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stutterer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who stutters; one who speaks with a stutter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stammerer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

History

Etymology

From stutter + -er.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَرَتُّ (ʔarattu) — one who stutters
  • Azerbaijani: pəltək — one who stutters
  • Catalan: tartamut — one who stutters
  • Danish: stammer — one who stutters
  • Dutch: stotteraar — one who stutters
  • Dutch: stotteraarster — one who stutters
  • Esperanto: balbutulo — one who stutters
  • Finnish: änkyttäjä — one who stutters
  • French: bègue — one who stutters
  • French: balbutieur — one who stutters
  • French: balbutieuse — one who stutters
  • French: bégayeur — one who stutters
  • French: bégayeuse — one who stutters
  • Galician: tato — one who stutters
  • Galician: tatexo — one who stutters
  • Galician: gago — one who stutters
  • German: Stotterer — one who stutters
  • German: Stottrer — one who stutters
  • German: Stotterin — one who stutters
  • German: Stottrerin — one who stutters
  • German: Stammler — one who stutters
  • German: Stammlerin — one who stutters
  • Greek: τραυλός (travlós) — one who stutters
  • Greek: τραυλή (travlí) — one who stutters
  • Italian: balbuziente — one who stutters
  • Ladino: peltek — one who stutters
  • Macedonian: пелтек (peltek) — one who stutters
  • Macedonian: д’ткач (d’tkač) — one who stutters
  • Marathi: तोतरा (totrā) — one who stutters
  • Polish: jąkała — one who stutters
  • Portuguese: gago — one who stutters
  • Portuguese: gaga — one who stutters
  • Romanian: bâlbâit — one who stutters
  • Russian: заи́ка (zaíka) — one who stutters
  • Scottish Gaelic: mabach — one who stutters
  • Spanish: tartamudo — one who stutters
  • Spanish: tartamuda — one who stutters
  • Spanish: gago — one who stutters
  • Spanish: tartaja — one who stutters
  • Spanish: tartajoso — one who stutters
  • Swedish: stammare — one who stutters
  • Tarifit: aynaw — one who stutters
  • Ukrainian: заї́ка (zajíka) — one who stutters