Etymology
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From Middle English unreste, equivalent to un- + rest. Cognate with West Frisian ûnrêst (“unrest”), Dutch onrust (“unrest”), German Low German Unrüst (“unrest”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Uunraue (“unrest”), German Unruhe (“unrest”), Danish uro (“unrest”), Swedish oro (“unrest”), Icelandic órói (“unrest”). Compare also Old English orrest (“battle”), Old Norse orrosta, orresta (“battle”).
Pronunciation
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unrest (usually uncountable, plural unrests)
- A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
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Translations
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state of trouble
- Afrikaans: onrus
- Albanian: shqetësi f
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: խռովություն (hy) (xṙovutʻyun), հուզում (hy) (huzum)
- Azerbaijani: təlatüm (az), narahatlıq (az)
- Belarusian: беспарадкі m pl (bjesparadki), хваляванні n pl (xvaljavanni)
- Bulgarian: неспокойствие (bg) (nespokojstvie), притеснение (bg) n (pritesnenie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 動亂/动乱 (zh) (dòngluàn), 動蕩/动荡 (zh) (dòngdàng) or 動盪/动荡 (zh) (dòngdàng)
- Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
- Danish: uro c
- Dutch: onrust (nl) c
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: levottomuus (fi)
- French: agitation (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Unruhen (de) f pl
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀκαταστασία f (akatastasía)
- Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: 動乱 (ja) (どうらん, dōran), 動揺 (ja) (どうよう, dōyō)
- Latgalian: jukums
- Latvian: jukas
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: uro (no) c
- Persian: بلوا (fa) (balvâ)
- Polish: zamieszki (pl) pl
- Portuguese: inquietação (pt) f
- Romanian: tulburare (ro) f, dezordine (ro) f
- Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) m pl (besporjádki), волне́ния (ru) n pl (volnénija)
- Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneas m
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: inquietud (es) f
- Swedish: oro (sv) c
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: неспо́кій m (nespókij), завору́шення n (zavorúšennja)
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