blunder

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Etymology

Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes”). Cognates include Danish blunde (“to blink”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈblʌn.də(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"blVn.d@(r\)/
(US) IPA: /ˈblʌn.dɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"blVn.d@`/
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Rhymes: -ʌndə(r)

Noun

blunder (plural blunders)

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

Synonyms

(error): blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko

Translations

mistake

Bulgarian: груба грешка (bg) (gruba greška) f, пропуск (bg) (propusk) m
Dutch: blunder (nl) m
Finnish: kommellus (fi), kömmähdys (fi), munaus (fi), haksahdus (fi)
French: (colloquial) gaffe (fr) f, (colloquial) impair (fr) m, faux pas (fr) m, maladresse (fr) f, bourde (fr)
German: Patzer (de) m, Schnitzer (de) m
Greek: σφάλμα (el) (sfálma) n, λάθος (el) (láthos) n, παραδρομή (el) (paradromí) f
Hungarian: baklövés (hu), szarvashiba (hu)
Japanese: へま (ja) (hema), ポカ (ja) (poka)

Portuguese: erro (pt) m, confusão (pt) m, gafe (pt) f, mico (pt) m
Russian: ляп (ru) (ljap) m, ляпсус (ru) (ljápsus) m, прокол (ru) (prokól) m, промах (ru) (prómax) m, просчёт (ru) (prosčót) m
Serbo-Croatian: kiks (sh) m
Spanish: error (es) m, (Chile) condoro (es) m, (Colombia) descache (es) m, torpeza (es) f, desliz (es) m, garrafal (es) m, (Latin America) metida de pata (es) f, tropiezo (es) m
Swedish: blunder (sv) c, tabbe (sv) c, tavla (sv) c
Turkish: hata (tr)

Verb

blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered)

(intransitive) To make a stupid mistake.
(intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily.
(transitive) To cause to make a mistake.
- Ditton
  To blunder an adversary.
(transitive) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
- Stillingfleet
  He blunders and confounds all these together.

Translations

To make a stupid mistake

Bulgarian: правя груби грешки (bg) (pravja grubi greški)
German: patzen (de), einen Bock schießen (de)
Russian: ляпнуть, лопухнуться, (slang) лажаться

Spanish: meter la pata (es)
Volapük: pökön (vo)

To move blindly or clumsily

Bulgarian: вървя слепешката (bg) (vǎrvja slepeškata)

Russian: двигаться ощупью, двигаться на ощупь

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