tumble

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• tŭmʹbəl
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• /ˈtʌmbl̩/
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• Northern-England: /ˈtʊmbl̩/
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From Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian, from Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn, tūmōn, from Proto-Germanic *tumbōną, tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tumelen (whence Dutch tuimelen), Middle Low German tumelen, tummelen, German taumeln, Danish tumle, Swedish tumla, tumbla (“to tumble”), Faroese tumla, tumbla (“to walk heavily and noisily, stagger”).

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: անկում (ankum) — a fall
• Bulgarian: падане (padane) — a fall
• Bulgarian: прекатурване (prekaturvane) — a fall
• Catalan: caiguda — a fall
• Catalan: tomb — a fall
• Catalan: tomballó — a fall
• Finnish: kuperkeikka — a fall
• French: culbute — a fall
• Galician: rolo — a fall
• Galician: tombo — a fall
• German: Sturz — a fall
• German: Fall — a fall
• German: Überschlag — a fall
• German: Absturz — a fall
• German: Purzelbaum — a fall
• German: Rolle — a fall
• Italian: caduta — a fall
• Italian: tombola — a fall
• Ladin: culeteda — a fall
• Ladin: culëta — a fall
• Māori: turupeke — a fall
• Māori: turupēpeke — a fall
• Portuguese: tombo — a fall
• Russian: паде́ние (padénije) — a fall
• Russian: кувырка́ние (kuvyrkánije) — a fall
• Sicilian: caduta — a fall
• Sicilian: sbalancata — a fall
• Sicilian: tummata — a fall
• Spanish: caída — a fall
• Welsh: codwm — a fall
• Afrikaans: tuimel — to fall end over end
• Bulgarian: прекатурвам се (prekaturvam se) — to fall end over end
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻滾 /翻滚 (fāngǔn) — to fall end over end
• Chinese Mandarin: 跌倒 (diēdǎo) — to fall end over end
• Crimean Tatar: tomalamaq — to fall end over end
• Danish: tumle — to fall end over end
• Dutch: tuimelen — to fall end over end
• Finnish: heittää kuperkeikkaa — to fall end over end
• Finnish: kupsahtaa — to fall end over end
• French: dégringoler — to fall end over end
• French: culbuter — to fall end over end
• German: stolpern — to fall end over end
• German: herunterstürzen — to fall end over end
• German: herunterfallen — to fall end over end
• German: sich überschlagen — to fall end over end
• German: herumfallen — to fall end over end
• German: rollen — to fall end over end
• German: purzeln — to fall end over end
• German: taumeln — to fall end over end
• German: stürzen — to fall end over end
• German: umstürzen — to fall end over end
• German: fallen — to fall end over end
• German: walken — to fall end over end
• Greek: πέσει (pései) — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: bukik — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: elbukik — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: felbukik — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: bucskázik — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: hanyatt esik — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: lebukfencezik — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: lebucskázik — to fall end over end
• Hungarian: lezuhan — to fall end over end
• Icelandic: velta — to fall end over end
• Italian: cadere — to fall end over end
• Italian: precipitare — to fall end over end
• Italian: rovinare — to fall end over end
• Italian: crollare — to fall end over end
• Italian: ruzzolare — to fall end over end
• Krymchak: чӱшмек — to fall end over end
• Māori: porohuri — to fall end over end
• Māori: turupeke — to fall end over end
• Māori: turupēpeke — to fall end over end
• Māori: takahurihuri — to fall end over end
• Māori: pītakataka — to fall end over end
• Portuguese: cair — to fall end over end
• Russian: ру́шиться (rúšitʹsja) — to fall end over end
• Russian: обру́шиться (obrúšitʹsja) — to fall end over end
• Russian: опроки́дываться (oprokídyvatʹsja) — to fall end over end
• Russian: опроки́нуться (oprokínutʹsja) — to fall end over end
• Russian: па́дать (pádatʹ) — to fall end over end
• Russian: упа́сть (upástʹ) — to fall end over end
• Spanish: caer — to fall end over end
• Spanish: revolverse — to fall end over end
• Walloon: berloufer — to fall end over end
• Walloon: berlôzer — to fall end over end
• Bulgarian: въртя се (vǎrtja se) — to roll over and over
• Bulgarian: търкалям се (tǎrkaljam se) — to roll over and over
• Galician: rolar — to roll over and over
• Hungarian: hánykolódik — to roll over and over
• Hungarian: forgolódik — to roll over and over
• Hungarian: kavarog — to roll over and over
• Hungarian: forog — to roll over and over
• Hungarian: özönlik — to roll over and over
• Hungarian: bukdácsol — to roll over and over
• Russian: кувырка́ться (kuvyrkátʹsja) — to roll over and over
• Bulgarian: премятам се (premjatam se) — to perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings
• Ancient Greek: κυβιστάω (kubistáō) — to perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings
• Hungarian: bukfencezik — to perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings
• German: purzeln — to drop rapidly
• Hungarian: felborít — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Hungarian: felborogat — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Hungarian: feldönt — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Hungarian: kiborít — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Hungarian: ledönt — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Hungarian: összekuszál — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Hungarian: összegyűr — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Hungarian: széthány — to muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple
• Greek: ανθίζομαι (anthízomai) — to realise