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• Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbləm/
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• Received-Pronunciation, dated: /ˈpɹɒblɪm/
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• General-American: /ˈpɹɑbləm/
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• General-American, reduced: /-bəm/
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• General-American: [-bm̩]
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• General-American: /-əm/
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• General-American: [-m̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 B L AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”). Doublet of problema.

278 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: probleem — difficulty
• Albanian: çështje — difficulty
• Albanian: zavall — difficulty
• Albanian: problem — difficulty
• Amharic: ችግር (čəggər) — difficulty
• Arabic: مُشْكِلَة (muškila) — difficulty
• Arabic: مشكلة (muškila) — difficulty
• Arabic: مصيبة (muṣība) — difficulty
• Arabic: مشكل (muškil, muškul) — difficulty
• Tunisian Arabic: مشكل (muškul) — difficulty
• Aragonese: problema — difficulty
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܘܼܫܟܸܠܵܐ (muškila) — difficulty
• Armenian: խնդիր (xndir) — difficulty
• Asturian: problema — difficulty
• Azerbaijani: problem — difficulty
• Azerbaijani: məsələ — difficulty
• Bashkir: проблема (problema) — difficulty
• Bashkir: мәсьәлә (məsʹələ) — difficulty
• Basque: arazo — difficulty
• Belarusian: прабле́ма (prabljéma) — difficulty
• Bengali: সমস্যা (śomosśa) — difficulty
• Bengali: ঝামেলা (jhamela) — difficulty
• Bengali: মুশকিল (muśokil) — difficulty
• Bengali: অসুবিধা (ośubidha) — difficulty
• Bengali: ভেজাল (bhejal) — difficulty
• Bengali: প্রব্লাম্ (problam) — difficulty
• Breton: kudenn — difficulty
• Bulgarian: пробле́м (problém) — difficulty
• Burmese: ပြဿနာ (pra.ssa.na) — difficulty
• Catalan: problema — difficulty
• Cebuano: kalisud — difficulty
• Chinese Cantonese: 問題 /问题 (man6 tai4) — difficulty
• Chinese Cantonese: 困難 /困难 (kwan3 naan4) — difficulty
• Chinese Cantonese: 難題 /难题 (naan4 tai4) — difficulty
• Chinese Cantonese: 麻煩 /麻烦 (maa4 faan4) — difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 問題 /问题 (wèntí) — difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 困難 /困难 (kùnnán) — difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 難題 /难题 (nántí) — difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 麻煩 /麻烦 (máfán) — difficulty
• Maore Comorian: taãɓu — difficulty
• Ngazidja Comorian: shaka — difficulty
• Czech: problém — difficulty
• Danish: problem — difficulty
• Dutch: probleem — difficulty
• Esperanto: problemo — difficulty
• Estonian: küsimus — difficulty
• Estonian: takistus — difficulty
• Estonian: kitsikus — difficulty
• Estonian: mure — difficulty
• Estonian: probleem — difficulty
• Finnish: ongelma — difficulty
• Finnish: probleemi — difficulty
• Finnish: vaikeus — difficulty
• French: problème — difficulty
• Galician: problema — difficulty
• Georgian: პრობლემა (ṗroblema) — difficulty
• Georgian: სირთულე (sirtule) — difficulty
• German: Problem — difficulty
• Greek: πρόβλημα (próvlima) — difficulty
• Ancient Greek: ἀπορία (aporía) — difficulty
• Hebrew: בְּעָיָה (be'aya) — difficulty
• Hiligaynon: palaligban — difficulty
• Hiligaynon: problema — difficulty
• Hindi: समस्या (samasyā) — difficulty
• Hindi: मसला (maslā) — difficulty
• Hindi: प्रश्न (praśna) — difficulty
• Hindi: दिक़्क़त (diqqat) — difficulty
• Hindi: दिक्कत (dikkat) — difficulty
• Hindi: मुश्किल (muśkil) — difficulty
• Hungarian: probléma — difficulty
• Hungarian: baj — difficulty
• Hungarian: gond — difficulty
• Hungarian: nehézség — difficulty
• Icelandic: vandamál — difficulty
• Indonesian: masalah — difficulty
• Irish: fadhb — difficulty
• Irish: deacracht — difficulty
• Italian: problema — difficulty
• Japanese: 問題 (mondai) — difficulty
• Kabyle: aɣbel — difficulty
• Kazakh: мәселе (mäsele) — difficulty
• Kazakh: проблема (problema) — difficulty
• Khmer: ចំណោទ (cɑmnaot) — difficulty
• Korean: 문제 (munje) — difficulty
• Northern Kurdish: problem — difficulty
