"tribulation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-tribulation.ogg [Australia] Forms: tribulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tribulation}} Middle English tribulation, {{der|en|fro|tribulacion}} Old French tribulacion, {{derived|en|LL.|tribulatio|trībulātiō|distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction}} Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), {{der|en|la|tribulare|tribulāre|to press, probably also thresh out grain}} Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), {{m|la|tribulum|trībulum|a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain}} trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), {{m|la|terere|terēre|to rub}} terēre (“to rub”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tribulation (countable and uncountable, plural tribulations)
  1. Any adversity; a trying period or event. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: Cape Tribulation, trials and tribulations, tribulate Translations (adversity): θλῖψις (thlîpsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مِحْنَة (miḥna) [feminine] (Arabic), нещастие (neštastie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), страдание (stradanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), beproeving [feminine] (Dutch), koitos (Finnish), tribulation [feminine] (French), tribulación [feminine] (Galician), ჭირი (č̣iri) (Georgian), Kummer [masculine] (German), Trübsal [feminine] (German), Mühsal [feminine] (German), Drangsal [feminine] (German), Bedrängnis [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (aggwiþa) [feminine] (Gothic), 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 (aglō) [feminine] (Gothic), sanyarúság (Hungarian), szorultság (Hungarian), szorongattatás (Hungarian), nyomorúság (Hungarian), dólás [masculine] (Irish), treabhlaid [feminine] (Irish), amhluadh [literary, masculine] (Irish), fochaidh [feminine, literary] (Irish), ong [literary, masculine] (Irish), tribolazione [feminine] (Italian), aerumna [feminine] (Latin), poautinitini (Maori), whakapāwera (Maori), motgang [masculine] (Norwegian), prøvelse [masculine] (Norwegian), trengsel [masculine] (Norwegian), ucisk [masculine] (Polish), czas próby [masculine] (Polish), nieszczęście [neuter] (Polish), tribulação [feminine] (Portuguese), бе́дствие (bédstvije) [neuter] (Russian), беда́ (bedá) [feminine] (Russian), несча́стье (nesčástʹje) [neuter] (Russian), го́ре (góre) [neuter] (Russian), trioblaid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), nevolja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tribulacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), stradanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), iskušenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), tribulación [feminine] (Spanish), bedrövelse [common-gender] (Swedish), vedermöda [common-gender] (Swedish), çile (Turkish), dert (Turkish), musibet (Turkish), sıkıntı (Turkish)
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          "text": "What wit have we (poor fools) to wit what will serve us, when the blessed Apostle himself in his sore tribulation, praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God in a manner that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that tribulation to strengthen him was far better for him, than to take that tribulation from him?"
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          "ref": "1847, Herman Melville, chapter XI, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers; London, John Murray, OCLC 4988695; republished as “Doctor Long Ghost a Wag—One of His Capers”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, 6th edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, 1852, OCLC 22323804, page 62",
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          "ref": "1944 June 27, Herbert Hoover, speech in Chicago, Illinois, to the 23rd Republican National Convention; quoted in Linda Carol Harms Case, Bold Beliefs in Camouflage: A–Z Briefings: A Valuable Resource Highlighting an Extraordinary Collection of Prayers, Military Quotations, Scripture Verses, Bible Stories, Hymns, and Testimonies, Relevant to Core Values and Keywords Used by Chaplains, Leaders, Veterans, and Other Members of the American Armed Forces, Victoria, B.C.; Neche, N.D.: FriesenPress, January 2013, ISBN 978-1-77097-632-0, page 203",
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        "4": "to rub"
      },
      "expansion": "terēre (“to rub”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tribulations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tri‧bu‧la‧tion"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terh₁-",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Latin links with redundant target parameters",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/4 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1534, Thomas More, chapter VI, in A Dialoge of Comfort against Tribulacion, Made by Syr Thomas More Knyght, and Set Foorth by the Name of an Hūgariē, not before this Time Imprinted. B.L., London: In aedibus Richardi Totteli, published 1553, OCLC 503798044; republished as “It Sufficeth not that a Man Have a Desire to be Comforted by God only by the Taking Away of the Tribulation”, in A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, Made by the Right Virtuous, Wise and Learned Man, Sir Thomas More, sometime Lord Chancellor of England, which He Wrote in the Town of London, A.D. 1534, and entitled thus: A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, made by an Hungarian in Latin, and Translated out of Latin into French, and out of French into English now Newly Set Forth with Many Places Restored and Corrected. Now Newly Set Forth, with Many Places Restored and Corrected by Conference of Sundry Copies. (English Catholic Library; 3), London: Charles Dolman, 61, New Bond Street, 1847, OCLC 499142813, page 23",
          "text": "What wit have we (poor fools) to wit what will serve us, when the blessed Apostle himself in his sore tribulation, praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God in a manner that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that tribulation to strengthen him was far better for him, than to take that tribulation from him?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1847, Herman Melville, chapter XI, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers; London, John Murray, OCLC 4988695; republished as “Doctor Long Ghost a Wag—One of His Capers”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, 6th edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, 1852, OCLC 22323804, page 62",
          "text": "Baltimore's tribulations were indeed sore; there was no peace for him day nor night."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944 June 27, Herbert Hoover, speech in Chicago, Illinois, to the 23rd Republican National Convention; quoted in Linda Carol Harms Case, Bold Beliefs in Camouflage: A–Z Briefings: A Valuable Resource Highlighting an Extraordinary Collection of Prayers, Military Quotations, Scripture Verses, Bible Stories, Hymns, and Testimonies, Relevant to Core Values and Keywords Used by Chaplains, Leaders, Veterans, and Other Members of the American Armed Forces, Victoria, B.C.; Neche, N.D.: FriesenPress, January 2013, ISBN 978-1-77097-632-0, page 203",
          "text": "Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. It is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 24, Richard Corliss, “Kristina: A new musical from the ABBA guys”, in Time, archived from the original on 2016-03-08",
          "text": "Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "try"
        ],
        [
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          "period"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-au-tribulation.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miḥna",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِحْنَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neštastie",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "нещастие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stradanie",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "страдание"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beproeving"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "koitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tribulation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tribulación"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣iri",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "ჭირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kummer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Trübsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mühsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Drangsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bedrängnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aggwiþa",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aglō",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thlîpsis",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θλῖψις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "sanyarúság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "szorultság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "szorongattatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "nyomorúság"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dólás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "treabhlaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amhluadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "fochaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ong"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tribolazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aerumna"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "poautinitini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "whakapāwera"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motgang"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prøvelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trengsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ucisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czas próby"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nieszczęście"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tribulação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bédstvije",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бе́дствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bedá",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "беда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesčástʹje",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "несча́стье"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "góre",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "го́ре"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trioblaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nevolja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tribulacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stradanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "iskušenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tribulación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bedrövelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vedermöda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "çile"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "dert"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "musibet"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adversity",
      "word": "sıkıntı"
    }
  ],
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}

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