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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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fray
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?, IPA(key): /f?e?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English fraien, borrowed from Old French frayer, from Latin fric?re, present active infinitive of fric?.
Verb
fray (third-person singular simple present frays, present participle fraying, simple past and past participle frayed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
- (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings)
- (transitive, archaic) frighten; alarm
- And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 63:
- "Besides, all the wit and Philosophy in the world can never demonstrate, that the killing and slaughtering of a Beast is anymore then the striking of a Bush where a Bird's Nest is, where you fray away the Bird, and then seize upon the empty Nest."
- 1830, Isaac Taylor, The Natural History of Enthusiasm
- the many checks and reverses which belong to the common course of human life , usually fray it away from present scenes
- (transitive) To bear the expense of; to defray.
- 1631, Philip Massinger, The Emperor of the East
- The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied.
- 1631, Philip Massinger, The Emperor of the East
- (intransitive) To rub.
- 1808, Walter Scott, Hunting Song
Related terms
- friction
- fricative
- affricate
- dentifrice
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English frai, aphetic variant of affray.
Noun
fray (plural frays)
- A fight or argument
- (archaic) Fright.
Related terms
- affray
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
Apocope of fraile (“friar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?ai/, [?f?ai?]
Noun
fray m (plural frayes)
- friar
Abbreviations
- fr.
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