different between conquer vs debel

English

Alternative forms

• conquire (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English conqueren, from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• Hyphenation: con?quer
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)
• Homophone: conker

Verb

conquer (third-person singular simple present conquers, present participle conquering, simple past and past participle conquered)

1. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
2. To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6

     We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms.
3. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
4. (dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

Compare French débeller. See debellate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??b?l/

Verb

debel (third-person singular simple present debels, present participle debelling, simple past and past participle debelled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer.

Anagrams

• Lebed, bedel, bleed

Caló

Etymology

Inherited from Romani devel.

Noun

debel m

1. god (in general)

Derived terms

References

• “debel” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.

Polish

Etymology

From English doubles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.b?l/

Noun

debel m inan

1. (badminton, table tennis, tennis) doubles (game between pairs of players)

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) deblista, deblistka
• (adjective) deblowy

Further reading

• debel in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• debel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *debel?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???b??/

Adjective

débe? (comparative debel?jši, superlative n?jdebel?jši)

1. thick
2. fat

Inflection

Noun

dêbel

1. genitive dual/plural of déblo

Further reading

• “debel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran