welter

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
2. A tossing or rolling about.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To roll around; to wallow.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To revel, luxuriate.
3. (intransitive) To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll.

Adj

Heavyweight. (of horsemen)

Verb

To wither; to wilt.

Concepts

welter

bain

🛀

bouillon

confusion

embrouillamini

Synonymes

wallow

smother

roll

clutter

confusion

turmoil

flurry

roll about

jumble

muddle

mare’s nest

fuddle

tumble

mix up

disarray

discomfiture

discomposure

disorder

disturbance

embroilment

flounder

fluster

flutter

fogginess

force

gathering

group

grovel

host

hugger mugger

intersection

knot

🪢

mire

mob

muck

mud

muss

number

🔢

outbreak

pack

party

🥳

perplexity

perturbation

platoon

pother

restlessness

riot

roll over

row

rub

Traductions

σύγχυση

mezcolanza

ağnamak

guazzare

warboel

wentelen

αταξία

αναταραχή

rollen

confusione

Woge

rollen

ondeggiare

confusión

kargaşa

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɛltɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: welteren

Appartenant à vieux norrois: velta

Appartenant à danois: vælte

Appartenant à allemand: wälzen

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽

Appartenant à latin: volvō

In summary

From Middle English welteren, equivalent to welt + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognates include German Low German weltern (“to wallow; roll”), Old Norse velta (Danish vælte), German wälzen, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waltjan). Akin to wallow and Latin volvō.