problem

See also: Problem and problém

English

Alternative forms

probleme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problema, 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”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒbləm/
(dated, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒblɪm/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑbləm/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: prob‧lem
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

problem (plural problems)

A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
  “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- 2014 March 7, Nicole Vulser, “Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 13, page 30:
  The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.
A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.
A puzzling circumstance.
Objection.
You got a problem with that?
Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.
(climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.

Antonyms

solution

Hyponyms

Entscheidungsproblem

Derived terms

alcohol problem
algorithmic problem
Apollonian problem
Archimedes' problem
behavior problem
binding problem
combination problem
core problem
decision problem
drug problem
fencepost problem
fiscal problem
halting problem
Houston, we have a problem
logic problem
mathematical problem
no problem
problematic
problematical
problematize
wicked problem

Descendants

→ Welsh: problem

Translations

difficulty

Albanian: çështje (sq) f, zavall (sq) m, problem (sq) m
Amharic: ችግር (čəggər)
Arabic: مُشْكِلَة‎ f (muškila)
Moroccan Arabic: مشكلة‎ (muškila), مصيبة‎ (muṣība), مشكل‎ (muškil, muškul)
Tunisian Arabic: مشكل‎ (muškul)
Aragonese: problema m
Armenian: խնդիր (hy) (xndir)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܘܼܫܟܸܠܵܐ‎ (muškila)
Asturian: problema m
Azerbaijani: problem (az), məsələ (az)
Bashkir: проблема (problema), мәсьәлә (mäs’älä)
Basque: arazo
Belarusian: прабле́ма (be) f (prabljéma)
Bengali: প্রব্লেম (bn) (prôblem), সমস্যা (bn) (sômôsẏa), ঝামেলা (bn) (jhamela), অসুবিধা (ôsubidha)
Breton: kudenn (br) f
Bulgarian: пробле́м (bg) m (problém)
Burmese: ပြဿနာ (my) (pra.ssa.na)
Catalan: problema (ca) m
Cebuano: kalisud
Chinese:
Mandarin: 問題／问题 (zh) (wèntí), 困難／困难 (zh) (kùnnán), 難題／难题 (zh) (nántí), 麻煩／麻烦 (zh) (máfán)
Czech: problém (cs) m
Danish: problem (da) n
Dutch: probleem (nl) n
Esperanto: problemo
Estonian: küsimus (et), takistus (et), kitsikus, mure, probleem
Finnish: ongelma (fi), (old slang) probleemi (fi), vaikeus (fi)
French: problème (fr) m
Galician: problema (gl) m
Georgian: პრობლემა (ṗroblema), სირთულე (sirtule)
German: Problem (de) n
Greek: πρόβλημα (el) n (próvlima)
Ancient: ἀπορία f (aporía)
Hebrew: בְּעָיָה‎ (he) f (be'aya)
Hiligaynon: palaligban, problema
Hindi: समस्या (hi) f (samasyā), मसला (hi) m (maslā), प्रश्न (hi) m (praśna), दिक़्क़त f (diqqat), दिक्कत (hi) f (dikkat), मुश्किल (hi) f (muśkil)
Hungarian: probléma (hu), baj (hu), gond (hu), nehézség (hu)
Icelandic: vandamál (is) n
Indonesian: masalah (id)
Irish: fadhb (ga) f, deacracht f
Italian: problema (it) m
Japanese: 問題 (ja) (もんだい, mondai)
Kazakh: мәселе (mäsele), проблема (kk) (problema)
Khmer: ចំណោទ (km) (cɑmnaot)
Korean: 문제(問題) (ko) (munje)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: problem (ku), mesele (ku)
Kyrgyz: проблема (ky) (problema), көйгөй (ky) (köygöy), маселе (ky) (masele)
Lao: ບັນຫາ (ban hā)
Latvian: problēma (lv) f
Lithuanian: problema f
Macedonian: про́блем m (próblem), тешко́тија (teškótija)
Malay: masalah (ms), kesulitan (ms), kemusykilan
Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (ml) (praśnaṃ)
Maltese: problema f
Maore Comorian: taãɓu class 9/10
Maori: rarunga
Mirandese: porblema m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хүндрэл (mn) (xündrel)
Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠷᠡᠯ (kündürel)
Neapolitan: prubblema
Ngazidja Comorian: shaka class 5/6
Norman: problième m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: problem (no) n, aber (no) n
Nynorsk: problem n
Occitan: problèma (oc) m
Old English: wiern f, hremming f
Oromo: rakkina
Pashto: مسئله‎ f (mas'ala), کشاله‎ f (kašāla)
Persian: مشکل‎ (fa) (moškel), مسئله‎ (fa) (mas'ale)
Polish: problem (pl) m, kłopot (pl) m
Portuguese: problema (pt) m
Romanian: problemă (ro) f
Russian: пробле́ма (ru) f (probléma)
Sanskrit: समस्या (sa) f (samasyā)
Scottish Gaelic: duilgheadas m, staing f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀бле̄м m
Roman: pròblēm (sh) m
Slovak: problém (sk) m
Slovene: problem m
Spanish: problema (es) m, dificultad (es) f, lío (es) m
Swahili: tatizo (sw) class 5/6, masaibu (sw)
Swedish: problem (sv) n
Tagalog: problema (tl)
Tajik: мушкил (tg) (muškil), масъала (masʾala), проблема (problema)
Tatar: мәсьәлә (mäs’älä)
Thai: ปัญหา (th) (bpan-hǎa)
Tibetan: རྙོག་དྲ (rnyog dra)
Turkish: sorun (tr), problem (tr)
Turkmen: problem, problema, mesele
Tuvaluan: fakalavelave
Ukrainian: пробле́ма f (probléma)
Urdu: مَسْئَلَہ‎ m (masalā), مُصِیبَت‎ (ur) f (muṣībat), دِقَّت‎ f (diqqat), مُشْکِل‎ f (muśkil)
Uyghur: مەسىلە‎ (mesile)
Uzbek: masala (uz), muammo (uz), problema (uz)
Vietnamese: vấn đề (vi) (問題)
Walloon: rujhe (wa) f, aroke (wa) f, arnåjhe (wa) f, rascråwe (wa) f, asticote (wa) f
Welsh: problem (cy) f
Yiddish: פּראָבלעם‎ m (problem)
Yucatec Maya: toop

