flounder

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
2. (Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
3. A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
2. (intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
3. (intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
4. To be in serious difficulty.

Concepts

flet

se débattre

se démener

remuer

agiter

sole

limande

patauger

Synonymes

flatfish

wallow

stagger

roll

sole

struggle

blunder

falter

roll around

plaice

waver

splash around

hesitate

stumble

founder

totter

reel

careen

lurch

bumble

dab

squelch

squirm

stir

strive

swag

sway

teeter

tergiversate

turbot

vacillate

wallop

welter

wobble

wriggle

writhe

crawl about

make mistakes

fish

🐟

Georges bank flounder

carrelet

emerywheel

European flatfish

sand dab

blackback

long-jaw flounder

plie rouge

rough flounder

right-eye flounder

placie

Traductions

bot

Flunder

linguado

platija

solha

spartelen

πλευρονήκτης

passera

ψήσσα

worstelen

annaspare

platvis

sogliola

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈflaʊndɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: flowndre

Appartenant à danois: flynder

Appartenant à allemand: Flunder

Appartenant à suédois: flundra

In summary

From Middle English flowndre, from Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Northern French flondre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.