Definition
A state of confusion or the act of confusing someone.
Etymology
From 'fuddle' plus the suffix '-ment' (which creates nouns from verbs), an alternative to '-ness' for describing the condition or result of being fuddle. Both '-ment' and '-ness' became productive suffixes in Middle English.
Kelly Says
English gives us multiple ways to express similar ideas—'fuddlement,' 'fuddledness,' and 'confusion' all work, but each carries slightly different weight, which is why writers carefully choose which to use.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መንገድ (menged)
men-ged
ARالعربية
التشتت (altashitat)
al-ta-shat
BNবাংলা
ভ্রম (bhrām)
bhrām
CACatalà
confusió
kon-foo-zee-oh
CSČeština
zmatení
z-ma-te-nee
DADansk
forvirring
for-vir-ring
DEDeutsch
Verwirrung
fer-vī-rung
ELΕλληνικά
παρανοία (paranoia)
pa-ra-no-ya
ESEspañol
confusión
kon-foo-thee-ohn
FAفارسی
سرگردانی (sar-gardani)
sar-gar-da-nee
FISuomi
sekaisin
se-kai-sin
FRFrançais
embrouilles
ahn-broo-ee
GUGU
વ્યથા (vyatha)
vya-tha
HEעברית
בלבול (balabul)
ba-la-bul
HIहिन्दी
उलझन (uljhan)
ool-jhan
HUMagyar
zavarosod
za-va-ro-sod
IDBahasa Indonesia
kebingungan
ke-bin-gun-gan
ITItaliano
confusione
kon-foo-zee-oh-neh
KKKK
қағида (qağida)
qa-gi-da
KMKM
អំពើប្រកបដោយសំណេរ (ampea prakob doy samneah)
am-pea pra-kob doy sam-neh
MSBahasa Melayu
kekeliruan
ke-ke-li-roo-an
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်းကျော် (kyun-kyaw)
kyun-kyaw
NLNederlands
verwarring
ver-war-ring
NONorsk
forvirring
for-vir-ring
PAPA
ਗੁੰਝਲ (gunjhal)
gun-jhal
PLPolski
zamieszanie
za-mee-sha-nee-eh
PTPortuguês
confusão
kon-foo-zhao
RORomână
încrucișare
in-kroo-chee-sah-reh
RUРусский
путаница
poo-tah-nee-tsa
SVSvenska
förvirring
för-vir-ring
SWKiswahili
changamoto
chan-ga-mo-toh
TAதமிழ்
மயக்கம் (mayakkam)
ma-ya-kam
TEతెలుగు
చూపు (chōpu)
cho-pu
THไทย
ความสับสน (khwam sap-son)
khwam sap-son
TLTL
kalituhan
ka-li-too-han
TRTürkçe
karışıklık
kar-ish-lik
UKУкраїнська
збентеження
z-ben-te-zhen-nya
URاردو
مُشتت (mushitt)
moo-shit
VITiếng Việt
bối rối
boi roi
ZH中文
混乱 (hùn lùn)
hùn lùn