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trouble

/tˈɹʌbəl/TRUH-buhl
/tˈɹʌbəl/TRUH-buhl

Meaningto stir up

Common meaning: difficulty or worry

Journey through time

  1. Latinturba; turbō‘a crowd, uproar’
  2. Middle Englishtroublensource
  3. Englishtrouble‘difficulty or worry’ · today

troub also in: turbiddisturbperturbturbulent

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin turba; turbō ‘a crowd, uproar; to stir up’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry turba, p. 1916 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

disturbperturbturbidturbulent

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