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Etymology [edit]
From Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈɛnəmi/
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- Hyphenation: en‧e‧my
Wikipedia enemy (plural enemies)
- Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy!
- A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
- rally together against a common enemy.
- An alliance of such forces.
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Translations [edit]
someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else
- Abkhaz: аӷа (ab) (aġa), (old spelling) аҕа (ab) (aġa)
- Afrikaans: vyand (af)
- Alabama: ātikànko
- Albanian: armik (sq)
- Arabic: عدو (ar) (ʿaduw) m, خصم (ar) (xaṣm) m
- Egyptian Arabic: عدو (ʿadu) m
- Armenian: թշնամի (hy) (t'šnami), ոսոխ (hy) (osox)
- Azeri: düşmən (az)
- Baluchi: دژمن (dužman), دشمن (dušman)
- Bashkir: дошман (došman)
- Belarusian: вораг (be) (vórah) m, праціўнік (be) (pracíŭnik) m
- Bengali: শত্রু (bn) (shôtru), দুশমন (bn) (dushmôn)
- Breton: enebour (br) m
- Bulgarian: враг (bg) (vrag) m, неприятел (bg) (neprijátel) m, противник (bg) (protivnik) m
- Burmese: ငြိုးသူရန်ဘက် (my) (njou ׃ thujan bé), ရန်ဖက် (my) (jan be')
- Catalan: enemic (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᏓᎾᏓᏍᎧᎩ (chr) (danadaskagi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 敵人 (cmn), 敌人 (cmn) (dírén), 仇敵 (cmn), 仇敌 (cmn) (chóudí)
- Czech: nepřítel (cs) m
- Danish: fjende (da) c
- Dutch: vijand (nl) m, tegenstander (nl) m
- Esperanto: malamiko (eo)
- Estonian: vaenlane (et)
- Faroese: fíggindi (fo) m, óvinur (fo) m
- Finnish: vihollinen (fi)
- French: ennemi (fr) m
- Old French: enemi m
- Middle French: ennemy m
- Georgian: მტერი (ka) (mteri)
- German: Feind (de) m, Gegner (de) m
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands) m
- Greek: εχθρός (el) (echthrós) m
- Hawaiian: hoa paio
- Hebrew: אוֹיֵב (he) (oyév) m
- Hindi: दुश्मन (hi) (duśman) m, शत्रु (hi) (śatru) m
- Hungarian: ellenség (hu)
- Icelandic: óvinur (is) m
- Ido: enemiko (io)
- Indonesian: musuh (id), lawan (id)
- Interlingua: inimico (ia)
- Irish: namhaid (ga) m
- Italian: nemico (it) m
- Japanese: 敵 (ja) (てき, teki, かたき, kataki)
- Kannada: ಶತ್ರು (kn) (śatru)
- Kashubian: warg (csb) m
- Kazakh: жау (kk) (jaw)
- Khmer: សត្រូវ (km) (sattrəv), ខ្មាំង (km) (kmang)
- Korean: 적 (ko) (jeok) (敵 (ko))
- Kurdish: dijmin (ku), دوژمن (ku)
- Kyrgyz: жоо (ky) (coo)
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- Lao: ສັດຕູ (lo) (sát tuː)
- Latgalian: īnaidnīks m
- Latin: hostis (la) m, inimīcus (la) m
- Latvian: ienaidnieks (lv) m, naidnieks (lv) m
- Lithuanian: priešas (lt) m
- Macedonian: непријател (mk) (nepríjatel) m, душман (mk) (dúšman) m
- Malagasy: dovy (mg)
- Malay: musuh (ms), lawan (ms), seteru (ms)
- Malayalam: ശത്രു (ml) (śatru)
- Maltese: għadu (mt) m
- Maori: hoariri (mi)
- Mongolian: дайсан (mn) (dajsan)
- Navajo: anaʼí
- Neapolitan: nemmìco m
- Norwegian: fiende (no) m, uvenn (no) m
- Novial: enemike
- Old Provençal: enemic
- Ossetian: знаг (znag), фыдгул (fydgul)
- Persian: دشمن (fa) (došman), خصم (fa) (xasm)
- Polish: wróg (pl) m, nieprzyjaciel (pl) m, przeciwnik (pl) m
- Portuguese: inimigo (pt) m
- Romanian: dușman (ro) m, inamic (ro) m, vrăjmaș (ro) m
- Russian: враг (ru) (vrag) m, противник (ru) (protívnik) m, противница (ru) (protívnica) f, неприятель (ru) (neprijátelʹ) m, неприятельница (ru) (neprijátelʹnica) f, недруг (ru) (nédrug) m
- Sanskrit: अरि (sa) (ari) m, शत्रु (sa) (śátru) m
- Santali: ᱫᱩᱥᱢᱚᱱ (dusman)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: нѐпријатељ (sh) m, непријатѐљица (sh) f
- Roman: nèprijatelj (sh) m, neprijatèljica (sh) f
- Sinhalese: සතුරා (si) (saturā)
- Slovak: nepriateľ (sk) m
- Slovene: sovražnik (sl) m
- Spanish: enemigo (es) m
- Swahili: maadui (sw), adui (sw)
- Swedish: fiende (sv) c
- Tagalog: kaaway (tl)
- Tajik: душман (tg) (dušman)
- Tamil: இரிஞன் (ta) (iriñaṉ), சத்துரு (ta) (satturu), சதேரன் (ta) (Satēraṉ), தெவ்வன் (ta) (tevvaṉ), பகைவன் (ta) (pakaivaṉ), பொருநன் (ta) (porunaṉ), வேரியன் (ta) (vēriyaṉ)
- Tatar: дошман (tt) (doşman)
- Telugu: శత్రువు (te) (śatruvu)
- Thai: ศัตรู (th) (sàt dtroo)
- Tibetan: དགྲ་བོ (bo) (dgra. bo)
- Tok Pisin: birua (tpi)
- Turkish: düşman (tr)
- Turkmen: duşman (tk)
- Ukrainian: ворог (uk) (vóroh) m, противник (uk) (protývnyk) m, супротивник (uk) (suprotývnyk) m, недруг (uk) (nédruh) m
- Urdu: دشمن (ur) (duśman) m
- Uzbek: dushman (uz)
- Vietnamese: kẻ thù (vi), kẻ địch (vi)
- Volapük: neflen (vo)
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a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation
an alliance of hostile forces
Adjective [edit]
enemy (comparative more enemy, superlative most enemy)
- of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
Translations [edit]
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
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Old French [edit]
enemy m (oblique plural enemys, nominative singular enemys, nominative plural enemy)
- Alternative form of enemi.
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