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A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَنَافُر
(tanāfur)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Asturian:
traballingües
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Asturian:
empapiellu
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Aymara:
laxra chinja
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Azerbaijani:
yanıltmac
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Basque:
aho-korapilo
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Belarusian:
скорагаво́рка
(skorahavórka)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Belarusian:
быстрамо́ўка
(bystramówka)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Bulgarian:
скоропоговорка
(skoropogovorka)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Catalan:
travallengua
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Catalan:
embarbussament
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Chinese Cantonese:
急口令
(gap1 hau2 ling6)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Chinese:
繞口令 /绕口令
(liáu-kháu-lēng)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Chinese:
桀口話 /桀口话
(ke̍h-kháu-ōe)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Chinese:
謔喙訣 /谑喙诀
(gio̍h-chhùi-koat)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Chinese Mandarin:
繞口令 /绕口令
(ràokǒulìng)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Chinese Mandarin:
拗口令
(àokǒulìng)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Crimean Tatar:
tezaytım
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Czech:
jazykolam
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Danish:
tungebrækker
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Dutch:
tongbreker
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Esperanto:
langrompilo
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Finnish:
kielivoimisteluloru
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Finnish:
sanahirviö
— phrase which is difficult to say
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French:
virelangue
— phrase which is difficult to say
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West-Frisian:
tongbrekkerssechje
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Galician:
trabalinguas
— phrase which is difficult to say
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German:
Zungenbrecher
— phrase which is difficult to say
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German:
Zongabrecher
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Bavarian German:
Zungabrecha
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Bavarian German:
Bappndralla
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Greek:
γλωσσοδέτης
(glossodétis)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Hungarian:
nyelvtörő
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Icelandic:
tungubrjót
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Indonesian:
pembelit lidah
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Irish:
rabhlóg
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Irish:
casfhocal
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Italian:
scioglilingua
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Japanese:
早口言葉
(hayakuchi kotoba)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Komi-Zyrian:
кывбертлас
(kyvbertlas)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Korean:
빠른말
(ppareunmal)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Korean:
잰말놀이
(jaenmallori)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Kyrgyz:
жаңылтмач
(jaŋıltmac)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Latvian:
ātrruna
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Latvian:
mēles mežģis
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Lithuanian:
greitãkalbė
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Lombard:
deslengualengua
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Low German:
Tungenbreker
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Macedonian:
брзозбо́рка
(brzozbórka)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Māori:
pepe takimanawa
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tungekrøll
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tungekrøll
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Occitan:
viralenga
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Pannonian Rusyn:
язиколамка
(jazikolamka)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Pannonian Rusyn:
швидковигваряце виреченє
(švidkovihvarjace virečenje)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Polish:
łamaniec językowy
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Polish:
łamaniec
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Portuguese:
trava-língua
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Portuguese:
trava-línguas
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Romanian:
frântură de limbă
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Russian:
скорогово́рка
(skorogovórka)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Serbo-Croatian:
бр̀залица
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Serbo-Croatian:
br̀zalica
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Slovak:
jazykolam
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Spanish:
trabalenguas
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Swahili:
kitanza ndimi
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Swedish:
tungvrickare
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Tagalog:
pamilipit-dila
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Tagalog:
pampilipit-dila
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Tamil:
நா பிறழ்
(nā piṟaḻ)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Telugu:
టంగ్-ట్విస్టర్
(ṭaṅg-ṭvisṭar)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Turkish:
tekerleme
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Udmurt:
ӝогверан
(džogveran)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Udmurt:
кылтӥян
(kyltijan)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Ukrainian:
скоромовка
(skoromovka)
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Uzbek:
tez aytish
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Walloon:
toitche-linwe
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Welsh:
cwlwm tafod
— phrase which is difficult to say
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Yiddish:
גיכווערטל
(gikhvertl)
— phrase which is difficult to say
