problem

• probleme (obsolete)

From Middle English probleme, from Old 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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒbləm/
• (dated, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒblɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑbləm/
• Hyphenation: prob‧lem

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problem (plural problems)

1. 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, page 0029:

     “ […] 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.

2. A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
3. A puzzling circumstance.

• solution

• Entscheidungsproblem

problem (comparative more problem, superlative most problem)

1. (of a person or an animal) Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
2. Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.
   • 2010, A. M. Aleksander, The Pride of the King

     It is more problem to my family than to me.

• trouble

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

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

1. a problem

• helseproblem
• hovedproblem
• problembarn
• ryggproblem

• “problem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /prʊˈbleːm/

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

1. a problem

• helseproblem
• problembarn
• ryggproblem

• “problem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔb.lɛm/

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problem m inan

1. problem

• problem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /prǒbleːm/

pròblēm m (Cyrillic spelling про̀бле̄м)

1. problem

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problem n

1. problem; difficulty
2. problem; schoolwork exercise

• fråga
• komplikation
• kris
• spörsmål
• tal
• uppgift

• problem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)