FromMiddle English probleme Middle French probleme Latin problema Ancient Greek πρόβλημα ( próblēma ,“ anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory ” ) , fromπροβάλλω ( probállō ,“ to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward ” ) , fromπρο- ( pro- ,“ in front of ” ) +βάλλω ( bállō ,“ to throw, to cast, to hurl ” ) .
problem (plural problems
Adifficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.Hypernyms: challenge issue obstacle She's leaving because she faced numerousproblems to do with racism.
1910 Emerson Hough , chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise , Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company ,→OCLC “[ …] problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
Anaddiction , other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.Hyponyms: drinking problem drug problem I think he has a gamblingproblem . Lending him money will probably only make it worse.
I think he has a nose candyproblem . Lending him money will probably only make it worse.
Aquestion to be answered,schoolwork exercise .Study hard, but don't overdo it. Theproblems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.
Apuzzling circumstance . Objection.You got aproblem with that?
Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s theirproblem , not yours.
( climbing ) climb .Colloquially, "problem" in sense 1 can be put after an objective personal pronoun to create a noun phrase meaning "that person's/those people's problem."
1994 Falling Through the Safety Net: Insurance Status and Access to Health Care , page30 :Until Middle America understands lack of insurance and underinsurance asan "us" problem rather thana "them" problem , the motivation for change will be diminished.
difficulty
Afrikaans:probleem (af) Albanian:çështje (sq) f zavall (sq) m problem (sq) m Amharic:ችግር ( čəggər ) Arabic:مُشْكِلَة f ( muškila ) Moroccan Arabic:مشكلة ( muškila ) ,مصيبة ( muṣība ) ,مشكل ( muškil, muškul ) Tunisian Arabic:مشكل ( muškul ) Aragonese:problema m Armenian:խնդիր (hy) ( xndir ) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܡܘܼܫܟܸܠܵܐ ( muškila ) Asturian:problema m Azerbaijani:problem (az) ,məsələ (az) Bashkir:проблема ( problema ) ,мәсьәлә ( məsələ ) Basque:arazo Belarusian:прабле́ма (be) f ( prabljéma ) Bengali:সমস্যা (bn) ( śomosśa ) ,ঝামেলা (bn) ( jhamela ) ,মুশকিল (bn) ( muśokil ) ,অসুবিধা (bn) ( ośubidha ) ,ভেজাল (bn) ( bhejal ) ,প্রব্লাম্ ( problam ) Breton:kudenn (br) f Bulgarian:пробле́м (bg) m ( problém ) Burmese:ပြဿနာ (my) ( pra.ssa.na ) Catalan:problema (ca) m Cebuano:kalisud Chinese:Cantonese:問題 / 问题 ( man6 tai4 ) ,困難 / 困难 ( kwan3 naan4 ) ,難題 / 难题 ( naan4 tai4 ) ,麻煩 / 麻烦 ( maa4 faan4 ) Mandarin:問題 / 问题 (zh) ( wèntí ) ,困難 / 困难 (zh) ( kùnnán ) ,難題 / 难题 (zh) ( nántí ) ,麻煩 / 麻烦 (zh) ( máfán ) Czech:problém (cs) m Danish:problem (da) n Dutch:probleem (nl) n Esperanto:problemo Estonian:küsimus (et) ,takistus (et) ,kitsikus mure probleem Finnish:ongelma (fi) ,( old slang ) probleemi (fi) ,vaikeus (fi) French:problème (fr) m Galician:problema (gl) m Georgian:პრობლემა ( ṗroblema ) ,სირთულე ( sirtule ) German:Problem (de) n Greek:πρόβλημα (el) n ( próvlima ) Ancient:ἀπορία f ( aporía ) Hebrew:בְּעָיָה (he) f ( be'aya ) Hiligaynon:palaligban problema Hindi:समस्या (hi) f ( samasyā ) ,मसला (hi) m ( maslā ) ,प्रश्न (hi) m ( praśna ) ,दिक़्क़त f ( diqqat ) ,दिक्कत (hi) f ( dikkat ) ,मुश्किल (hi) f ( muśkil ) Hungarian:probléma (hu) ,baj (hu) ,gond (hu) ,nehézség (hu) Icelandic:vandamál (is) n Indonesian:masalah (id) Irish:fadhb (ga) f deacracht f Italian:problema (it) m Japanese:問題 (ja) ( もんだい, mondai ) Kazakh:мәселе ( mäsele ) ,проблема ( problema ) Khmer:ចំណោទ (km) ( cɑmnaot ) Korean:문제(問題) (ko) ( munje ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:problem (ku) ,mesele (ku) Kyrgyz:проблема (ky) ( problema ) ,көйгөй (ky) ( köygöy ) ,маселе (ky) ( masele ) Lao:ບັນຫາ ( ban hā ) Latvian:problēma (lv) f Lithuanian:problema f Macedonian:про́блем m ( próblem ) ,тешко́тија ( teškótija ) Malay:masalah (ms) ,kesulitan (ms) ,kemusykilan Malayalam:പ്രശ്നം (ml) ( praśnaṁ ) Maltese:problema f Maore Comorian:taãɓu class9/ 10 Maori:rarunga Mirandese:porblema m Mongolian:Cyrillic:хүндрэл (mn) ( xündrel ) Mongolian:ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠷᠡᠯ ( kündürel ) Neapolitan:prubblema Ngazidja Comorian:shaka class5/ 6 Norman:problième m ( Jersey ) Norwegian:Bokmål:problem (no) n aber (no) n Nynorsk:problem n Occitan:problèma (oc) m Old English:wiern f hremming f Oromo:rakkina Pashto:مسئله f ( mas'ala ) ,کشاله f ( kašāla ) Persian:Dari:مُشْکِل ( muškil ) ,مَسْئَلَه ( mas'ala ) Iranian Persian:مُشْکِل ( moškel ) ,مَسْئَلِه ( mas'ale ) Polish:problem (pl) m kłopot (pl) m Portuguese:problema (pt) m Romanian:problemă (ro) f Russian:пробле́ма (ru) f ( probléma ) Sanskrit:समस्या (sa) f ( samasyā ) Scottish Gaelic:duilgheadas m staing f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:про̀бле̄м m Roman:pròblēm (sh) m Slovak:problém (sk) m Slovene:problem m Spanish:problema (es) m dificultad (es) f lío (es) m Swahili:tatizo (sw) class5/ 6 ,masaibu (sw) Swedish:problem (sv) n Tagalog:problema (tl) Tajik:мушкил (tg) ( muškil ) ,масъала ( masʾala ) ,проблема ( problema ) Tatar:мәсьәлә ( mäs’älä ) Thai:ปัญหา (th) ( bpan-hǎa ) Tibetan:རྙོག་དྲ ( rnyog dra ) Turkish:sorun (tr) ,problem (tr) Turkmen:problem problema mesele Tuvaluan:fakalavelave Ukrainian:пробле́ма f ( probléma ) Urdu:مَسْئَلَہ m ( masala ) ,مُصِیبَت (ur) f ( musībat ) ,دِقَّت f ( diqqat ) ,مُشْکِل f ( muśkil ) Uyghur:مەسىلە ( mesile ) Uzbek:masala (uz) ,muammo (uz) ,problema (uz) Vietnamese:vấn đề (vi) (問題 Walloon:rujhe (wa) f aroke (wa) f arnåjhe (wa) f rascråwe (wa) f asticote (wa) f Welsh:problem (cy) f Yiddish:פּראָבלעם m ( problem ) Yucatec Maya:toop
schoolwork exercise
Afrikaans:probleem (af) Arabic:تَمْرِين m ( tamrīn ) Armenian:խնդիր (hy) ( xndir ) ,հարց (hy) ( harcʻ ) Asturian:problema m Bashkir:мәсьәлә ( məsələ ) Basque:buruketa (eu) Belarusian:зада́ча (be) f ( zadáča ) ,зада́нне n ( zadánnje ) Bengali:প্রশ্ন (bn) ( prôśnô ) Breton:poelladenn f Bulgarian:зада́ча (bg) f ( zadáča ) Catalan:problema (ca) m Chinese:Cantonese:題目 / 题目 ( tai4 muk6 ) ,習題 / 习题 ( zaap6 tai4 ) ,課題 / 课题 ( fo3 tai4 ) Mandarin:題目 / 题目 (zh) ( tímù ) ,習題 / 习题 (zh) ( xítí ) ,課題 / 课题 (zh) ( kètí ) Dutch:oefening (nl) f probleem (nl) n Estonian:harjutus Finnish:harjoitus (fi) ,harjoitustehtävä (fi) French:problème (fr) m Galician:problema (gl) m Georgian:ამოცანა ( amocana ) German:Übung (de) f Greek:πρόβλημα (el) n ( próvlima ) Ancient:πρόβλημα n ( próblēma ) Hungarian:feladat (hu) ,példa (hu) Ingrian:zadaci reknatus primera Interlingua:problema Irish:fadhb (ga) f Japanese:問題 (ja) ( もんだい, mondai ) ,課題 (ja) ( かだい, kadai ) Korean:문제(問題) (ko) ( munje ) ,과제(課題) (ko) ( gwaje ) Latvian:uzdevums m Macedonian:за́дача f ( zádača ) ,про́блем m ( próblem ) Maori:rapanga Middle English:probleme Norman:problième m ( Jersey ) Norwegian:Bokmål:oppgave (no) m or f Occitan:problèma (oc) m Persian:Dari:مَسْئَلَه ( mas'ala ) Iranian Persian:مَسْئَلِه ( mas'ale ) Polish:zadanie (pl) n Portuguese:problema (pt) m exercício (pt) m Romanian:problemă (ro) f exercițiu (ro) n Russian:зада́ча (ru) f ( zadáča ) ,зада́ние (ru) n ( zadánije ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:про̀бле̄м m зада́так m једна̀џба f Roman:pròblēm (sh) m zadátak (sh) m jednàdžba (sh) f Spanish:problema (es) m ejercicio (es) m Swahili:masaibu (sw) Swedish:uppgift (sv) c övning (sv) c problem (sv) n Thai:โจทย์ (th) ( jòot ) Turkish:soru (tr) Ukrainian:зада́ча f ( zadáča ) ,завда́ння (uk) n ( zavdánnja ) Walloon:problinme (wa) m
