Definition
Plural of hesitater; multiple people who are slow to decide or act and show reluctance.
Etymology
Plural form of 'hesitater,' formed by adding -s. Although 'hesitators' is more standard, 'hesitaters' represents an alternative nominalization pattern that appears in older or variant English texts.
Kelly Says
The fact that people pluralize 'hesitater' differently from the standard 'hesitators' shows that English speakers sometimes recalculate how to form words from their roots, creating variant forms. Over decades, one variant typically wins out, but during the change, both coexist.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንደ ምንም አይነት
en-deh min-min a-i-net
ARالعربية
المترددون
al-mu-ta-raddun
CACatalà
hesitants
he-si-tan-ts
CSČeština
váhající
va-ha-y-chi
DADansk
hesitatorer
he-si-ta-to-rer
DEDeutsch
Zögerer
tsoe-gər-er
ELΕλληνικά
οποιοί σκέφτονται
o-po-ioi skef-ton-tai
ESEspañol
hesitadores
e-si-ta-do-res
FAفارسی
تردیدکنندگان
ta-reed-kan-e-n
FISuomi
epäilevät
e-pä-i-le-vät
FRFrançais
hésitants
e-zi-ta-n-s
HIहिन्दी
हिचकिचाने वाले
heet-cheek-cha-ne wa-le
HUMagyar
visszafogók
vish-sa-fog-ok
IDBahasa Indonesia
orang ragu-raguan
o-rang ra-goo-ra-guan
IGIG
ndị na-ekwe
n-di na-ekwe
ITItaliano
hesitanti
e-zi-tan-ti
JA日本語
ためらう人々
ta-me-ra-u hitobito
KMKM
អ្នកប្រជាប្រិយ
a-nk pra-che-a-pri-y
KO한국어
망설이는 사람들
mang-seol-i-neun sa-ram-deul
MRMR
संशयाळू
san-sha-ya-loo
MSBahasa Melayu
orang ragu-raguan
o-rang ra-goo-ra-guan
NLNederlands
wachtende
vacht-en-de
NONorsk
svevende
sveh-deh
PLPolski
wahające się
va-ha-y-chi se
PTPortuguês
hesitantes
e-si-tan-tes
RORomână
cei care ezită
cei ka-reh eh-zi-ta
RUРусский
сомневавшиеся
som-ne-va-vsh-iys-ya
SVSvenska
tvekande
tveh-kan-deh
SWKiswahili
mchafu
m-cha-foo
TAதமிழ்
சந்தேகிப்பவர்கள்
san-the-ki-ppa-var-gal
TEతెలుగు
సందేహించేవారు
san-deh-in-che-va-ru
TLTL
nag-aalinlangan
nah-gah-a-lin-lan-gan
TRTürkçe
tereddüt edenler
te-re-düt eh-den-ler
UKУкраїнська
замислювалися
za-mis-lyu-va-li-sya
URاردو
مُترددون
mu-ta-raddun
VITiếng Việt
những người do dự
n-hu-ng-oi doh-doo-doo