trial
English
/ˈtɹaɪəl/
noun
Definitions
- An opportunity to test something out; a test.
- Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.
- A difficult or annoying experience.
- A tryout to pick members of a team.
- (ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
- (UK) An internal examination set by .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trial derived from trial (endeavor).
Origin
trial
Gloss
endeavor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counter-trial English
- intertrial English
- intratrial English
- kilotrial English
- megatrial English
- midtrial English
- minitrial English
- mistrial English
- nontrial English
- posttrial English
- pretrial English
- retrial English
- subtrial English
- trialability English
- trialable English
- trialism English
- trialist English
- triality English
- trialler English
- trialless English
- trialware English
- trialwise English
- under English
- undertrial English
- trial Italian
- trial Dutch, Flemish
- trial Middle English
- tríall Middle Irish
- trial xno