🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

lutte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lyt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Struggle/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #950 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"C'est une lutte constante pour maintenir l'équilibre."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A energetic and hard-fought effort to overcome a difficulty or achieve a goal under adverse conditions.

    "Learning a new language can be a long daily struggle, but the results are worth it."
As verb
  1. 1

    To engage in heavy physical or mental exertion, or to move with great difficulty against resistance.

    "She struggled to lift the heavy box up the flight of stairs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English verbs like 'strocen' or related frequentative formations in Germanic languages, appearing around the 15th century. It evolved from denoting physical wrestling or violent movement into a broader metaphorical expression for enduring immense difficulty and striving against adversity.

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