problème
French
Etymology
Borrowed 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): /pʁɔ.blɛm/
Audio (France) (file) Audio (Quebec) (file) - Homophone: problèmes
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Derived terms
- problématique
- problémiste
Further reading
- “problème” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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