problem (comparative moreproblem ,superlative mostproblem )
( of a person or an animal ) train orguide ;unruly .Causing a problem;problematic ;troublesome .2010 The Pride of the King [2] It is moreproblem to my family than to me.
“problem ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “problem ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “problem ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . Internationalism ; ultimately fromAncient Greek πρόβλημα ( próblēma ) .
problem (definite accusative problemi plural problemlər
problem French problème
problem
problem Synonym: problema problem n singular definite problemet plural indefinite problemer
problem FromDutch probleem Latin problēma Ancient Greek πρόβλημα ( próblēma ) .
IPA (key ) : [ˈproblem] Hyphenation:pro‧blém problem (plural problem -problem
problem Synonyms: masalah perkara persoalan Borrowed fromPolish problem
problem m inan
problem Jan Trepczyk (1994 ) “problem”, inSłownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011 ) “problem”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi [3] “problem ”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language 2022 problem
Alternative form ofprobleme problem n definite singular problemet indefinite plural problem or problemer definite plural problema or problemene
problem problem n definite singular problemet indefinite plural problem definite plural problema
problem Borrowed fromFrench problème [ 1] [ 2] Displaced anddoublet ofproblema [ 3]
problem m inan diminutive problemik
problem ( adifficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with ) Synonyms: bajer ( obsolete ) problema zagwozdka problem ( apuzzling circumstance ) According toSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990),problem is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 43 times in scientific texts, 92 times in news, 153 times in essays, 11 times in fiction, and 9 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 308 times, making it the 164th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[ 4]
^ Stanisław Dubisz , editor (2003 ), “problem ”, inUniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language [1] 1-4 , Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA,→ISBN ^ Mirosław Bańko , Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021 ) “problem ”, inWielki słownik wyrazów obcych ,→ISBN ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000 ) “problem ”, inEtymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language ^ Ida Kurcz (1990 ) “problem Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language 434 problem inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANproblem in Polish dictionaries at PWNproblem in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiegoproblem n plural probleme
Alternative form ofproblemă pròblēm m Cyrillic spelling про̀бле̄м
problem IPA (key ) : /prʊˈbleːm/ ,/prɔ-/ ,/-ˈblɛːm/ Hyphenation:pro‧blem Audio; “ ett problem” : (file )
problem n
aproblem issue Jag har ettproblem I have aproblem Vi lyckades lösaproblemet We managed to solvethe problem allvarligaproblem seriousproblems Våra tekniker arbetar på att lösaproblemet Our technicians are working on resolvingthe issue ( in theplural ) trouble Synonym: ( colloquial ) trubbel ( usually in theplural ) issue (mental issue)Den där snubben harproblem That guy hasissues aproblem Synonyms: uppgift fråga ( math ) tal schackproblem chessproblem FromFrench problème
problem (definite accusative problemi plural problemler
problem Synonym: sorun problem n
problem English problem Ancient Greek πρόβλημα ( próblēma ) .
problem f plural problemau
problem Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “problem ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies 
