"tongue-twister" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tongue-twisters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tongue-twister (plural tongue-twisters)
  1. A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes. Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: tongue twister Coordinate_terms: finger-fumbler Translations (phrase which is difficult to say): تَنَافُر (tanāfur) [masculine] (Arabic), laxra chinja (Aymara), yanıltmac (Azerbaijani), aho-korapilo (Basque), Zungabrecha [feminine] (Bavarian), Bappndralla [feminine] (Bavarian), скорагаво́рка (skorahavórka) [feminine] (Belarusian), быстрамо́ўка (bystramóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), скоропоговорка (skoropogovorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), travallengua [masculine] (Catalan), embarbussament [masculine] (Catalan), 繞口令 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 绕口令 (liáu-kháu-lēng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 桀口話 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 桀口话 (ke̍h-kháu-ōe) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 謔喙訣 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 谑喙诀 (gio̍h-chhùi-koat) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 急口令 (gap¹ hau² ling⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 繞口令 (Chinese Mandarin), 绕口令 (ràokǒulìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拗口令 (àokǒulìng) (Chinese Mandarin), tezaytım (Crimean Tatar), jazykolam [masculine] (Czech), tungebrækker [common-gender] (Danish), tongbreker [masculine] (Dutch), langrompilo (Esperanto), kielivoimisteluloru (Finnish), sanahirviö (Finnish), virelangue [masculine] (French), trabalinguas [masculine] (Galician), Zungenbrecher [masculine] (German), Zongabrecher [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), γλωσσοδέτης (glossodétis) [masculine] (Greek), nyelvtörő (Hungarian), tungubrjót [masculine] (Icelandic), pembelit lidah (Indonesian), rabhlóg [feminine] (Irish), casfhocal [masculine] (Irish), scioglilingua [masculine] (Italian), 早口言葉 (hayakuchi kotoba) (alt: はやくちことば) (Japanese), кывбертлас (kyvbertlas) (Komi-Zyrian), 빠른말 (ppareunmal) (Korean), 잰말놀이 (jaenmallori) (Korean), жаңылтмач (jaŋıltmac) (Kyrgyz), ātrruna [feminine] (Latvian), mēles mežģis [feminine] (Latvian), greitãkalbė [feminine] (Lithuanian), deslengualengua [masculine] (Lombard), Tungenbreker [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), брзозбо́рка (brzozbórka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pepe takimanawa (Maori), tungekrøll [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tungekrøll [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), viralenga [feminine] (Occitan), łamaniec językowy [masculine] (Polish), łamaniec [masculine] (Polish), trava-língua [masculine] (Portuguese), trava-línguas [masculine] (Portuguese), frântură de limbă [feminine] (Romanian), скорогово́рка (skorogovórka) [feminine] (Russian), бр̀залица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), br̀zalica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jazykolam [masculine] (Slovak), trabalenguas [masculine] (Spanish), kitanza ndimi (Swahili), tungvrickare [common-gender] (Swedish), pamilipit-dila (Tagalog), pampilipit-dila (Tagalog), టంగ్-ట్విస్టర్ (ṭaṅg-ṭvisṭar) (Telugu), tekerleme (Turkish), ӝогверан (džogveran) (Udmurt), кылтӥян (kyltijan) (Udmurt), скоромовка (skoromovka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tez aytish (Uzbek), toitche-linwe [masculine] (Walloon), cwlwm tafod [masculine] (Welsh), tongbrekkerssechje [common-gender] (West Frisian), גיכווערטל (gikhvertl) [neuter] (Yiddish)
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          "text": "The present name being a translation, \"in brief,\" of the original tongue-twister, meaning \"the river of the rock\"",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tanāfur",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "تَنَافُر"
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          "code": "ay",
          "lang": "Aymara",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "laxra chinja"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "yanıltmac"
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        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "aho-korapilo"
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        {
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zungabrecha"
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        {
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Bappndralla"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "skorahavórka",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скорагаво́рка"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "bystramóŭka",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "быстрамо́ўка"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skoropogovorka",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скоропоговорка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "travallengua"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "embarbussament"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gap¹ hau² ling⁶",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "急口令"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "繞口令"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "liáu-kháu-lēng",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "绕口令"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "桀口話"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "ke̍h-kháu-ōe",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "桀口话"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "謔喙訣"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "gio̍h-chhùi-koat",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "谑喙诀"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "繞口令"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ràokǒulìng",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "绕口令"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "àokǒulìng",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "拗口令"
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          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "tezaytım"
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          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
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          "word": "jazykolam"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "tungebrækker"
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          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
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          "word": "tongbreker"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "langrompilo"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "kielivoimisteluloru"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "sanahirviö"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "virelangue"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "trabalinguas"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Zungenbrecher"
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          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Zongabrecher"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "glossodétis",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "γλωσσοδέτης"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "nyelvtörő"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tungubrjót"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "pembelit lidah"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rabhlóg"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "casfhocal"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scioglilingua"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はやくちことば",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hayakuchi kotoba",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "早口言葉"
        },
        {
          "code": "kpv",
          "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
          "roman": "kyvbertlas",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "кывбертлас"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ppareunmal",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "빠른말"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jaenmallori",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "잰말놀이"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jaŋıltmac",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "жаңылтмач"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ātrruna"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mēles mežģis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "greitãkalbė"
        },
        {
