Flounder — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈaʊndɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈaʊndə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈaʊndə/

2 syllables Say it as /flˈaʊndɚ/.

Examples

He staggered along in the heavy snow
She is floundering in college

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stagger

Parts of Speech

noun	flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
noun	any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
verb	walk with great difficulty “He staggered along in the heavy snow”
verb	behave awkwardly; have difficulties “She is floundering in college”

Word Forms

stagger

noun

an unsteady uneven gait

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Flunder

Fleisch verschiedener amerikanischer und europäischer Plattfische

🇫🇷French

patauger

chair de l'un des divers poissons plats américains et européens

🇪🇸Spanish

platija

Carne de cualquiera de los diversos pescados planos americanos y europeos.

🇮🇹Italian

platessa

carne di uno qualsiasi dei vari pesci piatti americani ed europei

🇳🇱Dutch

bot

vlees van een van de verschillende Amerikaanse en Europese platvissen

🇵🇹Portuguese

linguado

carne de qualquer um dos vários peixes chatos americanos e europeus

🇷🇺Russian

камбала

мясо любой американской и европейской камбалы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फ़्लाउंडर

विभिन्न अमेरिकी और यूरोपीय फ़्लैटफ़िश में से किसी एक का मांस

🇧🇩Bengali

ফ্লাউন্ডার

বিভিন্ন আমেরিকান এবং ইউরোপীয় ফ্ল্যাটফিশের মাংস

🇮🇳Tamil

ஃப்ளண்டர்

பல்வேறு அமெரிக்க மற்றும் ஐரோப்பிய பிளாட்ஃபிஷின் சதை

🇮🇳Telugu

తన్నుకొను

వివిధ అమెరికన్ మరియు యూరోపియన్ ఫ్లాట్ ఫిష్ యొక్క ఏదైనా మాంసం

🇮🇳Marathi

फसवणूक

विविध अमेरिकन आणि युरोपियन फ्लॅट फिशचे मांस

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્લોન્ડર

વિવિધ અમેરિકન અને યુરોપિયન ફ્લેટફિશમાંથી કોઈપણનું માંસ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಫ್ಲಂಡರ್

ವಿವಿಧ ಅಮೇರಿಕನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಯುರೋಪಿಯನ್ ಫ್ಲಾಟ್‌ಫಿಶ್‌ಗಳ ಮಾಂಸ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫ്ലൗണ്ടർ

വിവിധ അമേരിക്കൻ, യൂറോപ്യൻ ഫ്ലാറ്റ്ഫിഷുകളുടെ മാംസം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਲਤੀਆਂ ਕਰਨਾ

ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਅਤੇ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਫਲੈਟਫਿਸ਼ਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਦਾ ਮਾਸ

🇵🇰Urdu

فلاؤنڈر

مختلف امریکی اور یورپی فلیٹ فش میں سے کسی کا گوشت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

比目鱼

🇯🇵Japanese

ヒラメ

アメリカおよびヨーロッパのさまざまなカレイの肉

🇰🇷Korean

가자미

다양한 미국 및 유럽 가자미의 살

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cá bơn

thịt của bất kỳ loài cá dẹt nào của Mỹ và châu Âu

🇹🇭Thai

ดิ้นรน

เนื้อของปลาเนื้อเรียบชนิดต่างๆ ในอเมริกาและยุโรป

🇮🇩Indonesian

menggelepar

daging dari berbagai ikan pipih Amerika dan Eropa

🇵🇭Filipino

dumapa

laman ng alinman sa iba't ibang American at European flatfish

🇲🇾Malay

menggelepar

daging mana-mana pelbagai ikan kembung Amerika dan Eropah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تخبط

لحم أي من الأسماك المسطحة الأمريكية والأوروبية المختلفة

🇮🇷Persian

دست و پا کردن

گوشت هر یک از انواع ماهی های پهن آمریکایی و اروپایی

🇹🇷Turkish

pisi balığı

çeşitli Amerikan ve Avrupa yassı balıklarından herhangi birinin eti

🇮🇱Hebrew

דָג סַנְדָּל

בשר של כל מיני דגים שטוחים אמריקאים ואירופאים

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