schoolwork exercise

Arabic: تَمْرِين‎ m (tamrīn)
Armenian: խնդիր (hy) (xndir), հարց (hy) (harcʿ)
Asturian: problema m
Bashkir: мәсьәлә (mäs’älä)
Basque: buruketa (eu)
Belarusian: зада́ча (be) f (zadáča), зада́нне n (zadánnje)
Bengali: প্রশ্ন (bn) (prôśnô)
Breton: poelladenn f
Bulgarian: зада́ча (bg) f (zadáča)
Catalan: problema (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 題目／题目 (zh) (tímù), 習題／习题 (zh) (xítí), 課題／课题 (zh) (kètí)
Dutch: oefening (nl) f, probleem (nl) n
Estonian: harjutus
Finnish: harjoitus (fi), harjoitustehtävä (fi)
French: problème (fr) m
Galician: problema (gl) m
Georgian: ამოცანა (amocana)
German: Übung (de) f
Greek: πρόβλημα (el) n (próvlima)
Ancient: πρόβλημα n (próblēma)
Hungarian: feladat (hu), példa (hu)
Interlingua: problema
Irish: fadhb (ga) f
Japanese: 問題 (ja) (もんだい, mondai), 課題 (ja) (かだい, kadai)
Korean: 문제(問題) (ko) (munje), 과제(課題) (ko) (gwaje)
Latvian: uzdevums m
Macedonian: за́дача f (zádača), про́блем m (próblem)
Maori: rapanga
Middle English: probleme
Norman: problième m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppgave (no) m or f
Occitan: problèma (oc) m
Persian: مسئله‎ (fa) (mas'ale)
Polish: zadanie (pl) n
Portuguese: problema (pt) m, exercício (pt) m
Romanian: problemă (ro) f, exercițiu (ro) n
Russian: зада́ча (ru) f (zadáča), зада́ние (ru) n (zadánije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀бле̄м m, зада́так m, једна̀џба f
Roman: pròblēm (sh) m, zadátak (sh) m, jednàdžba (sh) f
Spanish: problema (es) m, ejercicio (es) m
Swahili: masaibu (sw)
Swedish: uppgift (sv) c, övning (sv) c, problem (sv) n
Thai: โจทย์ (th) (jòot)
Turkish: soru (tr)
Ukrainian: зада́ча f (zadáča), завда́ння (uk) n (zavdánnja)
Walloon: problinme (wa) m

