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duel
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum (“war”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?u-, *d?u- *d?- (“to injure, destroy, burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?dju??l/
- (General American) enPR: d(y)o?o??l, IPA(key): /?d(j)u?l/
- Homophone: dual
- Rhymes: -u??l, -??l
- Hyphenation: du?el
Noun
duel (plural duels)
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- Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
- Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
Translations
Verb
duel (third-person singular simple present duels, present participle (US) dueling or (UK) duelling, simple past and past participle (US) dueled or (UK) duelled)
- To engage in a battle.
Related terms
- duellist
- duello
- truel
Translations
See also
dual
Anagrams
- ULed, leud, lude, lued
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum (“war”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?u-, *deu- (“to injure, destroy, burn”).
Noun
duel m (plural duels)
- duel
Derived terms
- duelista
Further reading
- “duel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “duel” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “duel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “duel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin duellum (“war”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du?l/, [d?u??l?]
Noun
duel c (singular definite duellen, plural indefinite dueller)
- duel
Inflection
Synonyms
- tvekamp
Derived terms
- duellere
Further reading
- duel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Alternative forms
- duwel (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French duel, from Latin duellum (“duel; war”), archaic form of bellum (“war”). In Mediaeval Latin the meaning shifted from “war” to “duel” because of folk etymology associating it with duo (“two”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy?(?)?l/
- Hyphenation: du?el
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
duel n (plural duels, diminutive duelletje n)
- A duel.
Synonyms
- tweegevecht
- tweekamp
Derived terms
- duelleren
- duellist
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin du?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Adjective
duel (feminine singular duelle, masculine plural duels, feminine plural duelles)
- dual (having two components)
Related terms
- dualité
Noun
duel m (plural duels)
- duel (battle)
- (grammar) dual
Further reading
- “duel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- dol
Etymology
Probably from Late Latin dolus, from Latin dolor (“pain”), or from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium (“sorrow of the heart”), from dolor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du??l/
Noun
duel m (oblique plural dueus or duex or duels, nominative singular dueus or duex or duels, nominative plural duel)
- sadness; grief; sorrow
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Son plor et son duel demenant
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
- French: deuil
- Norman: deu
Romanian
Etymology
From French duel, from Latin duellum.
Noun
duel n (plural dueluri)
- duel
Declension
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tussle
English
Etymology
Related to tousle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?s?l/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
- Homophone: tussal
Noun
tussle (plural tussles)
- A physical fight or struggle.
- A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.
Translations
Verb
tussle (third-person singular simple present tussles, present participle tussling, simple past and past participle tussled)
- To have a tussle.
- The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.
Translations
Anagrams
- sutles
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