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combat
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French, from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?m?bæt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?m?bæt/
- Verb:
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?m?bæt/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?m?bæt/, /?k?m?bæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Noun
combat (countable and uncountable, plural combats)
- A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- a struggle for victory
Derived terms
- combat pay
- combatant
- combative
- stage combat
Translations
Verb
combat (third-person singular simple present combats, present participle combatting or combating, simple past and past participle combatted or combated)
- (transitive) To fight; to struggle against.
- It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.
- (intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- To combat with a blind man I disdain.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
Translations
Anagrams
- M.B. coat, tombac
Catalan
Etymology
From combatre, attested from 1490.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kom?bat/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum?bat/
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
combat m (plural combats)
- combat
Verb
combat
- third-person singular present indicative form of combatre
- second-person singular imperative form of combatre
References
Further reading
- “combat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “combat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “combat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From combattre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.ba/
- Homophone: combats
Noun
combat m (plural combats)
- combat (hostile interaction)
- (figuratively) combat (contest; competition)
- (in the plural) battle; military combat
Derived terms
Verb
combat
- third-person singular present indicative of combattre
Further reading
- “combat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
combat m (plural combats)
- (Jersey) combat
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kom?bat]
Verb
combat
- first-person singular present indicative of combate
- third-person plural present indicative of combate
- first-person singular present subjunctive of combate
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controversy
English
Etymology
From Old French controversie, from Latin contr?versia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from contr?versus (“turned in an opposite direction”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) now more common: IPA(key): /k?n?t??v?si/, more traditional: IPA(key): /?k?nt???v??si/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?k?nt???v?si/
Noun
controversy (countable and uncountable, plural controversies)
- A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
Derived terms
- controversial
Related terms
- controversialist
- controvert
- controverter
- controvertible
Translations
References
Further reading
- controversy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- controversy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- controversy at OneLook Dictionary Search
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