Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Antonyms
    • 1.3.2 Derived terms
    • 1.3.3 Translations
    • 1.3.4 See also
    • 1.3.5 External links
• 2 Polish
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun
    • 2.2.1 Declension
• 3 Serbo-Croatian
  • 3.1 Noun
    • 3.1.1 Declension
• 4 Swedish
  • 4.1 Pronunciation
  • 4.2 Noun
    • 4.2.1 Related terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin problema, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (problema), “‘anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory’”), from προβάλλω (proballo), “‘to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward’”), from προ- (pro-), “‘in front of’”) + βάλλω (ballo), “‘to throw, to cast, to hurl’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹɒbləm/
• Audio (US)^{help, file}

Noun

problem (plural problems)

1. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
2. A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
3. A puzzling circumstance.

Antonyms

• solution

Derived terms

• fencepost problem
• mathematical problem
• no problem
• problematic
• problematical
• problematize

See also

• trouble

External links

• problem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• problem in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• problem at OneLook® Dictionary Search

Polish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ˈprɔblɛm]

Noun

problem m.

1. problem

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pròblēm m. (Cyrillic spelling про̀бле̄м)

1. problem

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

problem n.

1. problem; difficulty
2. problem; schoolwork exercise

Related terms

• problematisk
• problematisera

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