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Meaning of tongue-twister | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.

Equivalents

العربية تنافر
Čeština jazykolam
Deutsch Zungenbrecher
Ελληνικά γλωσσοδέτης
Español trabalenguas
Français virelangue
Italiano scioglilingua
日本語 早口言葉
Nederlands tongbreker
Русский скороговорка
Svenska tungvrickare
Türkçe tekerleme
Українська скоромо́вка

Examples

“The present name being a translation, "in brief," of the original tongue-twister, meaning "the river of the rock"”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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