sudden

Etymology
From, , from , from , , from *, from , from , originally the past participle of , from  +. . Displaced native.

Adjective

 * 1) Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
 * 2)  Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
 * 3)  Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
 * 1)  Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
 * 2)  Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
 * 1)  Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
 * 1)  Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
 * 1)  Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
 * 1)  Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:sudden
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:reckless

Antonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:gradual

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مُبَاغِت, مُفَاجِئ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: рапто́ўны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: kalit
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: äkiline
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: repentino, súbito
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: αἰφνίδιος
 * Hebrew: פתאומי
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: tobann
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latgalian: ūms, pieškys
 * Latin: subitus, repentinus, repens
 * Latvian: pēkšņs, spējš, straujš
 * Livonian: aššõ
 * Macedonian: ненадеен, нагол
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: ohotata, whawhati tata, matawhawhati
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᢉᠡᠨᠡᠳᠲᠡ
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: fǣrlīċ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Samoan: fa'afuase'i
 * Scottish Gaelic: obann, grad
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Slovak: náhly
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: biglaan, kagyat, kaagad,, mabilis, kaginsa-ginsa
 * Telugu: ,
 * Tetum:
 * Thai:
 * Tongan: fakatuʻupakē
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: рапто́вий, несподі́ваний,
 * Vietnamese: ,

Adverb

 * 1)  Suddenly.

Noun

 * 1)  An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.