shatter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃætə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈʃhæthə]
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• /ˈʃætɚ/ without t-flapping
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• [ˈʃhæthɚ] ~ [ˈʃhæthɹ̩] without t-flapping
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• /ˈʃæɾɚ/ t-flapping
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• [ˈʃhæɾɚ] ~ [ˈʃhæɾɹ̩] t-flapping
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• rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat- (“to smash, scatter”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch schateren (“to burst out laughing”), Low German schateren, Albanian shkatërroj (“to destroy, devastate”). Doublet of scatter.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отломки (otlomki) — a fragment of anything shattered
• German: Splitter — a fragment of anything shattered
• German: Stückchen — a fragment of anything shattered
• Portuguese: estilhaço — a fragment of anything shattered
• Portuguese: caco — a fragment of anything shattered
• German: Nadel — a (pine) needle
• German: Kiefernnadel — a (pine) needle
• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — to violently break something into pieces
• Catalan: esmicolar-se — to violently break something into pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 使破碎 — to violently break something into pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 使碎裂 — to violently break something into pieces
• Dutch: aan diggelen slaan — to violently break something into pieces
• Dutch: verbrijzelen — to violently break something into pieces
• Egyptian: gm-m-gm-m-Z9 (gmgm) — to violently break something into pieces
• Esperanto: frakasi — to violently break something into pieces
• Finnish: särkeä — to violently break something into pieces
• Finnish: rikkoa — to violently break something into pieces
• Finnish: pirstoa — to violently break something into pieces
• French: fracasser — to violently break something into pieces
• French: réduire en miettes — to violently break something into pieces
• French: mettre en pièces — to violently break something into pieces
• French: briser — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: trizar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: esmiuzar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: esborrefar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: esmoiñar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: relar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: esbroar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: esfarelar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: esfargallar — to violently break something into pieces
• Galician: mastrigallar — to violently break something into pieces
• Georgian: მსხვრევა (msxvreva) — to violently break something into pieces
• German: zum Zerspringen bringen — to violently break something into pieces
• German: zerschmettern — to violently break something into pieces
• German: zersplittern — to violently break something into pieces
• Greek: θρυμματίζω (thrymmatízo) — to violently break something into pieces
• Greek: συντρίβω (syntrívo) — to violently break something into pieces
• Greek: κατατρίβω (katatrívo) — to violently break something into pieces
• Ancient Greek: σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi) — to violently break something into pieces
• Italian: fracassare — to violently break something into pieces
• Italian: spaccare — to violently break something into pieces
• Italian: sconquassare — to violently break something into pieces
• Italian: frantumare — to violently break something into pieces
• Kazakh: талқандау (talqandau) — to violently break something into pieces
• Kazakh: быт-шыт қылу (byt-şyt qylu) — to violently break something into pieces
• Latin: frangō — to violently break something into pieces
• Latin: comminuō — to violently break something into pieces
• Persian: کراشیدن (kerâšidan) — to violently break something into pieces
• Plautdietsch: tweibräakjen — to violently break something into pieces
• Portuguese: estilhaçar — to violently break something into pieces
• Quechua: thuñiy — to violently break something into pieces
• Russian: разбива́ть (razbivátʹ) — to violently break something into pieces
• Russian: разби́ть (razbítʹ) — to violently break something into pieces
• Sanskrit: रुजति (rujati) — to violently break something into pieces
• Serbo-Croatian: smrskati — to violently break something into pieces
• Spanish: astillar — to violently break something into pieces
• Spanish: reventar — to violently break something into pieces
• Spanish: quebrantar — to violently break something into pieces
• Spanish: hacer añicos — to violently break something into pieces
• Spanish: cachar — to violently break something into pieces
• Spanish: esclafar — to violently break something into pieces
• Spanish: hacer trizas — to violently break something into pieces
• Swahili: kuvunja — to violently break something into pieces
• Swedish: krossa — to violently break something into pieces
• Ukrainian: розтро́щувати (roztróščuvaty) — to violently break something into pieces
• Ukrainian: розтрощи́ти (roztroščýty) — to violently break something into pieces
• Ukrainian: трощи́ти (troščýty) — to violently break something into pieces
• Bulgarian: разтрошавам (raztrošavam) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Bulgarian: раздробявам (razdrobjavam) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Catalan: esmicolar — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Chinese Mandarin: 粉碎 (fěnsuì) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Dutch: verbrijzelen — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Egyptian: gm-m-gm-m-Z9 (gmgm) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Finnish: särkyä — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Finnish: rikkoutua — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Finnish: pirstoutua — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• French: éclater — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• French: voler en éclats — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Galician: esnaquizar — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Galician: esmiñacar — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Galician: espitallar — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Galician: lascar — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Georgian: მსხვრევა (msxvreva) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• German: zerspringen — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Greek: κατατρίβω (katatrívo) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Greek: καταστρέφω (katastréfo) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Greek: καταργώ (katargó) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Italian: andare in frantumi — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Italian: sbriciolarsi — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• K'iche': k'ajik — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• K'iche': k'ajixik — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Māori: pākarukaru — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Portuguese: estilhaçar — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Quechua: thuñiy — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Russian: разбива́ться (razbivátʹsja) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Russian: разби́ться (razbítʹsja) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Serbo-Croatian: smrskati — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: astillarse — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: reventar[se] — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: hacerse añicos — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: quebrantarse — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: estallar — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: cachar[se] — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: hacerse trizas — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Swedish: krossa — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Swedish: krascha — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Swedish: krasa — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Ottoman Turkish: پارچهلانمق (parçalanmak) — to smash, or break into tiny pieces
• Spanish: derrumbar — to destroy or disable something
• Spanish: desmoronar — to destroy or disable something