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conflict
English
Etymology
From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
- Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
- (US) enPR: k?n'fl?kt, IPA(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
- Verb
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
- (US) enPR: k?nfl?kt', k?n'fl?kt, IPA(key): /k?n?fl?kt/, /?k?n.fl?kt/
Noun
conflict (countable and uncountable, plural conflicts)
- A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
conflict (third-person singular simple present conflicts, present participle conflicting, simple past and past participle conflicted)
- (intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
- (intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
- Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.
- It appears that our schedules conflict.
Derived terms
- conflicted
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “conflict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- conflict at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?nfl?ctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
- Hyphenation: con?flict
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
conflict n (plural conflicten, diminutive conflictje n)
- A conflict, clash or dispute
Derived terms
- belangenconflict
- conflictdiamant
- conflicthaard
- conflictmineraal
- conflictsituatie
- conflictstof
Related terms
- conflictueus
Descendants
- Afrikaans: konflik
- ? Indonesian: konflik
- ? West Frisian: konflikt
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin conflictus
Noun
conflict n (plural conflicte)
- conflict
Declension
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creature
English
Alternative forms
- creäture (archaic, chiefly literary and philosophy)
Etymology
From Middle English creature in the original sense of “a created thing”, borrowed via Old French creature, criature, from Latin cre?t?ra, from cre?. Displaced native Old English ?es?eaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kr?'ch?, IPA(key): /?k?i?t???/
- (General American) enPR: kr?'ch?r, IPA(key): /?k?i?t????/
- (archaic) enPR: kr?.??tyo?or, IPA(key): /k?i??e?tj??/
- Rhymes: -i?t??(?)
Noun
creature (plural creatures)
- A living being; an animal.
- 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
- But what would be the sentiment of uppertendom, when it should be rumored that the beautiful young creature, of the proud Clarence Delwood's choice, had stooped so low, as to maintain herself by her own hands?
- 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
- (sometimes derogatory) A human.
- (now rare, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- 1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
- Thoughts, my mindes creatures, often are with thee, / But I, their maker, want their libertie.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
- the natural truth of God is an artificial erection of Man, and the Creator himself but a subtile invention of the Creature.
- 1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 240:
- they, too, despite the appearance of being creatures rather than creators of the Union, could assert the prior sovereignty of their states, for each had formed a state constitution […] before petitioning Congress for admission to the Union.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 240:
Usage notes
- For an explanation of the specialised use of the alternative spelling creäture, see its entry's usage notes.
- Adjectives often applied to "creature": evil, living, little, mythical, poor, strange, beautiful, wild, rational, marine, social, legendary, good, mysterious, curious, magical, dangerous, mythological, bizarre, monstrous, unhappy, huge, lowly, ugly, happy, unique, odd, weird, demonic, divine, imaginary, hideous, fabulous, nocturnal, angelic, political.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:creature
Derived terms
- creatural
- creature comfort
- (from dialectal forms) critter, creetur, cratur, craythur
Related terms
Translations
References
- creature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- creature in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- ecarteur
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
creature f
- plural of creatura
Latin
Participle
cre?t?re
- vocative masculine singular of cre?t?rus
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cre?t?ra.
Noun
creature f
- creature, being
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: creatuur
Further reading
- “creature”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “creature”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French criature, creature, from Latin cre?t?ra; equivalent to createn +? -ure.
Alternative forms
- creatur, creatour, creatoure, creater, creture, crature, cryature, criature
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kr??a??tiu?r/, /kr??a?tiu?r/, /kr??a?tu?r/
- (reduced second syllable) IPA(key): /kr???tiu?r/, /?kr???tiu?r/, /?kr??tur/
- (accented second syllable) IPA(key): /kr??a?tiu?r/, /?kra?tiu?r/
Noun
creature (plural creatures)
- Something that has been created; an entity or object.
- A living being or creature; an animal or beast.
- A human being (often as a term of self-abasement).
- (rare) The whole world, the totality of existence.
- (rare) The process of making or creation.
Descendants
- English: creature; critter; craytur
- Scots: creature, crayter
References
- “cr??t?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-18.
Etymology 2
Noun
creature
- Alternative form of creatour
Old French
Etymology
Late Latin cre?t?ra.
Noun
creature f (oblique plural creatures, nominative singular creature, nominative plural creatures)
- creature; being; entity
Descendants
- Middle English: creature
- French: créature
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