burden

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːdn̩/
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• General-American: /ˈbɝdn̩/
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• Scotland: /bʌɾdn̩/
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• New-Zealand: /bøːdn̩/
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• /beːdn̩/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /bɛːdn̩/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dən
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• CMU ARPABET: B ER1 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English burden, birden, burthen, birthen, byrthen, from Old English byrden, byrþen, from Proto-West Germanic *burþini, from *burþī, from Proto-Germanic *burþį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to carry, bear”).

Inherited from Middle English burdoun (“accompaniment”), from Old French bordon (“drone”), from Medieval Latin burdō. Doublet of bourdon.

264 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: barr — heavy load
• Arabic: حِمْل (ḥiml) — heavy load
• Arabic: عِبْء (ʕibʔ) — heavy load
• Arabic: حمل (ḥiml) — heavy load
• Armenian: բեռ (beṙ) — heavy load
• Aromanian: sartsinã — heavy load
• Aromanian: greatsã — heavy load
• Aromanian: griutati — heavy load
• Aromanian: furtii — heavy load
• Aromanian: var — heavy load
• Assamese: বোজা (büza) — heavy load
• Belarusian: цяжа́р (cjažár) — heavy load
• Belarusian: бярэ́мя (bjarémja) — heavy load
• Belarusian: но́ша (nóša) — heavy load
• Belarusian: груз (hruz) — heavy load
• Bulgarian: това́р (továr) — heavy load
• Catalan: càrrega — heavy load
• Catalan: carga — heavy load
• Chinese Mandarin: 負荷 /负荷 (fùhè) — heavy load
• Czech: břemeno — heavy load
• Czech: zatížení — heavy load
• Czech: náklad — heavy load
• Czech: zátěž — heavy load
• Old Czech: břiemě — heavy load
• Danish: byrde — heavy load
• Danish: læs — heavy load
• Dutch: last — heavy load
• Esperanto: ŝarĝo — heavy load
• Faroese: byrði — heavy load
• Faroese: byrða — heavy load
• Faroese: burður — heavy load
• Finnish: kuorma — heavy load
• Finnish: taakka — heavy load
• French: charge — heavy load
• French: fardeau — heavy load
• Galician: cárrega — heavy load
• Galician: carga — heavy load
• Galician: farda — heavy load
• Galician: bruada — heavy load
• Galician: mostea — heavy load
• German: Belastung — heavy load
• German: Last — heavy load
• German: Bürde — heavy load
• German: Burdi — heavy load
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹 (baurþei) — heavy load
• Ancient Greek: ἄχθος (ákhthos) — heavy load
• Ancient Greek: φόρημα (phórēma) — heavy load
• Ancient Greek: βάρημα (bárēma) — heavy load
• Hebrew: נֵטֶל (nétel) — heavy load
• Hebrew: עֹל — heavy load
• Hungarian: teher — heavy load
• Icelandic: byrði — heavy load
• Icelandic: burður — heavy load
• Ingrian: koorma — heavy load
• Ingrian: taakka — heavy load
• Ingrian: pörömä — heavy load
• Irish: muirear — heavy load
• Italian: carico — heavy load
• Italian: fardello — heavy load
• Japanese: 積み荷 (tsumini) — heavy load
• Kazakh: зіл (zıl) — heavy load
• Kazakh: жүк (jük) — heavy load
• Korean: 짐 (jim) — heavy load
• Korean: 바리 (bari) — heavy load
• Central Kurdish: بار گرانی (bar granî) — heavy load
• Northern Kurdish: berpirsiyarî — heavy load
• Northern Kurdish: bar — heavy load
• Latin: onus — heavy load
• Latin: sarcina — heavy load
• Macedonian: товар (tovar) — heavy load
• Macedonian: бреме (breme) — heavy load
• Malay: beban — heavy load
• Māori: wahanga — heavy load
• Marathi: ओझे (ojhe) — heavy load
• Norwegian Bokmål: byrde — heavy load
• Norwegian Bokmål: belastning — heavy load
• Norwegian Nynorsk: byrde — heavy load
• Norwegian Nynorsk: belastning — heavy load
