smother

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• General-American: /ˈsməðər/
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• General-American: /ˈsmʌðɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsmʌðə/
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• Northern-England: /ˈsmʊðə/
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• Ireland: /ˈsmʊðəɹ/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈsmʌðəɹ/
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• rhymes with -ʌðə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: S M AH1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”), from Old English smorþor (“smoke”, literally “that which suffocates”), from smorian (“to suffocate, choke”) + -þor (instrumental suffix).

From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”, noun)) of Middle English smoren (“to smother”), from Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”), from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”). Cognate with Middle Low German smoren, smurten (“to choke, suffocate”), West Flemish smoren (“to smoke, reek”), Dutch smoren (“to suffocate, smother", also "to stew, simmer”), German schmoren (“to stew, simmer, braise”).

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тлеене (tleene) — slow combustion
• German: Schwelen — slow combustion
• German: Verschwelung — slow combustion
• German: Schmorgut — cookware
• German: Schmorbraten — cookware
• Bulgarian: потискане (potiskane) — suppression
• German: Ersticken — suppression
• German: Erstickung — suppression
• Bulgarian: пушек (pušek) — stifling smoke
• German: Qualm — stifling smoke
• German: Staubschicht — thick dust
• German: Staubdecke — thick dust
• Belarusian: задушыць (zadušycʹ) — to suffocate
• Belarusian: душыць (dušycʹ) — to suffocate
• Bulgarian: душа (duša) — to suffocate
• Bulgarian: задушавам (zadušavam) — to suffocate
• Catalan: asfixiar — to suffocate
• Cherokee: ᎠᎭᏬᏍᏗᎭ (ahawosdiha) — to suffocate
• Danish: kvæle — to suffocate
• Dutch: stikken — to suffocate
• Esperanto: sufoki — to suffocate
• Finnish: tukehduttaa — to suffocate
• French: étouffer — to suffocate
• German: ersticken — to suffocate
• Greek: πνίγω (pnígo) — to suffocate
• Greek: προκαλώ ασφυξία (prokaló asfyxía) — to suffocate
• Hungarian: megfojt — to suffocate
• Irish: plúch — to suffocate
• Italian: soffocare — to suffocate
• Italian: asfissiare — to suffocate
• Manx: ploogh — to suffocate
• Māori: tāmi — to suffocate
• Māori: tātāmi — to suffocate
• Polish: udusić — to suffocate
• Portuguese: sufocar — to suffocate
• Portuguese: asfixiar — to suffocate
• Russian: души́ть (dušítʹ) — to suffocate
• Russian: задуши́ть (zadušítʹ) — to suffocate
• Spanish: sofocar — to suffocate
• Spanish: asfixiar — to suffocate
• Spanish: ahogar — to suffocate
• Spanish: agobiar — to suffocate
• Swedish: kväva — to suffocate
• Turkish: boğmak — to suffocate
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق (boğmak) — to suffocate
• Ukrainian: души́ти (dušýty) — to suffocate
• Ukrainian: задуши́ти (zadušýty) — to suffocate
• Walloon: stofer — to suffocate
• Bulgarian: угасявам (ugasjavam) — to extinguish or deaden
• Bulgarian: потушавам (potušavam) — to extinguish or deaden
• Dutch: uitdoven — to extinguish or deaden
• Finnish: tukahduttaa — to extinguish or deaden
• French: étouffer — to extinguish or deaden
• German: ersticken — to extinguish or deaden
• Greek: πνίγω (pnígo) — to extinguish or deaden
• Italian: spegnere — to extinguish or deaden
• Italian: estinguere — to extinguish or deaden
• Italian: soffocare — to extinguish or deaden
• Māori: tāmi — to extinguish or deaden
• Māori: tātāmi — to extinguish or deaden
• Māori: tāmou — to extinguish or deaden
• Māori: whakakōmau — to extinguish or deaden
• Māori: whakapopō — to extinguish or deaden
• Māori: whakapongere — to extinguish or deaden
• Polish: zdusić — to extinguish or deaden
• Portuguese: apagar — to extinguish or deaden
• Russian: туши́ть (tušítʹ) — to extinguish or deaden
• Russian: потуши́ть (potušítʹ) — to extinguish or deaden
• Spanish: apagar — to extinguish or deaden
• Spanish: sofocar — to extinguish or deaden
• Spanish: extinguir — to extinguish or deaden
• Swedish: kväva — to extinguish or deaden
• Swedish: utsläcka — to extinguish or deaden
• Walloon: stofer — to extinguish or deaden
• Walloon: sofoker — to extinguish or deaden
• Bulgarian: потискам (potiskam) — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Dutch: temperen — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Finnish: tukahduttaa — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• German: dämpfen — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• German: unterdrücken — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Greek: πνίγω (pnígo) — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Greek: καταπνίγω (katapnígo) — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Italian: rallentare — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Italian: ridurre — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Italian: reprimere — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Italian: nascondere — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Italian: soffocare — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Māori: whakapongere — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Māori: tāmoe — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Polish: przydusić — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Spanish: reprimir — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Swedish: dämpa — to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity
• Bulgarian: задушавам (zadušavam) — to cook in a close dish
• French: cuire à l’étouffée — to cook in a close dish
• German: schmoren — to cook in a close dish
• Italian: affogare — to cook in a close dish
• Italian: ricoprire — to cook in a close dish
• Italian: colmare — to cook in a close dish
• Polish: dusić — to cook in a close dish
• Russian: тушить (tušitʹ) — to cook in a close dish
• Russian: потушить (potušitʹ) — to cook in a close dish
• German: abdecken — to daub or smear
• German: überziehen — to daub or smear
• German: bedecken — to daub or smear
• Bulgarian: задушавам се (zadušavam se) — to be suffocated
• Finnish: tukehtua — to be suffocated
• Greek: πνίγομαι (pnígomai) — to be suffocated
• Russian: задыха́ться (zadyxátʹsja) — to be suffocated
• Russian: задохну́ться (zadoxnútʹsja) — to be suffocated
• Swedish: kvävas — to be suffocated
• Walloon: stofer — to be suffocated
• Walloon: sofoker — to be suffocated
• Bulgarian: задъхвам се (zadǎhvam se) — to breathe with great difficulty
• Bulgarian: задушавам се (zadušavam se) — to breathe with great difficulty
• Finnish: tukehtua — to breathe with great difficulty
• French: suffoquer — to breathe with great difficulty
• Greek: πνίγομαι (pnígomai) — to breathe with great difficulty
• Māori: hāhā — to breathe with great difficulty
• Russian: задыха́ться (zadyxátʹsja) — to breathe with great difficulty
• Russian: задохну́ться (zadoxnútʹsja) — to breathe with great difficulty
• Walloon: sofoker — to breathe with great difficulty
• Bulgarian: тлея (tleja) — to burn very slowly for want of air
• Finnish: kyteä — to burn very slowly for want of air
• German: schwelen — to burn very slowly for want of air
• Māori: ponguru — to burn very slowly for want of air
• Māori: popō — to burn very slowly for want of air
• Russian: тлеть (tletʹ) — to burn very slowly for want of air
• Swedish: tyna — to burn very slowly for want of air
• Finnish: tukahtua — Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline
• German: ersticken — Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline
• Swedish: tyna — Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline