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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troubles

/ˈtɹʌbəlz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
trou-bles
IPA
/ˈtɹʌbəlz/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.

noun

plural of trouble

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of trouble

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

the Troubles (canonical, plural)

Synonyms

trubs

Rhymes With

doubles bubbles gubbels mubble-fubbles

Questions

How do you pronounce troubles?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹʌbəlz/.
What does troubles mean?
The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.

How to pronounce troubles

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