trouble
English
/ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/, /ˈtɹʌb(ə)l/
noun
Definitions
- A distressing or dangerous situation.
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- A violent occurrence or event.
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- A malfunction.
- Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- (mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Wife.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English troublen derived from Old French troubler (disturb) derived from Latin *turbulāre, turbula (disorderly group, a little crowd people) inherited from Middle English truble derived from Old French troble.
Origin
Old French
troble
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- distrouble English
- make English
- making English
- monger English
- nontroublesome English
- shoot English
- shooter English
- spot English
- trouble-free English
- trouble-monger English
- troublefree English
- troubleless English
- troublemaker English
- troublemaking English
- troublement English
- troubler English
- troubleshoot English
- troubleshooter English
- troublesome English
- troublesomely English
- troublesomeness English
- troublespot English
- troublest English
- troubleth English
- troublous English
- troublously English
- troublousness English
- untroublesome English
- untroublous English
- *turbulus Latin
- *turbulāre Latin
- *turbulō, *turbulāre, *turbulo Latin
- turbula Latin
- turbāre Latin
- turbō Latin
- troebleren Dutch, Flemish
- trouble French
- trouble-fête French
- troubler French
- trøbbel Norwegian Bokmål
- トラブる Japanese
- トラブル Japanese
- トラブルシューター Japanese
- トラブルメーカー Japanese
- trøbbel Norwegian Nynorsk
- troble Middle English
- troublen Middle English
- truble Middle English
- troble Old French
- trobler Old French
- troubler Old French
- tulbura Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- trwbl Welsh
- trublar Ido
- trupul Faroese
- make
- spot
- shoot
- making
- monger
- shooter
- troubler
- troublous
- troublest
- troubleth
- distrouble
- troubleless
- troublously
- troublement
- troublefree
- untroublous
- troublesome
- troublespot
- troubleshoot
- trouble-free
- troublemaker
- troublemaking
- untroublesome
- troublesomely
- troublousness
- trouble-monger
- troubleshooter
- nontroublesome
- troublesomeness