stumble

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• /ˈstʌmbəl/
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• Northern-England: /ˈstʊmbəl/
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• CMU ARPABET: S T AH1 M B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stam- (“to trip up; to stammer, stutter”), thereby related to German stumm (“mute”), Dutch stom (“dumb”). Doublet of stammer. Also related to verb in Dutch stommelen (“to walk silently”).

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَثْرَة (ʕaṯra) — a fall or trip
• Bulgarian: спъване (spǎvane) — a fall or trip
• Bulgarian: запъване (zapǎvane) — a fall or trip
• Catalan: ensopegada — a fall or trip
• Chinese Mandarin: 失足 (shīzú) — a fall or trip
• Czech: klopýtnutí — a fall or trip
• Czech: zakopnutí — a fall or trip
• Danish: snublen — a fall or trip
• Dutch: struikelen — a fall or trip
• Finnish: kompastus — a fall or trip
• French: chute — a fall or trip
• French: faux pas — a fall or trip
• Georgian: ბორძიკი (borʒiḳi) — a fall or trip
• Georgian: წაბორძიკება (c̣aborʒiḳeba) — a fall or trip
• German: Stolpern — a fall or trip
• German: Fehltritt — a fall or trip
• Ancient Greek: πταῖσμα (ptaîsma) — a fall or trip
• Ancient Greek: σφάλμα (sphálma) — a fall or trip
• Hungarian: botlás — a fall or trip
• Italian: scivolone — a fall or trip
• Occitan: contrapàs — a fall or trip
• Occitan: escarlimpada — a fall or trip
• Persian: سکندر (sekandar) — a fall or trip
• Persian: سکندری (sekandari) — a fall or trip
• Polish: potknięcie się — a fall or trip
• Portuguese: tropeço — a fall or trip
• Russian: спотыка́ние (spotykánije) — a fall or trip
• Slovak: zakopnutie — a fall or trip
• Slovak: potknutie sa — a fall or trip
• Spanish: tropezón — a fall or trip
• Spanish: traspié — a fall or trip
• Bulgarian: погрешна стъпка (pogrešna stǎpka) — an error or blunder
• Chinese Mandarin: 過失 /过失 (guòshī) — an error or blunder
• Danish: fejl — an error or blunder
• Danish: fejltrin — an error or blunder
• Finnish: virhe — an error or blunder
• Finnish: moka — an error or blunder
• French: bourde — an error or blunder
• German: Fehler — an error or blunder
• German: Schnitzer — an error or blunder
• German: Ausrutscher — an error or blunder
• German: Patzer — an error or blunder
• Ancient Greek: διάπτωμα (diáptōma) — an error or blunder
• Hungarian: botlás — an error or blunder
• Polish: potknięcie — an error or blunder
• Russian: про́мах (prómax) — an error or blunder
• Spanish: desliz — an error or blunder
• Spanish: torpeza — an error or blunder
• Spanish: tropiezo — an error or blunder
• Arabic: عَثَرَ (ʕaṯara) — to trip or fall
• Arabic: عتر (ʕtar) — to trip or fall
• Arabic: تعتر (tʕattar) — to trip or fall
• Bashkir: абыныу (abınıw) — to trip or fall
• Bashkir: һөрөнөү (hörönöw) — to trip or fall
• Bashkir: һөрлөгөү (hörlögöw) — to trip or fall
• Bulgarian: спъвам се (spǎvam se) — to trip or fall
• Bulgarian: препъвам се (prepǎvam se) — to trip or fall
• Catalan: ensopegar — to trip or fall
• Catalan: fer un pas en fals — to trip or fall
• Catalan: entrebancar-se — to trip or fall
• Catalan: entrepassegar — to trip or fall
• Catalan: entropessar — to trip or fall
• Chinese Mandarin: 絆倒 /绊倒 (bàndǎo) — to trip or fall
• Czech: zakopnout — to trip or fall
• Czech: klopýtnout — to trip or fall
• Danish: snuble — to trip or fall
• Dutch: struikelen — to trip or fall
• Dutch: strompelen — to trip or fall
• Egyptian: M16-M16-D54 (ḥꜣḥꜣ) — to trip or fall
• Esperanto: stumbli — to trip or fall
• Esperanto: falpuŝiĝi — to trip or fall
• Esperanto: faleti — to trip or fall
• Faroese: snáva — to trip or fall
• Finnish: kompastua — to trip or fall
• Finnish: kompuroida — to trip or fall
• French: trébucher — to trip or fall
• French: faire un faux pas — to trip or fall
• French: broncher — to trip or fall
• Galician: tropezar — to trip or fall
• Galician: embelecar — to trip or fall
• German: stolpern — to trip or fall
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (gastigqan) — to trip or fall
• Ancient Greek: πταίω (ptaíō) — to trip or fall
• Hungarian: botlik — to trip or fall
• Hungarian: megbotlik — to trip or fall
• Hungarian: belebotlik — to trip or fall
• Hungarian: átesik — to trip or fall
• Icelandic: hnjóta — to trip or fall
• Ido: mispazar — to trip or fall
• Ido: butar — to trip or fall
• Ido: pedobutar — to trip or fall
• Ido: faletar — to trip or fall
• Irish: tuisligh — to trip or fall
• Italian: scivolare — to trip or fall
• Italian: inciampare — to trip or fall
• Italian: imbattersi — to trip or fall
• Italian: incontrare — to trip or fall
• Japanese: 躓く (tsumazuku) — to trip or fall
• Korean: 넘어질 뻔하다 (neomeojil ppeonhada) — to trip or fall
• Latvian: klupt — to trip or fall
• Maltese: għotor — to trip or fall
• Māori: tapepa — to trip or fall
• Māori: tūtuki — to trip or fall
• Māori: tatu — to trip or fall
• Māori: tatutu — to trip or fall
• Norman: trébutchi — to trip or fall
• Norwegian Bokmål: snuble — to trip or fall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: snubla — to trip or fall
• Oromo: gufachuu — to trip or fall
• Persian: سکرفیدن (sekarfidan) — to trip or fall
• Polish: potykać się — to trip or fall
• Polish: potknąć się — to trip or fall
• Portuguese: tropeçar — to trip or fall
• Portuguese: topar — to trip or fall
• Portuguese: esbarrar — to trip or fall
• Portuguese: bater com um obstáculo — to trip or fall
• Quechua: mitk'ay — to trip or fall
• Russian: спотыка́ться (spotykátʹsja) — to trip or fall
• Russian: оступа́ться (ostupátʹsja) — to trip or fall
• Slovak: zakopnúť — to trip or fall
• Slovak: potknúť sa — to trip or fall
• Spanish: tropezar — to trip or fall
• Spanish: topar — to trip or fall
• Spanish: dar traspiés — to trip or fall
• Spanish: dar un mal paso — to trip or fall
• Spanish: dar un paso en falso — to trip or fall
• Spanish: trastabillar — to trip or fall
• Spanish: trastrabillar — to trip or fall
• Swahili: kwaa — to trip or fall
• Swedish: snubbla — to trip or fall
• Swedish: snava — to trip or fall
• Telugu: కాలుజారు (kālujāru) — to trip or fall
• Tocharian B: trāpp- — to trip or fall
• Turkish: tökezlemek — to trip or fall
• Ukrainian: спотика́тися (spotykátysja) — to trip or fall
• Ukrainian: спіткнутися (spitknutysja) — to trip or fall
• Ukrainian: спотикнутися (spotyknutysja) — to trip or fall
• Walloon: si trebouxhî — to trip or fall
• Walloon: estrebukî — to trip or fall
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹣跚而行 /蹒跚而行 — to walk clumsily
• German: staksen — to walk clumsily
• Hungarian: botladozik — to walk clumsily
• Hungarian: botorkál — to walk clumsily
• Hungarian: tántorog — to walk clumsily
• Hungarian: támolyog — to walk clumsily
• Hungarian: vánszorog — to walk clumsily
• Hungarian: betéved — to walk clumsily
• Italian: incespicare — to walk clumsily
• Spanish: caminar torpemente — to walk clumsily
• Bulgarian: греша (greša) — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Catalan: entrebancar-se — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Chinese Mandarin: 犯錯 /犯错 (fàncuò) — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Danish: fejle — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Danish: begå fejl — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Esperanto: stumbli — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Hungarian: megbicsaklik — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Hungarian: belebicsaklik — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Hungarian: akadozik — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Italian: sbagliarsi — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Korean: 넘어질 뻔하다 (neomeojil ppeonhada) — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Māori: tapepe — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Portuguese: tropeçar — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Portuguese: cometer um erro — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Russian: ошиба́ться (ošibátʹsja) — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Russian: оступа́ться (ostupátʹsja) — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: tropezar — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: errar — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: atrancarse — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: trabar — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: tartamudear — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: trastabillar — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: trastrabillar — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Spanish: titubear — to make a mistake or have trouble
• Turkish: tökezlemek — to make a mistake or have trouble