stress

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• UK: /ˈstɹɛs/
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• UK: /ˈʃt͡ʃɹɛs/
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• General-American: /stɹɛs/
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• rhymes with -ɛs
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• CMU ARPABET: S T R EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengh- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngheti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin distringōder. Old French destrecierbor. Middle English destresse English stress From a shortening of Middle English destresse, borrowed from Old French destrecier, from Latin distringō (“to stretch out”). This form probably coalesced with Middle English stresse, from Old French estrece (“narrowness”), from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus (“narrow”). In the sense of "mental strain" or “disruption”, used occasionally in the 1920s and 1930s by psychologists, including Walter Cannon (1934); in “biological threat”, used by endocrinologist Hans Selye, by metaphor with stress in physics (force on an object) in the 1930s, and popularized by same in the 1950s.

238 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِجْهَاد (ʔijhād) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Belarusian: на́ціск (nácisk) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Bulgarian: напреже́ние (naprežénie) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Catalan: tensió — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓力 /压力 (yālì) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Danish: spænding — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Dutch: spanning — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Dutch: zenuwen — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Finnish: jännitys — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Finnish: rasitus — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Finnish: kuormitus — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• French: tension — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• French: contrainte — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Georgian: ძაბვა (ʒabva) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• German: Spannung — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Greek: καταπόνηση (katapónisi) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Hindi: खिंचाव (khiñcāv) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Hindi: तान (tān) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Hungarian: erő — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Hungarian: nyomás — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Italian: tensione — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Japanese: 応力 (ōryoku) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Korean: 변형력 (byeonhyeongnyeok) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Korean: 압력 (amnyeok) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Latvian: spriegums — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Malay: tegasan — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Iranian Persian: فِشار (fešâr) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Polish: naprężenie — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Portuguese: tensão — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Romanian: tensiune — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Romanian: încordare — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Russian: напряже́ние (naprjažénije) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Russian: нажи́м (nažím) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Russian: уси́лие (usílije) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Russian: давле́ние (davlénije) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Sinhalese: ආතතිය (ātatiya) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Swedish: spänning — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Swedish: dragspänning — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Swedish: normalspänning — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Tagalog: sidhi — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Ukrainian: на́тиск (nátysk) — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Vietnamese: áp lực — (physics) internal force across a boundary per area
• Afrikaans: stres — emotional pressure
• Albanian: stres — emotional pressure
• Amharic: ውጥረት (wəṭrät) — emotional pressure
• Arabic: إِجْهَاد (ʔijhād) — emotional pressure
• Armenian: սթրես (stʻres) — emotional pressure
• Azerbaijani: stress — emotional pressure
• Bashkir: баҫым (baśım) — emotional pressure
• Belarusian: стрэс (stres) — emotional pressure
• Bulgarian: стрес (stres) — emotional pressure
• Catalan: estrès — emotional pressure
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓力 /压力 (yālì) — emotional pressure