• Northern Kurdish: mesele — difficulty
• Kyrgyz: проблема (problema) — difficulty
• Kyrgyz: көйгөй (köygöy) — difficulty
• Kyrgyz: маселе (masele) — difficulty
• Lao: ບັນຫາ (ban hā) — difficulty
• Latvian: problēma — difficulty
• Lithuanian: problema — difficulty
• Macedonian: про́блем (próblem) — difficulty
• Macedonian: тешко́тија (teškótija) — difficulty
• Malay: masalah — difficulty
• Malay: kesulitan — difficulty
• Malay: kemusykilan — difficulty
• Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (praśnaṁ) — difficulty
• Maltese: problema — difficulty
• Māori: rarunga — difficulty
• Mirandese: porblema — difficulty
• Mongolian: хүндрэл (xündrel) — difficulty
• Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠷᠡᠯ (kündürel) — difficulty
• Neapolitan: prubblema — difficulty
• Norman: problième — difficulty
• Norwegian Bokmål: problem — difficulty
• Norwegian Bokmål: aber — difficulty
• Norwegian Nynorsk: problem — difficulty
• Occitan: problèma — difficulty
• Old English: wiern — difficulty
• Old English: hremming — difficulty
• Oromo: rakkina — difficulty
• Pashto: مسئله (mas'ala) — difficulty
• Pashto: کشاله (kašāla) — difficulty
• Dari: مُشْکِل (muškil) — difficulty
• Dari: مَسْئَلَه (mas'ala) — difficulty
• Iranian Persian: مُشْکِل (moškel) — difficulty
• Iranian Persian: مَسْئَلِه (mas'ale) — difficulty
• Polish: problem — difficulty
• Polish: kłopot — difficulty
• Portuguese: problema — difficulty
• Romanian: problemă — difficulty
• Russian: пробле́ма (probléma) — difficulty
• Sanskrit: समस्या (samasyā) — difficulty
• Scottish Gaelic: duilgheadas — difficulty
• Scottish Gaelic: staing — difficulty
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀бле̄м — difficulty
• Serbo-Croatian: pròblēm — difficulty
• Slovak: problém — difficulty
• Slovene: problem — difficulty
• Spanish: problema — difficulty
• Spanish: dificultad — difficulty
• Spanish: lío — difficulty
• Swahili: tatizo — difficulty
• Swahili: masaibu — difficulty
• Swedish: problem — difficulty
• Tagalog: problema — difficulty
• Tajik: мушкил (muškil) — difficulty
• Tajik: масъала (mas'ala) — difficulty
• Tajik: проблема (problema) — difficulty
• Tatar: мәсьәлә (mäsʹälä) — difficulty
• Thai: ปัญหา (bpan-hǎa) — difficulty
• Tibetan: རྙོག་དྲ (rnyog dra) — difficulty
• Turkish: sorun — difficulty
• Turkish: problem — difficulty
• Turkmen: problem — difficulty
• Turkmen: problema — difficulty
• Turkmen: mesele — difficulty
• Tuvaluan: fakalavelave — difficulty
• Ukrainian: пробле́ма (probléma) — difficulty
• Urdu: مَسْئَلَہ (masala) — difficulty
• Urdu: مُصِیبَت (musībat) — difficulty
• Urdu: دِقَّت (diqqat) — difficulty
• Urdu: مُشْکِل (muśkil) — difficulty
• Uyghur: مەسىلە (mesile) — difficulty
• Uzbek: masala — difficulty
• Uzbek: muammo — difficulty
• Uzbek: problema — difficulty
• Vietnamese: vấn đề — difficulty
• Walloon: rujhe — difficulty
• Walloon: aroke — difficulty
• Walloon: arnåjhe — difficulty
• Walloon: rascråwe — difficulty
• Walloon: asticote — difficulty
• Welsh: problem — difficulty
• Yiddish: פּראָבלעם (problem) — difficulty
• Yucatec Maya: toop — difficulty
• Afrikaans: probleem — schoolwork exercise
• Arabic: تَمْرِين (tamrīn) — schoolwork exercise
• Armenian: խնդիր (xndir) — schoolwork exercise
• Armenian: հարց (harcʻ) — schoolwork exercise
• Asturian: problema — schoolwork exercise
• Bashkir: мәсьәлә (məsʹələ) — schoolwork exercise
• Basque: buruketa — schoolwork exercise
• Belarusian: зада́ча (zadáča) — schoolwork exercise
• Belarusian: зада́нне (zadánnje) — schoolwork exercise
• Bengali: প্রশ্ন (prôśnô) — schoolwork exercise
• Breton: poelladenn — schoolwork exercise
• Bulgarian: зада́ча (zadáča) — schoolwork exercise
• Catalan: problema — schoolwork exercise
• Chinese Cantonese: 題目 /题目 (tai4 muk6) — schoolwork exercise
• Chinese Cantonese: 習題 /习题 (zaap6 tai4) — schoolwork exercise
• Chinese Cantonese: 課題 /课题 (fo3 tai4) — schoolwork exercise
• Chinese Mandarin: 題目 /题目 (tímù) — schoolwork exercise
• Chinese Mandarin: 習題 /习题 (xítí) — schoolwork exercise
• Chinese Mandarin: 課題 /课题 (kètí) — schoolwork exercise
• Dutch: oefening — schoolwork exercise
• Dutch: probleem — schoolwork exercise
• Estonian: harjutus — schoolwork exercise
