tongue-twister
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tongue-twister
noun tongue-twisters · tongue twister
- A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes. The present name being a translation, "in brief," of the original tongue-twister, meaning "the river of the rock"
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noun phrase which is difficult to say
| Español | trabalenguas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 빠른말 ppareunmal, 잰말놀이 jaenmallori |
| 日本語 | 早口言葉 hayakuchi kotoba |
| 中文 | 繞口令 /绕口令 ràokǒulìng, 拗口令 àokǒulìng |
| Kiswahili | kitanza ndimi |
| Português | trava-língua, trava-línguas |
| Français | virelangue |
| Deutsch | Zungenbrecher |
| Italiano | scioglilingua |
| Ελληνικά | γλωσσοδέτης glossodétis |
| Română | frântură de limbă |
| Русский | скорогово́рка skorogovórka |
| العربية | تَنَافُر tanāfur |
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title = {tongue-twister},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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