• Czech: stres — emotional pressure
• Danish: stress — emotional pressure
• Dutch: stress — emotional pressure
• Esperanto: streso — emotional pressure
• Esperanto: streĉo — emotional pressure
• Estonian: stress — emotional pressure
• Finnish: rasitus — emotional pressure
• Finnish: stressi — emotional pressure
• Finnish: paine — emotional pressure
• French: stress — emotional pressure
• Galician: estrés — emotional pressure
• Georgian: სტრესი (sṭresi) — emotional pressure
• German: Stress — emotional pressure
• Greek: άγχος (ánchos) — emotional pressure
• Greek: στρες (stres) — emotional pressure
• Hebrew: מְצוּקָה (m'tsuká) — emotional pressure
• Hindi: तनाव (tanāv) — emotional pressure
• Hungarian: stressz — emotional pressure
• Hungarian: nyomás — emotional pressure
• Icelandic: streita — emotional pressure
• Icelandic: stress — emotional pressure
• Indonesian: stres — emotional pressure
• Italian: stress — emotional pressure
• Italian: pressione — emotional pressure
• Japanese: ストレス (sutoresu) — emotional pressure
• Kazakh: стресс (stress) — emotional pressure
• Korean: 스트레스 (seuteureseu) — emotional pressure
• Korean: 압박 (apbak) — emotional pressure
• Northern Kurdish: hêrsdarî — emotional pressure
• Kyrgyz: стресс (stress) — emotional pressure
• Latvian: stress — emotional pressure
• Lithuanian: stresas — emotional pressure
• Macedonian: стрес (stres) — emotional pressure
• Malay: tekanan — emotional pressure
• Māori: tāmitanga — emotional pressure
• Māori: mate tāmitanga — emotional pressure
• Māori: ahotea — emotional pressure
• Norwegian Bokmål: stress — emotional pressure
• Iranian Persian: فِشار (fešâr) — emotional pressure
• Iranian Persian: اِسْتِرِس (esteres) — emotional pressure
• Plautdietsch: Wicht (nds) — emotional pressure
• Plautdietsch: Druck — emotional pressure
• Polish: stres — emotional pressure
• Portuguese: estresse — emotional pressure
• Portuguese: stress — emotional pressure
• Romanian: stres — emotional pressure
• Russian: стресс (strɛss) — emotional pressure
• Russian: стресс (stress) — emotional pressure
• Russian: напряже́ние (naprjažénije) — emotional pressure
• Russian: давле́ние (davlénije) — emotional pressure
• Serbo-Croatian: стре̏с — emotional pressure
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝтисак — emotional pressure
• Serbo-Croatian: stres — emotional pressure
• Serbo-Croatian: pritisak — emotional pressure
• Sinhalese: ආතතිය (ātatiya) — emotional pressure
• Slovak: stres — emotional pressure
• Slovene: stres — emotional pressure
• Spanish: estrés — emotional pressure
• Spanish: stress — emotional pressure
• Swahili: msongo wa mawazo — emotional pressure
• Swedish: stress — emotional pressure
• Tagalog: istres — emotional pressure
• Tajik: стресс (stress) — emotional pressure
• Tatar: стресс (stress) — emotional pressure
• Thai: ความเครียด (kwaam-krîiat) — emotional pressure
• Turkish: stres — emotional pressure
• Turkish: sıkıntıfeşer — emotional pressure
• Turkmen: stress — emotional pressure
• Ukrainian: стрес (stres) — emotional pressure
• Uzbek: stress — emotional pressure
• Vietnamese: áp lực — emotional pressure
• Vietnamese: căng thẳng — emotional pressure
• Vietnamese: xì-trét — emotional pressure
• Bashkir: баҫым (baśım) — on a point in an argument
• Belarusian: на́ціск (nácisk) — on a point in an argument
• Bulgarian: акцент (akcent) — on a point in an argument
• Catalan: èmfasi — on a point in an argument
• Finnish: painotus — on a point in an argument
• French: emphase — on a point in an argument
• German: Betonung — on a point in an argument
• Greek: έμφαση (émfasi) — on a point in an argument
• Greek: τονισμός (tonismós) — on a point in an argument
• Hindi: बल (bal) — on a point in an argument
• Icelandic: áhersla — on a point in an argument
• Irish: béim — on a point in an argument
• Italian: enfasi — on a point in an argument
• Japanese: 重き (omoki) — on a point in an argument
• Japanese: 力説 (rikisetsu) — on a point in an argument
• Korean: 강조 (gangjo) — on a point in an argument
• Latvian: akcents — on a point in an argument
• Latvian: uzsvars — on a point in an argument
• Polish: nacisk — on a point in an argument
• Polish: emfaza — on a point in an argument
• Portuguese: ênfase — on a point in an argument
• Russian: акце́нт (akcént) — on a point in an argument
• Russian: ударе́ние (udarénije) — on a point in an argument
• Scottish Gaelic: cudrom — on a point in an argument
• Serbo-Croatian: на́гласак — on a point in an argument
• Serbo-Croatian: náglasak — on a point in an argument
• Turkish: vurgu — on a point in an argument
• Ukrainian: на́голос (náholos) — on a point in an argument
• Bulgarian: подлагам на натиск (podlagam na natisk) — to apply force to, causing strain
• Catalan: tensar — to apply force to, causing strain
• Finnish: jännittää — to apply force to, causing strain
• German: beanspruchen — to apply force to, causing strain
