🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

éprouvant

Pronunciation / Transliteration: epruvã

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Belastent/bəˈlastənt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Cette période a été particulièrement éprouvante pour sa famille."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Causing emotional or psychological distress, strain, or burden.

    "Die Pflege eines Angehörigen kann sehr belastend sein."
  2. 2

    Incriminating or serving as evidence against someone in a legal context.

    "Die Polizei fand neue belastende Beweise gegen den Verdächtigen."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the German verb 'belasten' (to burden, to load, to incriminate), stemming from Middle High German 'lasten', rooted in the Proto-Germanic noun '*laþstō-' relating to a burden or load. Over centuries, the participle form evolved to describe anything that exerts physical, emotional, or evidentiary pressure.

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