falter

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

An unsteadiness.

Verb

1. To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
2. (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
3. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
4. To stumble.
5. (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
6. To hesitate in purpose or action.
7. To cleanse or sift, as barley.

Concepts

hésiter

barguigner

bégayer

bafouiller

bredouiller

balbutier

osciller

chanceler

vaciller

défaillir

hésitation

déposer

confusément

tituber

trébucher

être stagnant

cafouiller

chancellement

se diriger en titubant

marmonner

stagner

hésiter à dire

être sédimenté

faiblir

fixer

Synonymes

hesitate

waver

stumble

stammer

stutter

totter

stagger

bumble

vacillate

wobble

flounder

blunder

lurch

reel

hesitation

mumble

weaken

wince

fluctuate

be undecided

faltering

rock

🪨

get stuck

stop short

splutter

sputter

flinch

dilly dally

hang back

recoil

stagnate

stumblingly

suspect

swag

sway

teeter

tergiversate

vacillatingly

waffle

🧇

be uncertain

go astray

hem and haw

make mistakes

show reluctance

be sluggish

hesitate to say

be stagnant

be sedimented

be precipitated

talk excitedly

Traductions

schwanken

vacilar

vacillare

titubear

balbettare

wankelen

stammeln

gaguejar

zaudern

weifelen

τραυλίζω

stamelen

stocken

🛑

stottern

stotteren

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfɒl.tə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à vieux norrois: faltrask

In summary

From Middle English falteren (“to stagger; be unsteady, tremble, quiver; to stammer; be entangled, get caught”), further origin unknown. Probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“to hesitate, be puzzled, be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.