• Hindi: बल (bal) — to apply force to, causing strain
• Italian: stressare — to apply force to, causing strain
• Korean: 변형력을 주다 (byeonhyeongnyeogeul juda) — to apply force to, causing strain
• Portuguese: tensionar — to apply force to, causing strain
• Spanish: tensionar — to apply force to, causing strain
• Spanish: tensar — to apply force to, causing strain
• Vietnamese: gây áp lực — to apply force to, causing strain
• Bulgarian: стресирам (stresiram) — to apply emotional pressure to
• Catalan: estressar — to apply emotional pressure to
• Danish: stresse — to apply emotional pressure to
• Finnish: stressata — to apply emotional pressure to
• French: stresser — to apply emotional pressure to
• German: stressen — to apply emotional pressure to
• Hungarian: stresszel — to apply emotional pressure to
• Italian: stressare — to apply emotional pressure to
• Korean: 압박을 주다 (apbageul juda) — to apply emotional pressure to
• Portuguese: estressar — to apply emotional pressure to
• Portuguese: stressar — to apply emotional pressure to
• Spanish: estresar — to apply emotional pressure to
• Swedish: stressa — to apply emotional pressure to
• Vietnamese: gây căng thẳng — to apply emotional pressure to
• Armenian: շեշտել (šeštel) — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Bulgarian: слагам ударение (slagam udarenie) — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Dutch: beklemtonen — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Esperanto: akcenti — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Finnish: painottaa — to emphasise (a syllable)
• French: emphaser — to emphasise (a syllable)
• German: betonen — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Greek: τονίζω (tonízo) — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Ido: acentizar — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Italian: accentuare — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Korean: 강세를 넣다 (gangsereul neota) — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Polish: akcentować — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Polish: zaakcentować — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Portuguese: acentuar — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Spanish: acentuar — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Turkish: vurgulamak — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Vietnamese: nhấn mạnh — to emphasise (a syllable)
• Armenian: շեշտել (šeštel) — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Bulgarian: акцентирам (akcentiram) — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Esperanto: akcenti — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Estonian: rõhutama — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Finnish: painottaa — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• German: betonen — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Greek: τονίζω (tonízo) — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Italian: enfatizzare — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Korean: 강세를 넣다 (gangsereul neota) — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Polish: akcentować — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Polish: zaakcentować — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Polish: podkreślać — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Polish: podkreślić — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Portuguese: enfatizar — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Portuguese: acentuar — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Spanish: enfatizar — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Turkish: vurgulamak — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Turkish: altını çizmek — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Vietnamese: nhấn mạnh — to emphasise (words in speaking)
• Armenian: շեշտել (šeštel) — to emphasise (a point)
• Catalan: emfasitzar — to emphasise (a point)
• Czech: zdůraznit — to emphasise (a point)
• Danish: fremhæve — to emphasise (a point)
• Esperanto: akcenti — to emphasise (a point)
• Finnish: painottaa — to emphasise (a point)
• French: souligner — to emphasise (a point)
• German: betonen — to emphasise (a point)
• Greek: τονίζω (tonízo) — to emphasise (a point)
• Italian: enfatizzare — to emphasise (a point)
• Italian: insistere — to emphasise (a point)
• Italian: sottolineare — to emphasise (a point)
• Korean: 강조하다 (gangjohada) — to emphasise (a point)
• Polish: akcentować — to emphasise (a point)
• Polish: zaakcentować — to emphasise (a point)
• Polish: podkreślać — to emphasise (a point)
• Polish: podkreślić — to emphasise (a point)
• Portuguese: enfatizar — to emphasise (a point)
• Spanish: enfatizar — to emphasise (a point)
• Spanish: recalcar — to emphasise (a point)
• Turkish: vurgulamak — to emphasise (a point)
• Turkish: altını çizmek — to emphasise (a point)
• Vietnamese: nhấn mạnh — to emphasise (a point)