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "deslengualengua"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tungenbreker"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "brzozbórka",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "брзозбо́рка"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "pepe takimanawa"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tungekrøll"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tungekrøll"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "viralenga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "łamaniec językowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "łamaniec"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trava-língua"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trava-línguas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frântură de limbă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skorogovórka",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скорогово́рка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бр̀залица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "br̀zalica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jazykolam"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trabalenguas"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "kitanza ndimi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tungvrickare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "pamilipit-dila"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "pampilipit-dila"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ṭaṅg-ṭvisṭar",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "టంగ్-ట్విస్టర్"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "tekerleme"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "džogveran",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "ӝогверан"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "kyltijan",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "кылтӥян"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skoromovka",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "скоромовка"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "word": "tez aytish"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "toitche-linwe"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cwlwm tafod"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tongbrekkerssechje"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "gikhvertl",
          "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "גיכווערטל"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "tongue-twister"
}
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    {
      "word": "finger-fumbler"
    }
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Aymara translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Bavarian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Crimean Tatar translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German Low German translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
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        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
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        "Terms with Lombard translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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        "Terms with Turkish translations",
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          "text": "The present name being a translation, \"in brief,\" of the original tongue-twister, meaning \"the river of the rock\"",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tanāfur",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَنَافُر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ay",
      "lang": "Aymara",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "laxra chinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "yanıltmac"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "aho-korapilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zungabrecha"
    },
    {
      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bappndralla"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skorahavórka",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скорагаво́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bystramóŭka",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "быстрамо́ўка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skoropogovorka",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скоропоговорка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travallengua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "embarbussament"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gap¹ hau² ling⁶",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "急口令"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "繞口令"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "liáu-kháu-lēng",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "绕口令"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "桀口話"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "ke̍h-kháu-ōe",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "桀口话"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "謔喙訣"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "gio̍h-chhùi-koat",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "谑喙诀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "繞口令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ràokǒulìng",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "绕口令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "àokǒulìng",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "拗口令"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "tezaytım"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jazykolam"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tungebrækker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tongbreker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "langrompilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "kielivoimisteluloru"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "sanahirviö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virelangue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabalinguas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zungenbrecher"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zongabrecher"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "glossodétis",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γλωσσοδέτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "nyelvtörő"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tungubrjót"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "pembelit lidah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rabhlóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casfhocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scioglilingua"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はやくちことば",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hayakuchi kotoba",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "早口言葉"
    },
    {
      "code": "kpv",
      "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
      "roman": "kyvbertlas",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "кывбертлас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ppareunmal",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "빠른말"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaenmallori",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "잰말놀이"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jaŋıltmac",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "жаңылтмач"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ātrruna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mēles mežģis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greitãkalbė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deslengualengua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tungenbreker"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brzozbórka",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брзозбо́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "pepe takimanawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tungekrøll"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tungekrøll"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viralenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łamaniec językowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łamaniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trava-língua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trava-línguas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frântură de limbă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skorogovórka",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скорогово́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бр̀залица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "br̀zalica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jazykolam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trabalenguas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "kitanza ndimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tungvrickare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "pamilipit-dila"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "pampilipit-dila"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ṭaṅg-ṭvisṭar",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "టంగ్-ట్విస్టర్"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "tekerleme"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "džogveran",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "ӝогверан"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "kyltijan",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "кылтӥян"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skoromovka",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скоромовка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "word": "tez aytish"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toitche-linwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cwlwm tafod"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tongbrekkerssechje"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gikhvertl",
      "sense": "phrase which is difficult to say",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "גיכווערטל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tongue-twister"
}

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