• Occitan: carga — heavy load
• Old English: byrþen — heavy load
• Persian: بار (bâr) — heavy load
• Polish: ciężar — heavy load
• Polish: brzemię — heavy load
• Portuguese: carga — heavy load
• Portuguese: fardo — heavy load
• Romanian: sarcină — heavy load
• Romanian: povară — heavy load
• Russian: но́ша (nóša) — heavy load
• Russian: груз (gruz) — heavy load
• Russian: покла́жа (pokláža) — heavy load
• Russian: кладь (kladʹ) — heavy load
• Russian: бре́мя (brémja) — heavy load
• Sanskrit: भार (bhāra) — heavy load
• Serbo-Croatian: бре̏ме — heavy load
• Serbo-Croatian: брје̏ме — heavy load
• Serbo-Croatian: то̀вар — heavy load
• Serbo-Croatian: brȅme — heavy load
• Serbo-Croatian: brjȅme — heavy load
• Serbo-Croatian: tòvar — heavy load
• Slovak: bremeno — heavy load
• Slovak: náklad — heavy load
• Slovak: záťaž — heavy load
• Slovene: tovor — heavy load
• Swahili: mzigo — heavy load
• Swedish: börda — heavy load
• Swedish: belastning — heavy load
• Tagalog: dinadalang mabigat — heavy load
• Tajik: бор (bor) — heavy load
• Tocharian B: perpette — heavy load
• Turkish: yük — heavy load
• Ukrainian: тяга́р (tjahár) — heavy load
• Ukrainian: но́ша (nóša) — heavy load
• Ukrainian: ванта́ж (vantáž) — heavy load
• Uyghur: تاپ (tap) — heavy load
• Uyghur: سېلىق (sëliq) — heavy load
• Uyghur: دەردىسەر (derdiser) — heavy load
• Zazaki: bar (diq) — heavy load
• Zazaki: selag — heavy load
• Arabic: حِمْل (ḥiml) — responsibility, onus
• Arabic: عِبْء (ʕibʔ) — responsibility, onus
• Armenian: բեռ (beṙ) — responsibility, onus
• Aromanian: sartsinã — responsibility, onus
• Belarusian: цяжа́р (cjažár) — responsibility, onus
• Belarusian: бярэ́мя (bjarémja) — responsibility, onus
• Bulgarian: бре́ме (bréme) — responsibility, onus
• Bulgarian: те́жест (téžest) — responsibility, onus
• Chinese Mandarin: 負擔 /负担 (fùdān) — responsibility, onus
• Czech: břemeno — responsibility, onus
• Czech: břímě — responsibility, onus
• Danish: belastning — responsibility, onus
• Danish: last — responsibility, onus
• Danish: byrde — responsibility, onus
• Faroese: burður — responsibility, onus
• Finnish: vastuu — responsibility, onus
• Finnish: riippa — responsibility, onus
• French: fardeau — responsibility, onus
• Galician: carga — responsibility, onus
• German: Belastung — responsibility, onus
• German: Last — responsibility, onus
• German: Bürde — responsibility, onus
• German: Verantwortung — responsibility, onus
• Hebrew: נֵטֶל (nétel) — responsibility, onus
• Hebrew: עֹל — responsibility, onus
• Hungarian: teher — responsibility, onus
• Icelandic: byrði — responsibility, onus
• Irish: muirear — responsibility, onus
• Italian: responsabilità — responsibility, onus
• Italian: onere — responsibility, onus
• Japanese: 負担 (futan) — responsibility, onus
• Korean: 짐 (jim) — responsibility, onus
• Korean: 부담 (budam) — responsibility, onus
• Central Kurdish: بار (bar) — responsibility, onus
• Northern Kurdish: berpirsiyarî — responsibility, onus
• Northern Kurdish: bar — responsibility, onus
• Latin: onus — responsibility, onus
• Macedonian: бреме (breme) — responsibility, onus
• Norwegian: ansvar — responsibility, onus
• Norwegian Bokmål: byrde — responsibility, onus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: byrde — responsibility, onus
• Church Slavic: брѣмѧ (brěmę) — responsibility, onus
• Old East Slavic: беремѧ (beremę) — responsibility, onus
• Polish: brzemię — responsibility, onus
• Portuguese: responsabilidade — responsibility, onus
• Portuguese: obrigação — responsibility, onus
• Romanian: sarcină — responsibility, onus
• Romanian: răspundere — responsibility, onus
• Russian: бре́мя (brémja) — responsibility, onus
• Russian: тя́жесть (tjážestʹ) — responsibility, onus
• Russian: нагру́зка (nagrúzka) — responsibility, onus
