probleme
Middle English
/ˌprɔˈbleːm(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A conundrum; a puzzling circumstance.
- A research proposition or problem.
- (rare) An allegory; a scenario used as analogy.
- (rare) An issue or challenge.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French probleme derived from Latin problēma derived from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (obstacle, promontory, anything thrown forward, a headland, hindrance, anything projecting).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πρόβλημα
Gloss
obstacle, promontory, anything thrown forward, a headland, hindrance, anything projecting
Kanji
崎, 埼
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eigenproblem English
- multiproblem English
- nonproblem English
- problem English
- problema English
- problemed English
- problemette English
- problemise English
- problemist English
- problemize English
- problemsolver English
- problemsome English
- pseudo-problem English
- subproblem English
- problema Latin
- problēma Latin
- Problem German
- problema Italian
- probleem Dutch, Flemish
- problème French
- problema Spanish, Castilian
- προβάλλω Ancient Greek
- πρόβλημα Ancient Greek
- πρόβλημα, obstacle Ancient Greek
- problema Portuguese
- problema Catalan, Valencian
- problema Galician
- problem Welsh
- probleme Middle French
- problem Azerbaijani
- праблема Belarusian
- problema Asturian
- প্রব্লেম Bengali
- probleem Western Frisian
- problema Aragonese