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Definition: Stammerer |
StammererNoun1. Someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stammerer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Stammerer (The). Louis II. of France, le Bégue. (846, 877-879.) Michael II., Emperor of the East, le Bégue. (*, 820, 829.) Notker or Notger of St. Gall. (830-912.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: StammererSynonym: stutterer (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stammerer |
| English words defined with "stammerer": Maffler ♦ To take a name in vain. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stammerer": Battology. (references) |
| "Stammerer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stammerer" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "stammerer": Louis the Stammerer. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "stammerer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gagacë (lisper), belbacak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متردد (ambivalent, chary, double-minded, doubtful, dubious, faint-hearted, faltering, flickering, haunting, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, infirm, irresolute, remittent, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, vacillating, wavering), تمتام, اللجلاج ثقيل اللسان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пелтек (stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bègue (stammering, stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stotterer (stutter, stutterer, stutterers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τραυλόσ (stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ'מ'ם (stutterer), על' (inarticulate, stammering, stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dadogó (stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | balbuziente (stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 말""이 (stammer, stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | stuttalagh, fer moandagh (fumbler), cabbagh (stammering, stuttering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ammererstay tartamudo, pessoa que gagueja, gago (stutterer). (various references) gângãvit (stammering, stuttering), bâlbâit (halting, stammering, stutterer). (various references) заика (stutterer). (various references) mabair (stutterer), blabaran. (various references) zamuckivač, mucavac (stutterer). (various references) tartamudo (stutterer, stuttering). (various references) kekeme (stammering, stutterer). (various references) заїка (stutterer), буркотун (carper, catamaran, crab, fuddy-duddy, grouch, grumbler, killjoy, nagger, rater). (various references) người nói lắp (stutterer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stammerer": stammerers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stammerer" (pronounced 'Stam"mer*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-m-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ammeters, metamers, remaster, streamer. | |
-2 letters: ammeter, armrest, metamer, rammers, reamers, remates, reteams, retears, serrate, smarter, smearer, stammer, steamer, stemmer, tearers, termers. | |
-3 letters: ameers, aretes, armers, armets, arrest, easter, eaters, emmers, emmets, eraser, master, maters, matres, merest, meters, metres, ramees, ramets, rammer, rarest, raster, raters, reamer, rearms, remate, reseat, rester, reteam, retear, retems, seamer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-m-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: stammerers. | |
+2 letters: rearmaments. | |
+4 letters: embarrassment, remeasurement, transmembrane. | |
+5 letters: embarrassments, ferrimagnetism, ferromagnetism, remeasurements. | |
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