trial

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (US) SAMPA: /traI ' Vl/

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman trial from the verb trier, from Old French trier (“to pick out, cull”), from Gallo-Romance *triare, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪəl

Noun

Wikipedia trial (plural trials)

1. an opportunity to test something out; a test.

   They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.

2. appearance at judicial court.
3. a difficult experience.
4. an annoying person

   That boy was a trial to his parents

Translations

chance to test something out

Bulgarian: изпитание (bg) (izpitánie) n., опит (bg) (ópit) m., проба (bg) (próba) f., изпробване (bg) (izpróbvane) n. Czech: zkouška (cs) f. Finnish: koetus, koe French: essai (fr) m. German: Versuch (de) m., Prüfung (de) f., Probe (de) f. Greek: δοκιμή (el) f., προβάρισμα (el) n. Hungarian: próba (hu) Italian: prova (it) f.

Japanese: 試験 (しけん, shikén), 試し (ためし, tameshí) Latin: periculum (la) n., experimentum (la) n. Polish: próba (pl) f., test (pl) m. Portuguese: ensaio (pt) m., prova (pt) f., experiência (pt) f. Russian: испытание (ru) (ispytánije) n., опыт (ru) (ópyt) m., проба (ru) (próba) f. Scottish Gaelic: dearbhadh (gd) m. Spanish: ensayo (es) m., prueba (es) f., experimento (es) m. Turkish: deney (tr)

appearance at judicial court

Arabic: مُحاكَمة (ar) (muHaakama(t)) Armenian: դատ (hy) (dat) Bulgarian: съд (bg) (səd) m., процес (ja) (protsés) m. Czech: přelíčení (cs) n. Dutch: rechtzaak (nl) Finnish: oikeudenkäynti (fi) French: procès (fr) m. German: Verhör (de) n., Prozeß (de) m. Greek: δίκη (el) (díki) f.

Hungarian: tárgyalás (hu) Japanese: 裁判 (ja) (さいばん, sáiban), 公判 (ja) (こうはん, kōhan) Persian: محاکمه (fa) Polish: rozprawa (pl) f. Portuguese: processo (pt) m., julgamento (pt) m. Russian: суд (ru) (sud) m., разбирательство (ru) (razbirátel’stvo) n. Spanish: juicio (es) m., proceso (es) m. Turkish: duruşma (tr)

difficult experience

Bulgarian: изпитание (bg) (izpitánie) n., неприятности (bg) (neprijátnosti) f., бреме (bg) (bréme) n. Czech: zkouška (cs) f. Dutch: beproeving (nl) Finnish: koettelemus (fi) French: épreuve (fr) f. German: Probe (de) f., Sorge (de) f., Kummer (de) m., Belästigung (de) f.

Greek: δοκιμασία (el) f., δεινοπάθημα (el) n. Hungarian: bai (hu), nehézség (hu), kellemetlenség (hu) Japanese: 試練 (ja) (しれん, shirén) Portuguese: provação (pt) f. Russian: испытание (ru) (ispytánije) n., неприятность (ru) (neprijátnost’) f. Spanish: tribulación (es) f. Turkish: tecrübe (tr)

Adjective

trial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a trial or test.
2. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Translations

Pertaining to a trial or test

Czech: zkušební (cs)

Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis

Verb

trial (third-person singular simple present trials, present participle Commonwealth trialling, US trialing, simple past and past participle Commonwealth trialled, US trialed)

1. To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.

   The warning system was extensively trialled before being fitted to all our vehicles.

2. To try out (a new player) in a sports team.

   The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun, adjective, or verb trial

put on trial

trial balloon

Etymology 2

From Latin trialis, an adjective formed from tres (“three”) + -ālis.

Adjective

trial (not comparable)

1. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
2. Triple.
3. (grammar) pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, as people; contrast singular, dual and plural.

Translations

Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components

Czech: trojí (cs)

Triple

Czech: trojí (cs)

pertaining to a language form referring to three of something

Dutch: trialis French: triel (fr) German: Trialis

Japanese: 三数 (ja) (sansū) Latin: trialis Swedish: trialis (sv), tretal (sv)

See also

• (grammatical numbers) grammatical number, number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural ^{(Category: en:Grammar) [edit]}

Anagrams

• litra
• trail

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Dutch

Noun

trial

1. Cross with small but sturdy and very versatile bicycles

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

trial m. inv.

1. (sports) trials (motorcycle etc)

Anagrams

• altri, latri, tarli