different between flater vs stutter

Dutch

Etymology

From flateren (“to chit-chat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fla?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: fla?ter
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

flater m (plural flaters, diminutive flatertje n)

1. A blunder, a blooper, a stupid mistake.
2. (obsolete) Chatter, banter, chit-chat.

Derived terms

• flateren (“to blunder”)

Latin

Verb

fl?ter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fl?t?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

flater m or f

1. indefinite plural of flate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flater f

1. indefinite plural of flate

Old French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

flater

1. to flatter; to seduce with words

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Derived terms

• flateour

Descendants

• English: to flatter
• French: flatter
• Norman: fliatter

English

Etymology

From Middle English stutten, stoten (“stutter”); cognate with Dutch stotteren (“stutter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?st???/
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Verb

stutter (third-person singular simple present stutters, present participle stuttering, simple past and past participle stuttered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

   He stuttered a few words of thanks.

2. (intransitive) To exhaust a gas with difficulty

   The engine of the old car stuttered going up the slope. I was stuttering after the marathon.

Synonyms

• (speak with spasmodic repetition): stammer

Translations

Noun

stutter (plural stutters)

1. A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.

   Synonym: stammer

2. (obsolete) One who stutters.

   Synonyms: stutterer, stammerer

   • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, London: William Lee, IV. Century, p. 103,^[1]

     And many Stutters (we finde) are very Cholericke Men; Choler Enducing a Drinesse in the Tongue.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Truetts, tutters