eldprov

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Swedish

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

[edit]

eld (fire) +‎ prov (test)

Noun

[edit]

eldprov n

  1. a trial by fire, an ordeal by fire (ordeal in which an accused could prove their innocence by walking on or holding hot iron or the like without getting (severely) burned)
  2. (figuratively) a difficult, decisive test; an acid test, a trial by fire
    Att släppa in en miljon användare kommer bli ett eldprov för systemet
    Letting a million users in will be an acid test of the system

Declension

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]