predicament

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• /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/
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• rhymes with -ɪkəmənt
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IH0 D IH1 K AH0 M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: категория (kategorija) — a definite class, state or condition
• Catalan: predicament — a definite class, state or condition
• Dutch: klasse — a definite class, state or condition
• French: catégorie — a definite class, state or condition
• French: classe — a definite class, state or condition
• French: prédicament — a definite class, state or condition
• Galician: predicamento — a definite class, state or condition
• German: Kategorie — a definite class, state or condition
• Marathi: दशा (daśā) — a definite class, state or condition
• Occitan: classa — a definite class, state or condition
• Occitan: estat — a definite class, state or condition
• Occitan: condicion — a definite class, state or condition
• Occitan: predicament — a definite class, state or condition
• Occitan: categoria — a definite class, state or condition
• Portuguese: predicamento — a definite class, state or condition
• Russian: катего́рия (kategórija) — a definite class, state or condition
• Spanish: predicamento — a definite class, state or condition
• Ukrainian: катего́рія (katehórija) — a definite class, state or condition
• Ukrainian: стан (stan) — a definite class, state or condition
• Azerbaijani: sıxıntı — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Bulgarian: затруднение (zatrudnenie) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Catalan: compromís — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Catalan: dilema — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 困境 (kùnjìng) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Czech: svízel — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Czech: šlamastyka — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Czech: nepříjemná situace — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Czech: ošemetná situace — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Czech: složitá situace — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Czech: nesnáz — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Dutch: hachelijke situatie — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• French: situation difficile — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• French: situation délicate — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• French: mauvaise passe — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• German: Lage — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• German: Zwangslage — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• German: Dilemma — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• German: Zwickmühle — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• German: missliche Lage — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Greek: παλιοκατάσταση (paliokatástasi) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Hindi: दुर्दशा (durdaśā) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Hungarian: kutyaszorító — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Hungarian: slamasztika — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Hungarian: szorult/kínos/kellemetlen helyzet — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Hungarian: baj — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Hungarian: gond — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Hungarian: kellemetlenség — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Italian: situazione difficile — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Japanese: 窮地 (kyūchi) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Māori: pōraruraru — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Māori: tairaru — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Marathi: दशा (daśā) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Marathi: बिकट प्रसंग (bikaṭ prasaṅga) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Marathi: आपत्ति (āpatti) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Norwegian: knipe — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Polish: kłopotliwa sytuacja — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Portuguese: apuro — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Russian: затрудне́ние (zatrudnénije) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Russian: затрудни́тельное положе́ние (zatrudnítelʹnoje položénije) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Russian: положение (položenije) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Spanish: aprieto — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Spanish: apuro — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Spanish: atolladero — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Spanish: predicamento — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Swedish: predikament — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Swedish: obehaglig situation — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Ukrainian: скрута (skruta) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Ukrainian: скрутне становище (skrutne stanovyšče) — an unfortunate or trying position or condition
• Bulgarian: категория (kategorija) — that which is predicated; a category
• French: catégorie — that which is predicated; a category
• German: Kategorie — that which is predicated; a category
• Hungarian: kategória — that which is predicated; a category
• Ukrainian: категорія (katehorija) — that which is predicated; a category