tribulation
pronunciation
How to pronounce tribulation in British English:
UK [ˌtrɪbjuˈleɪʃn]
How to pronounce tribulation in American English:
US [ˌtrɪbjəˈleʃən]
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- Noun:
- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
Word Origin
- tribulation
- tribulation: [13] Latin trībulum denoted an agricultural implement consisting of a wooden board with sharp stones or metal teeth underneath, used for threshing grain (it was derived from the base *trī-, a variant of *ter- ‘rub’, which also produced English attrition, contrition, detriment, detritus, diatribe, tribadism ‘lesbianism’ [19], and trite).From this was derived the verb trībulāre ‘press’, which was used by Christian writers for ‘oppress, afflict’. And this sense provoked the derivative trībulātiō ‘affliction’, which passed into English via Old French tribulation.=> attrition, contrition, detriment, detritus, diatribe, throw, tribadism, trite
- tribulation (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French tribulacion (12c.), from Church Latin tribulationem (nominative tribulatio) "distress, trouble, affliction," noun of action from past participle stem of tribulare "to oppress, afflict," a figurative use by Christian writers of Latin tribulare "to press," also possibly "to thresh out grain," from tribulum "threshing sledge," from stem of terere "to rub" (see throw (v.)) + -bulum, suffix forming names of tools.
Example
- 1. In these times of tribulation for the euro , germany offers a prophecy . One day , when the euro zone has got beyond the wilderness of austerity and structural reform , it will be rewarded with prosperity .
- 2. Because he considered that " good institutions are a cause of economic progress rather than a by-product of it " , thus democracy and the notion of ruling by law they left can ensure these former vassalages become prosperous , although imperialism brought great tribulation to its people .
- 3. Divine inspiration , alas , has given way to legal tribulation .
- 4. That this is a tribulation for you .
- 5. The thought of returning to his native land never deserted him amid his tribulation .