aflutter
/əˈflʌt.ɚ/adjective
aflutter is an adjective meaning “Fluttering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-F-L-U-T-T-E-R and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does aflutter mean?
adjective
- 1
Fluttering.
- 2
Filled or covered (with something that flutters).
- 3
In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aflutter?
- UK /əˈflʌt.ə/
- US /əˈflʌt.ɚ/
Aflutter has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-aflutter.ogg, En-au-aflutter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aflutter
- more aflutter comparative
- most aflutter superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aflutter?
Aflutter appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aflutter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a state of excited anticipation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tremblé |
| German | aufgeregt |
| Portuguese | tremulante |
| Spanish | agitado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aflutter come from?
From a- + flutter-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).