hesitation

See also: hésitation

English

Alternative forms

hæsitation (chiefly archaic) [18^th–19^th C.]

Etymology

From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)

An act of hesitating
doubt; vacillation.
She carried out the order without hesitation.
A faltering in speech; stammering.

Related terms

hesitate

Translations

act of hesitating

Bulgarian: колебание (bg) n (kolebanie), нерешителност (bg) f (nerešitelnost)
Catalan: hesitació f, vacil·lació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 躊躇 (zh), 踌躇 (zh) (chóuchú), 猶豫 (zh), 犹豫 (zh) (yóuyù), 遲疑 (zh), 迟疑 (zh) (chíyí), 彷徨 (zh) (pánghuáng)
Czech: váhání n
Dutch: aarzeling (nl)
Finnish: empiminen, epäröinti (fi)
French: hésitation (fr) f
Galician: vacilación (gl) f
German: Zögern n
Greek: δισταγμός (el) m (distagmós)
Ancient: ὄκνος m (óknos)

Indonesian: keragu-raguan
Italian: esitazione (it) f
Japanese: 躊躇 (ja) (chūcho), ためらい (ja) (tamerai)
Luxembourgish: Zécken n
Polish: wahanie (pl) n, niezdecydowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: hesitação (pt) f
Romanian: ezitare (ro) f, șovăială (ro) f
Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) f (nerešítelʹnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: sgogarsaich f, sòradh m
Spanish: hesitación f, vacilación (es) f, dudas (es) f pl, titubeo (es) m
Swedish: tvekan (sv) c

faltering in speech

Bulgarian: заекване n (zaekvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 支吾 (zh) (zhīwu), 吞吐 (zh) (tūntǔ), 口吃 (zh) (kǒuchī), 結巴 (zh), 结巴 (zh) (jiéba)
Czech: zaváhání n

Finnish: takeltelu
German: Zögern n
Scottish Gaelic: sòradh m

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