adversity

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/
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• Canada, General-American: /ædˈvɝ.sɪ.ti/
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• Canada, General-American: [ædˈvɝ.sɪ.ɾi]
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From Old French adversité, from Latin adversitātem, the accusative singular of adversitās, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advertō (“to turn toward”).

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بُؤْس (buʔs) — state of being adverse
• Arabic: ضَنْك (ḍank) — state of being adverse
• Bhojpuri: प्रतिकूलता (pratikūlətā) — state of being adverse
• Central Bikol: katibaadan — state of being adverse
• Bulgarian: беда (beda) — state of being adverse
• Bulgarian: несполука (nespoluka) — state of being adverse
• Catalan: adversitat — state of being adverse
• Chinese Mandarin: 逆境 (nìjìng) — state of being adverse
• Dutch: tegenspoed — state of being adverse
• Dutch: tegenslag — state of being adverse
• Finnish: vastoinkäyminen — state of being adverse
• French: malheur — state of being adverse
• French: adversité — state of being adverse
• Galician: adversidade — state of being adverse
• Georgian: უბედურება (ubedureba) — state of being adverse
• Georgian: ჭირი (č̣iri) — state of being adverse
• Georgian: გასაჭირი (gasač̣iri) — state of being adverse
• German: Widrigkeit — state of being adverse
• German: Ungemach — state of being adverse
• Greek: αντιξοότητες (antixoótites) — state of being adverse
• Hindi: प्रतिकूलता (pratikūltā) — state of being adverse
• Hungarian: szerencsétlenség — state of being adverse
• Italian: avversità — state of being adverse
• Japanese: 逆境 (gyakkyō) — state of being adverse
• Korean: 역경 (yeokgyeong) — state of being adverse
• Macedonian: не́среќа (nésreḱa) — state of being adverse
• Macedonian: бе́да (béda) — state of being adverse
• Middle English: adversite — state of being adverse
• Norwegian: motgang — state of being adverse
• Polish: nieszczęście — state of being adverse
• Polish: przeciwność — state of being adverse
• Polish: niewygoda — state of being adverse
• Portuguese: adversidade — state of being adverse
• Romanian: adversitate — state of being adverse
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — state of being adverse
• Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — state of being adverse
• Russian: бе́дствие (bédstvije) — state of being adverse
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-cothrom — state of being adverse
• Slovak: bieda — state of being adverse
• Spanish: adversidad — state of being adverse
• Swedish: elände — state of being adverse
• Swedish: motgång — state of being adverse
• Ukrainian: біда (bida) — state of being adverse
• Ukrainian: лихо (lyxo) — state of being adverse
• Ukrainian: нещастя (neščastja) — state of being adverse
• Arabic: مُصِيبَة (muṣība) — adverse event
• Azerbaijani: qada — adverse event
• Azerbaijani: bəla — adverse event
• Azerbaijani: dərd — adverse event
• Azerbaijani: müsibət — adverse event
• Central Bikol: katibaadan — adverse event
• Bulgarian: беда (beda) — adverse event
• Bulgarian: несполука (nespoluka) — adverse event
• Catalan: adversitat — adverse event
• Danish: modgang — adverse event
• Dutch: ramp — adverse event
• Dutch: tegenval — adverse event
• Finnish: vastoinkäyminen — adverse event
• French: adversité — adverse event
• German: Widrigkeit — adverse event
• German: widriges Ereignis — adverse event
• German: widriger Vorfall — adverse event
• Hindi: प्रतिकूल (pratikūl) — adverse event
• Italian: avversità — adverse event
• Māori: poautinitini — adverse event
• Middle English: adversite — adverse event
• Norwegian: motgang — adverse event
• Persian: نگونبختی — adverse event
• Polish: nieszczęście — adverse event
• Portuguese: adversidade — adverse event
• Portuguese: infortúnio — adverse event
• Romanian: adversitate — adverse event
• Russian: неприя́тности (neprijátnosti) — adverse event
• Russian: несча́стья (nesčástʹja) — adverse event
• Russian: бе́дствия (bédstvija) — adverse event
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — adverse event
• Slovak: bieda — adverse event
• Spanish: adversidad — adverse event
• Swedish: motgång — adverse event
• Ottoman Turkish: فاجعه (faciʼa) — adverse event
• Ottoman Turkish: غول (ğul) — adverse event
• Ukrainian: біда (bida) — adverse event
• Vietnamese: nghịch cảnh — adverse event