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discussion
English
Etymology
From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussi?, from Latin discuti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??sk???n/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /d?s?k???n/
- Hyphenation: dis?cus?sion
Noun
discussion (countable and uncountable, plural discussions)
- Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
- Text giving further detail on a subject.
- (medicine, obsolete) The dispersion of a tumour.
Related terms
- discuss
Translations
French
Etymology
From Late Latin discussi?, from Latin discuti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.ky.sj??/
- Homophone: discussions
Noun
discussion f (plural discussions)
- conversation, discussion (not contradictory or conflictual)
Synonyms
- dialogue
- conversation
Further reading
- “discussion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Late Latin discussi?, from Latin discuti?.
Noun
discussion f (plural discussions)
- discussion
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin discussi?, from Latin discuti?.
Noun
discussion f (oblique plural discussions, nominative singular discussion, nominative plural discussions)
- discussion
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squabble
English
Etymology
1600s, probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dialectal skvabbel (“a dispute, quarrel, gossip”), Norwegian dialectal skvabba (“to prattle”), German dialectal schwabbeln (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal skvappa (“to chide, scold”, literally “make a splash”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skw?bl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?skw??bl/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Noun
squabble (plural squabbles)
- A minor fight or argument.
- The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.
Derived terms
- squabbly
Translations
Verb
squabble (third-person singular simple present squabbles, present participle squabbling, simple past and past participle squabbled)
- (intransitive) To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.
- The brothers were always squabbling with each other.
- I. Watts
- The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.
- (transitive, printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.
- to squabble type
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:squabble
Derived terms
- squabbler
Translations
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