English
Etymology
From scatter + brained.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskætə(ɹ)ˌbɹeɪnd/
Adjective
scatterbrained (comparative more scatterbrained, superlative most scatterbrained)
- Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.
Derived terms
Translations
having the qualities of scatterbrain
- Bulgarian: вятърничав (bg) (vjatǎrničav), лекомислен (bg) (lekomislen)
- Czech: lehkomyslný (cs), roztržitý (cs), popletený, zmatený (cs), roztěkaný
- Esperanto: ventanima
- Finnish: hajamielinen (fi)
- French: écervelé (fr)
- German: nachlässig (de), vergesslich (de)
- Japanese: おっちょこちょい (ja) (otchokochoi)
- Macedonian: леко́мислен (lekómislen), вете́ринчав (vetérinčav)
- Norman: êcoquevilyi
- Persian: کالیو (fa) (kâliv)
- Polish: roztrzepany (pl)
- Russian: рассе́янный (ru) (rasséjannyj), легкомы́сленный (ru) (lexkomýslennyj), мозги́ набекре́нь (ru) (mozgí nabekrénʹ)
- Swedish: tankspridd (sv), virrig (sv), tanklös (sv)
- Turkish: ebleh (tr), alık (tr), bön (tr)
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