pitfall

Etymology
First recorded use in the 14th century from in the sense of "pit trap, pit snare", from, from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
 * 2)  A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
 * 3)  An antipattern.
 * 4)  Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
 * 1)  An antipattern.
 * 2)  Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
 * 1)  Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
 * 1)  Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:, fælde
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kaptilo
 * Finnish: ; ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σιρός
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: gaiste
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 落とし穴, 落し穴, 落穴
 * Latin: fovea
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fallgruve
 * Nynorsk: fallgruve
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: nástraha
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: magl


 * Bulgarian: вълча яма
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: enfalujo
 * Faroese: veiðigrøv
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Fallgrube, Fanggrube, Wildgrube
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: λάπαθος, σιρός
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: pokereti
 * Norwegian: fangstgrop, fangstgrav
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: bratbwll