• Serbo-Croatian: бре̏ме — responsibility, onus
• Serbo-Croatian: брје̏ме — responsibility, onus
• Serbo-Croatian: brȅme — responsibility, onus
• Serbo-Croatian: brjȅme — responsibility, onus
• Slovak: bremeno — responsibility, onus
• Slovene: breme — responsibility, onus
• Spanish: carga — responsibility, onus
• Spanish: lastre — responsibility, onus
• Spanish: rémora — responsibility, onus
• Spanish: pejiguera — responsibility, onus
• Swedish: plikt — responsibility, onus
• Tagalog: pasanin — responsibility, onus
• Thai: ความรับผิดชอบ (kwaam-ráp-pìt-chɔ̂ɔp) — responsibility, onus
• Thai: ภาระ (paa-rá) — responsibility, onus
• Turkish: zahmet — responsibility, onus
• Turkish: yükümlülük — responsibility, onus
• Turkish: sorumluluk — responsibility, onus
• Ottoman Turkish: اصر (ısr) — responsibility, onus
• Ukrainian: тяга́р (tjahár) — responsibility, onus
• Ukrainian: вагота́ (vahotá) — responsibility, onus
• Ukrainian: ва́жкість (vážkistʹ) — responsibility, onus
• Ukrainian: тя́жкість (tjážkistʹ) — responsibility, onus
• Vietnamese: gánh nặng — responsibility, onus
• Zazaki: zahmet — responsibility, onus
• Zazaki: bar dayen — responsibility, onus
• Armenian: բեռ (beṙ) — cause of worry
• Bulgarian: бреме (breme) — cause of worry
• French: fardeau — cause of worry
• Galician: carga — cause of worry
• German: Sorge — cause of worry
• German: Bürde — cause of worry
• German: Kummer — cause of worry
• German: Last — cause of worry
• Italian: preoccupazione — cause of worry
• Italian: fardello — cause of worry
• Japanese: 心配事 (shimpaigoto) — cause of worry
• Korean: 짐 (jim) — cause of worry
• Central Kurdish: بەڵا (bella) — cause of worry
• Northern Kurdish: bar — cause of worry
• Norwegian: belastning — cause of worry
• Polish: brzemię — cause of worry
• Polish: ciężar — cause of worry
• Portuguese: preocupação — cause of worry
• Russian: бре́мя (brémja) — cause of worry
• Russian: обу́за (obúza) — cause of worry
• Swedish: börda — cause of worry
• Swedish: belastning — cause of worry
• Tagalog: pasanin — cause of worry
• Bulgarian: натоварвам (natovarvam) — encumber
• Bulgarian: обременявам (obremenjavam) — encumber
• Dutch: bezwaren — encumber
• Dutch: opgescheept zitten met — encumber
• Egyptian: h:n:n-D41:D40 (hnn) — encumber
• Finnish: kuormata — encumber
• French: incomber — encumber
• Galician: cangar — encumber
• Galician: cargar — encumber
• German: belasten — encumber
• German: beladen — encumber
• German: beschweren — encumber
• German: aufbürden — encumber
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kaurjan) — encumber
• Ancient Greek: καταβαρύνω (katabarúnō) — encumber
• Indonesian: membebani — encumber
• Italian: gravare — encumber
• Italian: appioppare — encumber
• Italian: rifilare — encumber
• Italian: oberare — encumber
• Latin: gravō — encumber
• Latin: dēgravō — encumber
• Māori: whakawaha — encumber
• Polish: obciążać — encumber
• Polish: obarczać — encumber
• Portuguese: carregar — encumber
• Romanian: însărcina — encumber
• Romanian: împovăra — encumber
• Romanian: îngreuna — encumber
• Russian: обременя́ть (obremenjátʹ) — encumber
• Russian: обремени́ть (obremenítʹ) — encumber
• Russian: отягоща́ть (otjagoščátʹ) — encumber
• Russian: отяготи́ть (otjagotítʹ) — encumber
• Spanish: gravar — encumber
• Spanish: endilgar — encumber
• Spanish: endiñar — encumber
• Spanish: enjaretar — encumber
• Spanish: uncir — encumber
• Spanish: uñir — encumber
• Swedish: belasta — encumber
• Thai: ถ่วง (tùuang) — encumber
• Bulgarian: товаря (tovarja) — to impose a load
• Galician: cargar — to impose a load
• Latin: gravō — to impose a load
• Māori: whakawaha — to impose a load
• Spanish: uncir — to impose a load
• Spanish: uñir — to impose a load