duel
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 *dāu-, *deu- (“to injure, destroy, burn”).
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Noun [edit]
duel (plural duels)
- 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.
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Verb [edit]
duel (third-person singular simple present duels, present participle dueling (US), duelling (UK), simple past and past participle dueled (US), duelled (UK))
- To engage in a duel.
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Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 *dāu-, *deu- (“to injure, destroy, burn”).
Noun [edit]
duel m (plural duels)
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin duellum (“war”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /duɛl/, [d̥uˈɛlˀ]
Noun [edit]
duel c (singular definite duellen, plural indefinite dueller)
Inflection [edit]
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | duel | duellen | dueller | duellerne |
| genitive | duels | duellens | duellers | duellernes |
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External links [edit]
Duel on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /dyˈwɛɫ/
Alternative forms [edit]
- duwel (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From French duel, from Medieval Latin duellum 'combat between two adversaries', associated with duo "two," but originally from Latin duellum "war," an Old Latin form of bellum 'war, armed combat'
Noun [edit]
duel n (plural duels, diminutive duelletje)
- A duel
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Adjective [edit]
duel m (feminine duelle, masculine plural duels, feminine plural duelles)
- dual (having two components)
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Noun [edit]
duel m (plural duels)
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Probably from Latin dolus or from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium (“sorrow of the heart”), from dolor.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /dwøl/
Noun [edit]
duel m (oblique plural dueus, nominative singular dueus, 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:
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- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Old Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- Catalan terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Old Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan nouns
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish nouns
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch nouns
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Grammar
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