puzzling circumstance

Arabic: مَسْأَلَة‎ (ar) f (masʾala)
Bashkir: мәсьәлә (mäs’älä)
Basque: arazo, buruhauste
Bengali: প্রব্লেম (bn) (prôblem), সমস্যা (bn) (sômôsẏa), ঝামেলা (bn) (jhamela)
Catalan: problema (ca) m
Cebuano: problema
Dutch: probleem (nl) n
Estonian: mõistatus
Farefare: yelle
Greek: πρόβλημα (el) n (próvlima)
Irish: fadhb (ga) f
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: problēma
Macedonian: тешко́тија f (teškótija), про́блем m (próblem)
Middle English: probleme
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utfordring (no) m or f
Portuguese: problema (pt) m
Romanian: problemă (ro) f
Russian: пробле́ма (ru) f (probléma), зада́ча (ru) f (zadáča)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀бле̄м m
Roman: pròblēm (sh) m
Spanish: problema (es) m, embrollo (es) m, lío (es) m, bronca (es) f (Mexico)
Swahili: tatizo (sw), masaibu (sw)
Tagalog: problema (tl)
Thai: เรื่อง (th) (rʉ̂ʉang)

Adjective

problem (comparative more problem, superlative most problem)

(of a person or an animal) Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.
- 2010, A. M. Aleksander, The Pride of the King‎:
  It is more problem to my family than to me.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

problem (definite accusative problemni, plural problemlər)

problem

Declension

Declension of problem
	singular	plural
nominative	problem	problemlər
definite accusative	problemi	problemləri
dative	problemə	problemlərə
locative	problemdə	problemlərdə
ablative	problemdən	problemlərdən
definite genitive	problemin	problemlərin

Possessive forms of problem
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	problemim	problemlərim
sənin (“your”)	problemin	problemlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	problemi	problemləri
bizim (“our”)	problemimiz	problemlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	probleminiz	problemləriniz
onların (“their”)	problemi or problemləri	problemləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	problemimi	problemlərimi
sənin (“your”)	problemini	problemlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	problemini	problemlərini
bizim (“our”)	problemimizi	problemlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	probleminizi	problemlərinizi
onların (“their”)	problemini or problemlərini	problemlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	problemimə	problemlərimə
sənin (“your”)	probleminə	problemlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	probleminə	problemlərinə
bizim (“our”)	problemimizə	problemlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	probleminizə	problemlərinizə
onların (“their”)	probleminə or problemlərinə	problemlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	problemimdə	problemlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	problemində	problemlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	problemində	problemlərində
bizim (“our”)	problemimizdə	problemlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	probleminizdə	problemlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	problemində or problemlərində	problemlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	problemimdən	problemlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	problemindən	problemlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	problemindən	problemlərindən
bizim (“our”)	problemimizdən	problemlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	probleminizdən	problemlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	problemindən or problemlərindən	problemlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	problemimin	problemlərimin
sənin (“your”)	probleminin	problemlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	probleminin	problemlərinin
bizim (“our”)	problemimizin	problemlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	probleminizin	problemlərinizin
onların (“their”)	probleminin or problemlərinin	problemlərinin

Danish

Noun

problem n (singular definite problemet, plural indefinite problemer)

problem

Declension

Declension of problem

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	problem	problemet	problemer	problemerne
genitive	problems	problemets	problemers	problemernes

Derived terms

helseproblem
hovedproblem
problembarn
rygproblem
søvnproblem
vægtproblem

References

“problem” in Den Danske Ordbog
“problem” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch probleem, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈproblem]
Hyphenation: pro‧blém

Noun

problem (first-person possessive problemku, second-person possessive problemmu, third-person possessive problemnya)

problem.
Synonyms: masalah, perkara, persoalan

Related terms

problematik
problematis

Middle English

Noun

problem

Alternative form of probleme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

problem n (definite singular problemet, indefinite plural problem or problemer, definite plural problema or problemene)

problem

Derived terms

helseproblem
hovedproblem
problembarn
ryggproblem
søvnproblem
vektproblem

References

“problem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prʊˈbleːm/

Noun

problem n (definite singular problemet, indefinite plural problem, definite plural problema)

problem

Derived terms

helseproblem
problembarn
ryggproblem
søvnproblem
vektproblem

References

“problem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French problème, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”), 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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈprɔb.lɛm/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔblɛm
Syllabification: prob‧lem

