French

Noun

difficulté f ‎(plural difficultés)

1. difficulty

Related terms

• difficile
• en difficulté - in difficulty

Middle French

Noun

difficulté f (plural difficultez)

1. difficulty

Old French

Etymology

Directly from Latin difficultas.

Noun

difficulté f ‎(oblique plural difficultez, nominative singular difficulté, nominative plural difficultez)

1. difficulty
   • 1239, author and title uncertain

     Seroient tenu a rendre sanz difficulté et sanz contredit

     They will be undertaken to be given without difficulty and without objection

Descendants

• English: difficulty (borrowed)
• French: difficulté