flounder

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke,.
 * 2)  Any of various flatfish of the family  or.
 * 3) A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.

Usage notes

 * The marked plural flounders is reserved for multiple species of flounder; the unmarked plural flounder is used otherwise.

Translations

 * Asturian: soyu, xoyu
 * Basque: platuxa latz
 * Bulgarian: камбала
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 川鰈
 * Czech: platýs bradavičnatý, flundra obecná
 * Danish: skrubbe
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fleso
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, ψήσσα
 * Hungarian: érdes lepényhal
 * Irish: leith, leadhbóg
 * Lithuanian: upinė plekšnė
 * Lutshootseed: p'uay'
 * Maori: pātiki
 * Norman: fliandre
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: tornia, fląderka,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: речна́я ка́мбала
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: иверак
 * Latin:
 * Spanish: platija
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: tatampal
 * Turkish:


 * Italian:
 * Latvian:
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Northern Sami: ,
 * Volapük:

Etymology 2
Possibly from the noun. Probably a or a  or from. See other terms beginning with fl, such as, , , , ,.

Verb

 * 1)  To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
 * He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
 * 1)  To flop around as a fish out of water.
 * 2)  To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
 * Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
 * 1) To be in serious difficulty.
 * Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.
 * 1) To be in serious difficulty.

Usage notes

 * Frequently confused with the verb founder. The difference is one of severity; floundering (struggling to maintain a position) comes before foundering (losing it completely by falling, sinking or failing).

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: sprælle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: herumzappeln, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Maori: tākaru, tangaru
 * Portuguese: debater-se
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, побо́рсатися


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Schwierigkeiten haben, sich fangen wollen
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Maori: tangaru, tākaru
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Azerbaijani: tutulmaq
 * Bulgarian: обърквам се
 * Finnish:
 * German:, herumholpern
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,