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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.djuː.əs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.d͡ʒuː.əs/
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• General-American: /ˈɑɹ.d͡ʒu.əs/
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 R JH UW0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”).

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَاق (šāq) — needing or using up much energy
• Bulgarian: труден (truden) — needing or using up much energy
• Bulgarian: усилен (usilen) — needing or using up much energy
• Bulgarian: мъчен (mǎčen) — needing or using up much energy
• Catalan: ardu — needing or using up much energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 艱苦 /艰苦 (gaan1 fu2) — needing or using up much energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 艱巨 /艰巨 (gaan1 geoi6) — needing or using up much energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 艱苦 /艰苦 (jiānkǔ) — needing or using up much energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 艱巨 /艰巨 (jiānjù) — needing or using up much energy
• Danish: anstrengende — needing or using up much energy
• Danish: besværlig — needing or using up much energy
• Dutch: uitputtend — needing or using up much energy
• Dutch: zwaar — needing or using up much energy
• Dutch: moeizaam — needing or using up much energy
• Finnish: vaivalloinen — needing or using up much energy
• Finnish: työläs — needing or using up much energy
• Finnish: uuvuttava — needing or using up much energy
• Finnish: rasittava — needing or using up much energy
• Finnish: ankara — needing or using up much energy
• French: ardu — needing or using up much energy
• German: mühsam — needing or using up much energy
• German: anstrengend — needing or using up much energy
• German: beschwerlich — needing or using up much energy
• German: erschöpfend — needing or using up much energy
• Hungarian: megerőltető — needing or using up much energy
• Hungarian: fárasztó — needing or using up much energy
• Hungarian: fáradságos — needing or using up much energy
• Irish: maslach — needing or using up much energy
• Italian: arduo — needing or using up much energy
• Japanese: 苦しい (kurushii) — needing or using up much energy
• Japanese: 難儀な (nangi-na) — needing or using up much energy
• Korean: 고난의 (gonan-ui) — needing or using up much energy
• Korean: 힘드는 (himdeuneun) — needing or using up much energy
• Norwegian: slitsom — needing or using up much energy
• Norwegian: vanskelig — needing or using up much energy
• Polish: uciążliwy — needing or using up much energy
• Polish: arcytrudny — needing or using up much energy
• Portuguese: árduo — needing or using up much energy
• Russian: напряжённый (naprjažónnyj) — needing or using up much energy
• Russian: тру́дный (trúdnyj) — needing or using up much energy
• Russian: тяжёлый (tjažólyj) — needing or using up much energy
• Serbo-Croatian: mukotrpan — needing or using up much energy
• Spanish: arduo — needing or using up much energy
• Spanish: riguroso — needing or using up much energy
• Spanish: dispendioso — needing or using up much energy
• Swedish: arbetsam — needing or using up much energy
• Swedish: besvärlig — needing or using up much energy
• Swedish: jobbig — needing or using up much energy
• Swedish: ansträngande — needing or using up much energy
• Swedish: avancerad — needing or using up much energy
• Swedish: krånglig — needing or using up much energy
• Swedish: svår — needing or using up much energy
• Turkish: ağır — needing or using up much energy
• Turkish: çetin — needing or using up much energy
• Turkish: gayretli — needing or using up much energy
• Turkish: güç — needing or using up much energy
• Turkish: zor — needing or using up much energy
• Bulgarian: стръмен (strǎmen) — hard to climb or traverse
• Bulgarian: недостъпен (nedostǎpen) — hard to climb or traverse
• Catalan: ardu — hard to climb or traverse
• Dutch: uitputtend — hard to climb or traverse
• Dutch: zwaar — hard to climb or traverse
• Dutch: steil — hard to climb or traverse
• Dutch: moeilijk te beklimmen — hard to climb or traverse
• Finnish: jyrkkä — hard to climb or traverse
• Finnish: vaativa — hard to climb or traverse
• German: steil — hard to climb or traverse
• Hungarian: meredek — hard to climb or traverse
• Italian: arduo — hard to climb or traverse
• Norwegian: vanskelig — hard to climb or traverse
• Persian: صعبالعبور (sa'b-ol-obur) — hard to climb or traverse
• Persian: دشوارگذر (došvâr-gozar) — hard to climb or traverse
• Portuguese: árduo — hard to climb or traverse
• Russian: круто́й (krutój) — hard to climb or traverse
• Russian: труднодосту́пный (trudnodostúpnyj) — hard to climb or traverse
• Spanish: arduo — hard to climb or traverse
• Swedish: brant — hard to climb or traverse
• Swedish: besvärlig — hard to climb or traverse
• Tajik: саъбулубур (sa'bulubur) — hard to climb or traverse
• Tajik: душворгузар (dušvorguzar) — hard to climb or traverse
• Turkish: sarp — hard to climb or traverse
• Turkish: çetin — hard to climb or traverse