scatter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskætə/
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• General-American: skătʹər
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• General-American: /ˈskætɚ/
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• Ireland: /ˈskæt̞ɚ/
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• /ˈskæʔɐ/ Dublin
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• /ˈskæhɐ/ Dublin
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• /ˈskæʔɚ/ Dublin
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• /ˈskæhɚ/ Dublin
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AE1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English scateren, skateren, also schateren, * probably a variant of shatter, which is imitative; * or from Old English *sceaterian, probably akin to a dialect of Old Norse, possibly ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split, shatter”). Compare Middle Dutch scheteren (“to scatter”), Low German schateren, Dutch schateren (“to burst out laughing”); and is apparently remotely akin to Ancient Greek σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi, “scatter, disperse”). and Tocharian B kät- (“to scatter, sow seeds”). Doublet of shatter.

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bhojpuri: छितरावल (chitərāval) — to disperse
• Bulgarian: разсейвам (razsejvam) — to disperse
• Czech: rozptýlit — to disperse
• Dutch: uiteenspatten — to disperse
• Dutch: uiteengaan — to disperse
• Finnish: sirota — to disperse
• French: se disperser — to disperse
• German: zerstreuen — to disperse
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (distahjan) — to disperse
• Hindi: छितरना (chitarnā) — to disperse
• Irish: scaip — to disperse
• Italian: disperdersi — to disperse
• Japanese: 散る (chiru) — to disperse
• Japanese: 散らばる (chirabaru) — to disperse
• Kazakh: шашырату (şaşyratu) — to disperse
• Kazakh: шашу (şaşu) — to disperse
• Korean: 흩어지다 (heuteojida) — to disperse
• Latin: dissipō — to disperse
• Māori: whakamarara — to disperse
• Māori: tītaritari — to disperse
• Māori: tītari — to disperse
• Māori: rauroha — to disperse
• Māori: whakaehu — to disperse
• Mongolian: цацах (cacax) — to disperse
• Norwegian Bokmål: spre — to disperse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spreie — to disperse
• Portuguese: espalhar — to disperse
• Russian: развеять (razvejatʹ) — to disperse
• Swedish: skingras — to disperse
• Swedish: skingra sig — to disperse
• Telugu: చెదురు (ceduru) — to disperse
• Arabic: نَثَرَ (naṯara) — to cause to separate
• Arabic: تَفَرَّقَ (tafarraqa) — to cause to separate
• Bulgarian: разпръсквам (razprǎskvam) — to cause to separate
• Cherokee: ᎠᏗᎦᎴᏯᎠ (adigaleyaa) — to cause to separate
• Chinese Mandarin: 散佈 /散布 (sànbù) — to cause to separate
• Czech: rozházet — to cause to separate
• Dutch: verstrooien — to cause to separate
• Dutch: verspreiden — to cause to separate
• Finnish: sirottaa — to cause to separate
• French: disperser — to cause to separate
• Gagauz: saçmaa — to cause to separate
• Georgian: განცალკევება (gancalḳeveba) — to cause to separate
• Georgian: ჩამოშორება (čamošoreba) — to cause to separate
• German: zerstreuen — to cause to separate
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (distahjan) — to cause to separate
• Ancient Greek: σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi) — to cause to separate
• Italian: disperdere — to cause to separate
• Japanese: 散らす (defuse) — to cause to separate
• Japanese: 散らかす (chirakasu) — to cause to separate
• Korean: 흩다 (heutda) — to cause to separate
• Korean: 뿌리다 (ppurida) — to cause to separate
• Latin: spargō — to cause to separate
• Māori: whakamarara — to cause to separate