Noun

problem m inan (diminutive problemik)

problem
Synonyms: bajer, zagwozdka

Declension

Declension of problem

	singular	plural
nominative	problem	problemy
genitive	problemu	problemów
dative	problemowi	problemom
accusative	problem	problemy
instrumental	problemem	problemami
locative	problemie	problemach
vocative	problemie	problemy

Derived terms

adjectives

bezproblemowy
problemowy

adverbs

bezproblemowo
problemowo

nouns

bezproblemowość
problemowość

Romanian

Noun

problem n (plural probleme)

Alternative form of problemă

Declension

Declension of problem

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) problem	problemul	(niște) probleme	problemele
genitive/dative	(unui) problem	problemului	(unor) probleme	problemelor
vocative	problemule		problemelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prǒbleːm/

Noun

pròblēm m (Cyrillic spelling про̀бле̄м)

problem

Declension

Declension of problem

	singular	plural
nominative	problem	problemi
genitive	problema	problema
dative	problemu	problemima
accusative	problem	probleme
vocative	probleme	problemi
locative	problemu	problemima
instrumental	problemom	problemima

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prʊˈbleːm/, /prɔ-/, /-ˈblɛːm/
Hyphenation: pro‧blem
Audio (of "ett problem," meaning "a problem") (file)

Noun

problem n

problem; difficulty
problem; schoolwork exercise

Declension

Declension of problem
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	problem	problemet	problem	problemen
Genitive	problems	problemets	problems	problemens

Synonyms

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fråga
komplikation
kris
spörsmål
tal
uppgift

Related terms

problematik
problematisera
problematisering
problematisk
problemavfall
problembarn
problembaserad
problemdiktning
problemdrama
problemformulering
problemfri
problemfylld
problemhärva
probleminventering
problemkomplex
problemkredit
problemlös
problemlösare
problemlösning
problemområde
problemorienterad
problemsituation
problemställning
problemtyngd

References

problem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

plomber

Turkish

Etymology

From French problème.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾob.lɛm/

Noun

problem (definite accusative problemi, plural problemler)

problem
Synonym: sorun

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

problem

Definite accusative

problemi

Singular

Plural

Nominative

problem

problemler

Definite accusative

problemi

problemleri

Dative

probleme

problemlere

Locative

problemde

problemlerde

Ablative

problemden

problemlerden

Genitive

problemin

problemlerin

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	problemim	problemlerim
2nd singular	problemin	problemlerin
3rd singular	problemi	problemleri
1st plural	problemimiz	problemlerimiz
2nd plural	probleminiz	problemleriniz
3rd plural	problemleri	problemleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	problemimi	problemlerimi
2nd singular	problemini	problemlerini
3rd singular	problemini	problemlerini
1st plural	problemimizi	problemlerimizi
2nd plural	probleminizi	problemlerinizi
3rd plural	problemlerini	problemlerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	problemime	problemlerime
2nd singular	problemine	problemlerine
3rd singular	problemine	problemlerine
1st plural	problemimize	problemlerimize
2nd plural	probleminize	problemlerinize
3rd plural	problemlerine	problemlerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	problemimde	problemlerimde
2nd singular	probleminde	problemlerinde
3rd singular	probleminde	problemlerinde
1st plural	problemimizde	problemlerimizde
2nd plural	probleminizde	problemlerinizde
3rd plural	problemlerinde	problemlerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	problemimden	problemlerimden
2nd singular	probleminden	problemlerinden
3rd singular	probleminden	problemlerinden
1st plural	problemimizden	problemlerimizden
2nd plural	probleminizden	problemlerinizden
3rd plural	problemlerinden	problemlerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	problemimin	problemlerimin
2nd singular	probleminin	problemlerinin
3rd singular	probleminin	problemlerinin
1st plural	problemimizin	problemlerimizin
2nd plural	probleminizin	problemlerinizin
3rd plural	problemlerinin	problemlerinin

Predicative forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	problemim	problemlerim
2nd singular	problemsin	problemlersin
3rd singular	problem problemdir	problemler problemlerdir
1st plural	problemiz	problemleriz
2nd plural	problemsiniz	problemlersiniz
3rd plural	problemler	problemlerdir

Derived terms

problem olmak
problemli
problemlilik
problemsiz
problemsizlik

Related terms

problematik

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

problem n

problem

Welsh

Etymology

English problem, ultimately from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈprɔblɛm/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈprɔblam/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈprɔblɛm/

Noun

problem f (plural problemau)

problem

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
problem	broblem	mhroblem	phroblem
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

problem

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