From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
[en], [enm] and [enm], [enm], from the verb; partly from [en], a frequentative
form of [en], [enm] ["to mix; mix up"; corresponding to [en]]; and partly from
[en], a frequentative form of [en], from [en]. Cognates include [no],
dialectal [sv], [da] or [da], [is]. Related to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake .
2. [en] A very bad move , usually caused by some tactical oversight .
3. [en] Confusion ; bewilderment ; trouble ; disturbance ; clamour . [ca. 1375–1774]
**** Synonyms
- [error] [en] , [en] , [en] ; [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Descendants
- [nl]
- [sv]
**** Translations
[mistake]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [colloquial] [fr] , [colloquial] [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [colloquial] [el] [el] , [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] , [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[big mistake in chess]
- Old Norse: [non]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make a big mistake , especially when it is careless or stupid . [from 1706]
1. [en] To make a bad move , especially caused by tactical oversight.
2. [en] To make a bad move and thereby cause the loss of (a piece).
2. [en] To move in an unsteady way. [from ca. 1386, figurative sense from 1641]
3. * OCTOBER 6, 1759 , [Oliver Goldsmith] , _The Bee_ No. 1
4. *: I was never distinguished for address, and have often even BLUNDERED in making my bow.
5. * [chapter=Palamon and Arcite]
6. [en] To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake.
7. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1714 | author=w:Humphry Ditton | title=A discourse concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ
|passage=To BLUNDER an adversary.}}
1. [en] To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1676 | author=w:Edward Stillingfleet | title=A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome
|passage=He BLUNDERS and confounds all these together.}}
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Descendants
- [nl]
**** Translations
[To make a stupid mistake]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] [familiar]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] (esp. say somethin inappropriate), [ru] , [slang] [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Spanish: [es]
- Thai: [th] , [th] , [th]
- Volapük: [vo]
[trans-bottom]
[To move blindly or clumsily]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
- [R:Longman]
- [pos=v]
- [pos=v]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Danish
*** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [nl], from [nl], [enm], from [nl]. Related to [nl].
**** Noun
[m]
1. a [en] , serious error or mistake
***** Related terms
- [nl]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
** Swedish
[Misstag (schack)]
*** Etymology
[sv]. According to SO attested since 1837.
*** Noun
[c]
1. [en] [clumsy mistake]
2. [sv] A [en] ; a very bad move, especially caused by some tactical oversight.
**** Declension
[2=blundern]
**** See also
[sv]
*** Further reading
- [R:sv:SO]