trial

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (US) X-SAMPA: /traI ' Vl/

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman trial, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at try.

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 or annoying experience

   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 (fi), koe (fi)
• French: essai (fr) m
• German: Versuch (de) m, Prüfung (de) f, Probe (de) f
• Greek: δοκιμή (el) (dokimí) f
• Hebrew: ניסיון (he) (nisayon) m
• Hungarian: próba (hu)
• Italian: prova (it) f

• Japanese: 試験 (ja) (しけん, shikén), 試し (ja) (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

• Albanian: gjyq (sq) m
• Arabic: مُحاكَمة (ar) (muHaakama(t))
• Armenian: դատ (hy) (dat)
• Bulgarian: съд (bg) (səd) m, процес (bg) (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, εκδίκαση (el) (ekdíkasi) f
• Hebrew: משפט (he) (mishpat) m
• 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
• Swedish: rättegång (sv) c
• 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) (dokimasía) f
• 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)

• Greek: δοκιμαστικός (el) (dokimastikós) m

Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis

• Greek: δοκιμαστικός (el) (dokimastikós) m, πειραματικός (el) (peiramatikós) m

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 by fire

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.

   No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.

Translations

Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components

• Czech: trojí (cs)

Triple

• Czech: trojí (cs)

• Greek: τριπλός (el) (triplós) m

pertaining to a language form referring to three of something

• Dutch: trialis (nl)
• French: triel (fr)
• German: Trialis (de)

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

See also

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

Anagrams

• litra
• trail

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Dutch

Noun

trial ? (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. Cross with small but sturdy and very versatile bicycles

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

trial m (invariable)

1. (sports) trials (motorcycle etc)

Anagrams

• altri, latri, tarli