• Mongolian: тараах (taraax) — to cause to separate
• Norwegian Bokmål: spre — to cause to separate
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spreie — to cause to separate
• Persian: پراکندن (parâkandan) — to cause to separate
• Portuguese: espalhar — to cause to separate
• Portuguese: dispersar — to cause to separate
• Russian: разбра́сывать (razbrásyvatʹ) — to cause to separate
• Russian: разброса́ть (razbrosátʹ) — to cause to separate
• Swedish: sprida — to cause to separate
• Swedish: strö — to cause to separate
• Swedish: strö ut — to cause to separate
• Swedish: skingra — to cause to separate
• Telugu: చెదురు (ceduru) — to cause to separate
• Tocharian B: käsk- — to cause to separate
• Turkish: dağılmak — to cause to separate
• Turkish: yaymak — to cause to separate
• Zazaki: vıla biyen — to cause to separate
• Crimean Tatar: cayratmaq — to distribute loosely
• Czech: roztrousit — to distribute loosely
• Dutch: verstrooien — to distribute loosely
• Dutch: verspreiden — to distribute loosely
• Esperanto: disĵeti — to distribute loosely
• Finnish: sirotella — to distribute loosely
• French: éparpiller — to distribute loosely
• French: parsemer — to distribute loosely
• Georgian: გაფანტვა (gapanṭva) — to distribute loosely
• Georgian: მიმობნევა (mimobneva) — to distribute loosely
• German: streuen — to distribute loosely
• German: verstreuen — to distribute loosely
• German: ausstreuen — to distribute loosely
• Irish: easraigh — to distribute loosely
• Irish: croith — to distribute loosely
• Italian: sparpagliare — to distribute loosely
• Italian: cospargere — to distribute loosely
• Japanese: 撒く — to distribute loosely
• Japanese: 散布する (sanpu suru) — to distribute loosely
• Japanese: 蒔く (maku) — to distribute loosely
• Japanese: 播く (maku) — to distribute loosely
• Māori: whakamarara — to distribute loosely
• Māori: tītaritari — to distribute loosely
• Māori: tītari — to distribute loosely
• Māori: kaihora — to distribute loosely
• Norwegian: strø — to distribute loosely
• Old Turkic: 𐰽𐰲 (sač-) — to distribute loosely
• Portuguese: espalhar — to distribute loosely
• Russian: разбра́сывать (razbrásyvatʹ) — to distribute loosely
• Russian: разброса́ть (razbrosátʹ) — to distribute loosely
• Russian: разбры́згивать (razbrýzgivatʹ) — to distribute loosely
• Russian: разбры́згать (razbrýzgatʹ) — to distribute loosely
• Sanskrit: स्तृणोति (stṛṇoti) — to distribute loosely
• Sanskrit: स्तृनाति (stṛnāti) — to distribute loosely
• Scottish Gaelic: breac — to distribute loosely
• Scottish Gaelic: fras — to distribute loosely
• Spanish: regar — to distribute loosely
• Swedish: beströ — to distribute loosely
• Turkish: saçmak — to distribute loosely
• Turkish: savurmak — to distribute loosely
• Turkish: serpmek — to distribute loosely
• Turkish: serpiştirmek — to distribute loosely
• Ottoman Turkish: صاچمق (saçmak) — to distribute loosely
• Zazaki: sanen — to distribute loosely
• Zazaki: raken — to distribute loosely
• Bulgarian: разсейвам (razsejvam) — physics: to deflect
• Chinese Mandarin: 散射 — physics: to deflect
• Czech: rozesít — physics: to deflect
• Dutch: verstrooien — physics: to deflect
• Finnish: sirottaa — physics: to deflect
• German: streuen — physics: to deflect
• Italian: deflettere — physics: to deflect
• Japanese: 散乱する (sanran suru) — physics: to deflect
• Norwegian Bokmål: spre — physics: to deflect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spreie — physics: to deflect
• Russian: рассе́ивать (rasséivatʹ) — physics: to deflect
• Russian: рассе́ять (rasséjatʹ) — physics: to deflect
• Swedish: sprida — physics: to deflect
• Zazaki: roken — physics: to deflect
• Italian: dilazionarsi — to occur at intervals
• Swedish: sprida — to occur at intervals