effort

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). Compare typologically Bulgarian усилие (usilie), Czech úsilí, Polish wysiłek, Russian уси́лие (usílije) (< Proto-Slavic *sila). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛf.ət/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛf.ɚt/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈef.ət/ === Noun === effort (plural efforts) The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. Synonym: trouble An endeavor. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. ==== Synonyms ==== struggle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === effort (third-person singular simple present efforts, present participle efforting, simple past and past participle efforted) (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort. (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Old French esfort, from esforcier; morphologically, deverbal from efforcer. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, Portuguese esforço, Italian sforzo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.fɔʁ/ Rhymes: -ɔʁ === Noun === effort m (plural efforts) effort ==== Derived terms ==== après l'effort, le réconfort effort de guerre loi du moindre effort ==== Related terms ==== efforcer ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: efort → Turkish: efor === Further reading === “effort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === offert == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French. === Noun === effort m (plural effors) strength; might; force (military) unit; division === References === effort on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) == Old French == === Noun === effort oblique singular, m (oblique plural efforz or effortz, nominative singular efforz or effortz, nominative plural effort) alternative form of esfort