difficulteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French difficulte and their etymon Latin difficultās.

発音

• IPA: /diˌfikulˈteː/, /diˈfikulteː/

名詞

difficulte (uncountable) (chiefly Late Middle English)

1. Difficulty; the state of being difficult:
   1. Challenge in understanding or comprehension.
   2. Objection, obstruction; difficulty imposed by an obstacle.
2. A difficult thing or situation.
3. (rare) Reluctance, hesitation.

関連する語

• difficult

派生した語

• English: difficulty
• Middle Scots: defeculte
  • Scots: diffeeculty, diffeequalty, defeeckwulty

参照

• “difficultẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.