• Finnish: harjoitus — schoolwork exercise
• Finnish: harjoitustehtävä — schoolwork exercise
• French: problème — schoolwork exercise
• Galician: problema — schoolwork exercise
• Georgian: ამოცანა (amocana) — schoolwork exercise
• German: Übung — schoolwork exercise
• Greek: πρόβλημα (próvlima) — schoolwork exercise
• Ancient Greek: πρόβλημα (próblēma) — schoolwork exercise
• Hungarian: feladat — schoolwork exercise
• Hungarian: példa — schoolwork exercise
• Ingrian: zadaci — schoolwork exercise
• Ingrian: reknatus — schoolwork exercise
• Ingrian: primera — schoolwork exercise
• Interlingua: problema — schoolwork exercise
• Irish: fadhb — schoolwork exercise
• Japanese: 問題 (mondai) — schoolwork exercise
• Japanese: 課題 (kadai) — schoolwork exercise
• Korean: 문제 (munje) — schoolwork exercise
• Korean: 과제 (gwaje) — schoolwork exercise
• Latvian: uzdevums — schoolwork exercise
• Macedonian: за́дача (zádača) — schoolwork exercise
• Macedonian: про́блем (próblem) — schoolwork exercise
• Māori: rapanga — schoolwork exercise
• Middle English: probleme — schoolwork exercise
• Norman: problième — schoolwork exercise
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppgave — schoolwork exercise
• Occitan: problèma — schoolwork exercise
• Dari: مَسْئَلَه (mas'ala) — schoolwork exercise
• Iranian Persian: مَسْئَلِه (mas'ale) — schoolwork exercise
• Polish: zadanie — schoolwork exercise
• Portuguese: problema — schoolwork exercise
• Portuguese: exercício — schoolwork exercise
• Romanian: problemă — schoolwork exercise
• Romanian: exercițiu — schoolwork exercise
• Russian: зада́ча (zadáča) — schoolwork exercise
• Russian: зада́ние (zadánije) — schoolwork exercise
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀бле̄м — schoolwork exercise
• Serbo-Croatian: зада́так — schoolwork exercise
• Serbo-Croatian: једна̀џба — schoolwork exercise
• Serbo-Croatian: pròblēm — schoolwork exercise
• Serbo-Croatian: zadátak — schoolwork exercise
• Serbo-Croatian: jednàdžba — schoolwork exercise
• Spanish: problema — schoolwork exercise
• Spanish: ejercicio — schoolwork exercise
• Swahili: masaibu — schoolwork exercise
• Swedish: uppgift — schoolwork exercise
• Swedish: övning — schoolwork exercise
• Swedish: problem — schoolwork exercise
• Thai: โจทย์ (jòot) — schoolwork exercise
• Turkish: soru — schoolwork exercise
• Ukrainian: зада́ча (zadáča) — schoolwork exercise
• Ukrainian: завда́ння (zavdánnja) — schoolwork exercise
• Walloon: problinme — schoolwork exercise
• Afrikaans: probleem — puzzling circumstance
• Arabic: مَسْأَلَة (masʔala) — puzzling circumstance
• Bashkir: мәсьәлә (məsʹələ) — puzzling circumstance
• Basque: arazo — puzzling circumstance
• Basque: buruhauste — puzzling circumstance
• Bengali: প্রব্লেম (problem) — puzzling circumstance
• Bengali: সমস্যা (śomosśa) — puzzling circumstance
• Bengali: ঝামেলা (jhamela) — puzzling circumstance
• Catalan: problema — puzzling circumstance
• Cebuano: problema — puzzling circumstance
• Dutch: probleem — puzzling circumstance
• Estonian: mõistatus — puzzling circumstance
• Farefare: yelle — puzzling circumstance
• Greek: πρόβλημα (próvlima) — puzzling circumstance
• Irish: fadhb — puzzling circumstance
• Latin: problēma — puzzling circumstance
• Macedonian: тешко́тија (teškótija) — puzzling circumstance
• Macedonian: про́блем (próblem) — puzzling circumstance
• Middle English: probleme — puzzling circumstance
• Norwegian Bokmål: utfordring — puzzling circumstance
• Portuguese: problema — puzzling circumstance
• Romanian: problemă — puzzling circumstance
• Russian: пробле́ма (probléma) — puzzling circumstance
• Russian: зада́ча (zadáča) — puzzling circumstance
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀бле̄м — puzzling circumstance
• Serbo-Croatian: pròblēm — puzzling circumstance
• Spanish: problema — puzzling circumstance
• Spanish: embrollo — puzzling circumstance
• Spanish: lío — puzzling circumstance
• Spanish: bronca — puzzling circumstance
• Swahili: tatizo — puzzling circumstance
• Swahili: masaibu — puzzling circumstance
• Tagalog: problema — puzzling circumstance
• Thai: เรื่อง (rʉ̂ʉang) — puzzling circumstance
• Spanish: problema — objection
• Spanish: caucáu — objection