Definition
To try to persuade someone to do something they want to do but know they shouldn't, or to entice with something attractive.
Etymology
From Old French 'tempter,' from Latin 'temptare' meaning 'to test or try.' The religious sense of spiritual temptation comes from biblical tradition and medieval theology.
Kelly Says
The root 'tempt' originally just meant 'to test' (same as 'attempt'), but over time it narrowed specifically to mean testing someone's moral resolve—showing how language follows human psychology.
Translations
ARالعربية
محاولات
mo-ha-wa-lat
CACatalà
temptatives
tem-pta-ti-ves
CSČeština
pokusy
po-kus-y
DEDeutsch
Versuche
fer-shoo-eh
ELΕλληνικά
προσπάθειες
pro-spathe-ies
ESEspañol
tentativas
ten-ta-ti-vas
FISuomi
yrittämiset
yit-ta-mi-set
FRFrançais
tentatives
ten-ta-ti-v
HEעברית
ניסיונות
ni-syo-not
HUMagyar
kísérletek
ki-se-r-let-ek
IDBahasa Indonesia
cobaan
co-baan
ITItaliano
tentativi
ten-ta-ti-vi
MSBahasa Melayu
cubaan
cu-baan
MYမြန်မာ
စမ်းသပ်
sam-tha-p
NLNederlands
pogingen
po-ge-nin
PTPortuguês
tentativas
ten-ta-ti-vas
RORomână
încercări
in-tser-ca-ri
RUРусский
попытки
po-pyt-ki
SVSvenska
försök
fer-sohk
SWKiswahili
jaribio
ja-ri-bio
TAதமிழ்
முயற்சி
mu-yற்-chi
TEతెలుగు
ప్రయత్నం
pra-yathnam
TRTürkçe
denemeler
de-ne-me-ler
UKУкраїнська
посилання
po-si-lan-nya
URاردو
محاولات
mo-ha-wa-lat
VITiếng Việt
nỗ lực
no-luc