From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], from [en], deverbal of [fro], from [en], from [en] + [la].
Compare typologically [bg], [cs], [pl], [ru] (< [sla-pro]).
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The work involved in performing an activity ; exertion .
2. * [chapter=23]
3. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=June 22, 2011 | author=Press Association | work=The Guardian
|title=Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract (see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/22/manchester-united-park-ji-sung)
|passage=The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from
international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an EFFORT to prolong his
club}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2013 | month=July-August | author=w:Henry Petroski
|title=Geothermal Energy (see
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/4/geothermal-energy)
|volume=101|issue=4|magazine=w:American Scientist |passage=Energy has seldom
been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward
off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood
and then spend time and EFFORT coaxing the heat of friction out from between
sticks to kindle a flame.}}
1. An endeavor .
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2012-03 | author=William E. Carter; Merri Sue Carter
|volume=100|issue=2|page=87|magazine=w:American Scientist |title=The British
Longitude Act Reconsidered (see
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-british-longitude-act-reconsidered)
|passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without
other EFFORTS to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a
disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life
at sea.}}
1. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion .
2. * [en]
**** Synonyms
- [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|countereffort|effortful|effortpost |A for effort|center of
effort|low-effort syndrome|spare no effort|best efforts|centre of
effort|effort distance|effortless|joint efforts|make an effort|tractive
effort|war effort}}
**** Collocations
[2]
- [en]
[col-bottom]
**** Translations
[the amount of work involved in achieving something]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az] , [az]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka] [technical term]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Hunsrik: [hrx]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Ladino: [lad]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Norwegian:
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt] , [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] ( [vi] )
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[endeavor]
[checktrans-top]
- Punjabi: [pa]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make an effort.
2. [en] To strengthen , fortify or stimulate
3. * [en]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr], from [fr], from [fr]; morphologically, [fr].. Compare [es], [ca], [pt],
[it].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
**** Related terms
- [fr]
**** Descendants
- [ro]
- [tr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
[frm].
*** Noun
[m]
1. strength ; might ; force
2. [frm] unit ; division
*** References
- [R:DMF]
** Old French
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fro]