different between contestant vs enemy

English

Etymology

From French contestant, present participle of contester.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?st?nt/, [k?n?t??st?nt]

Noun

contestant (plural contestants)

1. A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

   Synonym: competitor

2. One who brings a legal challenge.

   Coordinate term: contestee

Translations

See also

• contender

Catalan

Verb

contestant

1. present participle of contestar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.t?s.t??/

Verb

contestant

1. present participle of contester

Anagrams

• constatent

English

Alternative forms

• enemie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inim?cus, from in- (“not”) + am?cus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English feend (“enemy”), from Old English f?ond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?mi/
• Hyphenation: en?e?my

Noun

enemy (plural enemies)

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   Synonyms: foe, unfriend, adversary, nemesis, backfriend

   Antonyms: ally, friend

2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   Synonyms: foe, adversary, nemesis

   Antonyms: ally, friend

3. Something harmful or threatening to another
4. (attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• enmity
• inimical

Translations

See also

• nemesis

Verb

enemy (third-person singular simple present enemies, present participle enemying, simple past and past participle enemied)

1. To make an enemy of.

Anagrams

• Yemen, yemen

Old French

Noun

enemy m (oblique plural enemys, nominative singular enemys, nominative plural enemy)

1. Alternative form of enemi

Descendants

• ? English: enemy