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• Ireland, Northern-England: /stʊb/
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From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-West Germanic *stubb, from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr, Faroese stubbi (“stub”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-; compare steep (“sharp slope”). Doublet of stob. Sense extended in Middle English to similarly shaped objects. Verb sense “strike one’s toe” is recorded 1848; “extinguish a cigarette” 1927.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կոճղ (kočġ) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Armenian: կճատ (kčat) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Bulgarian: парче (parče) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Bulgarian: остатък (ostatǎk) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Czech: pahýl — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Czech: odřezek — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Czech: pařez — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Danish: stump — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Dutch: stomp — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Finnish: tynkä — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Finnish: töpö — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• French: souche — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• French: moignon — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Galician: touza — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Galician: reigoto — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Galician: carnoca — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Galician: cañota — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Galician: pedomeiro — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Galician: cachopa — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Galician: taloco — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• German: Stummel — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• German: Stumpf — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Hebrew: גֶּדֶם — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Hungarian: csonka — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Ingrian: tynkä — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Irish: snab — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Irish: snabóg — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Italian: mozzicone — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Korean: 그루 (geuru) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Korean: 그루터기 (geuruteogi) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Portuguese: toco — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Russian: обло́мок (oblómok) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Russian: огры́зок (ogrýzok) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Russian: корешо́к (korešók) — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Spanish: tocón — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Spanish: cepa — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Spanish: cachito — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Swedish: stump — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Turkish: kütük — something cut short, blunted, or stunted
• Bulgarian: талон (talon) — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Finnish: kanta — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• French: souche — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• French: talon — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• German: Abreißzettel — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Italian: matrice — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Portuguese: canhoto — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Portuguese: talão — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Russian: корешо́к (korešók) — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Spanish: desprendible — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Spanish: resguardo — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Spanish: talón — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• Ukrainian: коріне́ць (korinécʹ) — a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
• German: Stub — computing: a placeholder procedure
• German: Stutzen — computing: a placeholder procedure
• Navajo: tsehégod — computing: a placeholder procedure
• Arabic: بذرَة — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Arabic: تقاوى (taʔāwi) — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Bulgarian: мъниче (mǎniče) — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Catalan: esborrany — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Czech: pahýl — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Dutch: beginnetje — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Finnish: tynkä — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• French: ébauche — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Galician: bosquexo — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• German: Abriss — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Greek: λήμμα προς επέκταση (límma pros epéktasi) — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Hungarian: csonk — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Italian: abbozzo — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Korean: 토막글 (tomakgeul) — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Polish: zalążek artykułu — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Portuguese: esboço — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Russian: болва́нка (bolvánka) — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Serbo-Croatian: mrva — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Slovene: škrbina — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Spanish: esbozo — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Turkish: taslak — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Welsh: eginyn — (wikis) page providing minimal information
• Finnish: tynkä — remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
• French: moignon — remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
• German: Stummel — remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
• German: Stummelschwanz — remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
• Italian: moncherino — remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
• Bulgarian: отрязвам (otrjazvam) — to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
• Bulgarian: отрежа (otreža) — to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
• German: roden — to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
• German: kürzen (kurz über dem Grund) — to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
• Bulgarian: изкоренявам (izkorenjavam) — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Bulgarian: изкореня (izkorenja) — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Dutch: wieden — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Estonian: juurima — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Finnish: juuria — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Finnish: kitkeä — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• German: ausroden — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• German: ausreißen (vt.) — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• German: ausreißen — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Italian: sradicare — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Portuguese: desarraigar — to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
• Bulgarian: удрям (udrjam) — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• Bulgarian: ударя (udarja) — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• Chinese Mandarin: 碰到 (pèngdào) — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• Dutch: stoten — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• German: stoßen — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• German: sich stoßen (vr.) — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• German: stoßen gegen (vt.) — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• Khiamniungan Naga: thīk — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
• Swedish: slå i — to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe