altercation

English

Etymology

From French altercation, from Latin altercatio.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɔl.tɚˈke.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

altercation (plural altercations)

1. Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

     "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation.

Synonyms

• dispute, wrangle

Translations

dispute

• Bengali: বিবাদ (bn) (bibad)
• Bulgarian: спор (bg) (spor)
• Czech: hádka (cs) f
• Dutch: woordenwisseling (nl), dispuut (nl)
• Finnish: riita (fi), kiista (fi), sanasota (fi), tappelu (fi), jupakka (fi)
• French: altercation (fr) f, dispute (fr) f

• German: heftige Auseinandersetzung f
• Icelandic: bræta (is) f, rifrildi (is) n, deila (is) f, orðakast (is) n, orðahnippingar (is) f pl, orðaskak (is) n, orðasenna (is) f
• Serbo-Croatian: nesporazum (sh) m, spor (sh) m, sukob (sh) m, verbalni sukob (sh) m
• Spanish: disputa (es) f, altercado (es) m

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French

Etymology

From Latin altercatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /al.tɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /al.tER.ka.sjO~/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: altercations

Noun

altercation f (plural altercations)

1. Altercation