull
• German: beschränkt — intellectually dull
• German: stumpf — intellectually dull
• German: schwerfällig — intellectually dull
• Greek: κουτός (koutós) — intellectually dull
• Greek: αμβλύνους (amvlýnous) — intellectually dull
• Icelandic: sljór — intellectually dull
• Icelandic: tregur — intellectually dull
• Italian: ottuso — intellectually dull
• Macedonian: тап (tap) — intellectually dull
• Macedonian: глуп (glup) — intellectually dull
• Macedonian: глупав (glupav) — intellectually dull
• Norwegian Bokmål: dum — intellectually dull
• Norwegian Bokmål: sløv — intellectually dull
• Norwegian Bokmål: treg — intellectually dull
• Portuguese: obtuso — intellectually dull
• Portuguese: bronco — intellectually dull
• Portuguese: parvo — intellectually dull
• Romanian: obtuz — intellectually dull
• Russian: тупо́й (tupój) — intellectually dull
• Russian: недалёкий (nedaljókij) — intellectually dull
• Slovak: tupý — intellectually dull
• Spanish: obtuso — intellectually dull
• Swedish: trög — intellectually dull
• Swedish: slö — intellectually dull
• Swedish: tjockskallig — intellectually dull
• Chinese Mandarin: 沉悶 /沉闷 (chénmèn) — deadened, muffled, muted
• Dutch: gesmoord — deadened, muffled, muted
• Esperanto: dampsona — deadened, muffled, muted
• Esperanto: dampata — deadened, muffled, muted
• Estonian: tuhm — deadened, muffled, muted
• Estonian: tumm — deadened, muffled, muted
• Estonian: sumbe — deadened, muffled, muted
• Estonian: summutatud — deadened, muffled, muted
• Finnish: vaimea — deadened, muffled, muted
• Finnish: vaimennettu — deadened, muffled, muted
• French: sourd — deadened, muffled, muted
• German: unterdrückt — deadened, muffled, muted
• German: gedämpft — deadened, muffled, muted
• German: abgeschwächt — deadened, muffled, muted
• German: abgestumpft — deadened, muffled, muted
• German: betäubt — deadened, muffled, muted
• German: abgemildert — deadened, muffled, muted
• German: gefühllos — deadened, muffled, muted
• Icelandic: daufur — deadened, muffled, muted
• Portuguese: abafado — deadened, muffled, muted
• Romanian: atenuat — deadened, muffled, muted
• Russian: приглушённый (priglušónnyj) — deadened, muffled, muted
• Swedish: dov — deadened, muffled, muted
• Esperanto: malrekta — indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous
• Estonian: kaudne — indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous
• Finnish: epäsuora — indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous
• German: indirekt — indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous
• German: umständlich — indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous
• German: weitschweifig — indirect or circuitous — see also indirect, circuitous
• Bulgarian: затъпявам (zatǎpjavam) — to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state
• Esperanto: dampi — to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state
• Slovak: otupiť — to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state
• Slovak: otupovať — to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state