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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, tease, shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear”). Cognate with Scots fecht (“to fight”), West Frisian fjochtsje, fjuchte (“to fight”), Dutch vechten (“to fight”), Low German fechten (“to fight”), German fechten (“to fight, fence”), Latin pectō (“comb, thrash”, v), Albanian pjek (“to hit, strive, fight”), Ancient Greek πέκω (pékō, “comb or card wool”, v). Related also to Old English feht (“wool, shaggy pelt, fleece”).
fight (third-person singular simple present fights, present participle fighting, simple past fought, past participle fought or (archaic) foughten)
- (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
- A wounded animal will fight like a maniac.
- (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
- He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
- (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
- The battle was fought just over that hill.
- (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
- (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- The government pledged to fight corruption.
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Terms derived from the verb to fight
Translations[edit]
to contend in physical conflict
- Afrikaans: stryd (af)
- Albanian: luftën (sq)
- Arabic: قاتل (ar) (qātala), تقاتل (ar) (taqātala), تحارب (ar) (taHāraba)
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܟܬܫ (kθaš)
- Armenian: կռվել (hy) (kṙvel)
- Aromanian: alumtu (rup)
- Basque: borrokatu (eu), borroka egin (eu)
- Belarusian: біцца (be) (bícca), змагацца (be) (zmahácca)
- Bulgarian: боря се (bg) (borja se)
- Burmese: ရန်ဖြစ် (my) (yan-hpyit)
- Catalan: lluitar (ca), barallar-se (ca)
- Chechen: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鬥爭 (cmn), 斗争 (cmn) (dòuzhēng), 戰鬥 (cmn), 战斗 (cmn) (zhàndòu), 奮鬥 (cmn), 奋斗 (cmn) (fèndòu)
- Czech: bojovat (cs), zápasit (cs)
- Danish: slås (da), kæmpe (da)
- Dutch: strijden (nl), vechten (nl)
- Esperanto: batali (eo)
- Estonian: (without weapons) kaklema (et), (with weapons) võitlema (et)
- Finnish: (without weapons) tapella (fi), (with weapons) taistella (fi)
- French: se battre (fr)
- Galician: loitar (gl)
- Georgian: ბრძოლა (ka) (brdzola), შებრძოლება (ka) (šebrdzoleba)
- German: kämpfen (de), fechten (de), streiten (de) (archaic)
- Greek: πάλη (el) (páli)
- Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: רב (he) (rav), נאבק (he) (ne'evák), נלחם (he) (nilkhám)
- Hindi: लड़ना (hi) (laṛnā), झगड़ना (hi)
- Hungarian: harcol (hu), verekszik (hu)
- Icelandic: slást (is), berjast (is)
- Italian: lottare (it), azzuffarsi (it), battersi (it)
- Japanese: 喧嘩する (ja) (けんかする, kenka-suru), 対決する (ja) (たいけつする, taiketsu-suru), 戦う (ja) (たたかう, tatakau) / 闘う (ja) (たたかう, tatakau)
- Jèrriais: s'freûler
- Khmer: វាយតប់ (km) (wīē-dtop)
- Korean: 다투다 (ko) (datuda), 싸우다 (ko) (ssauda)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: شهڕ کردن (ku) (shaR kirdin)
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- Lao: ຕໍ່ສູ້ (lo) (töö-suu), ຮົບ (lo) (hop)
- Latgalian: sistīs, ceikstētīs, veiktīs
- Latin: pugno (la), luctor (la)
- Latvian: cīnīties (lv), kauties (lv)
- Lithuanian: kautis (lt), muštis (lt), peštis (lt), grumtis (lt)
- Maltese: ġlieda (mt)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: slåss (no), kjempe (no)
- Old English: feohtan (ang)
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: آوریدن (fa), آفندیدن (fa), پیکار (fa), جنك (fa)
- Polish: walczyć (pl)
- Portuguese: lutar (pt) com/contra
- Romanian: lupta (ro), se bate (ro)
- Romansch: lutgar (rm)
- Russian: драться (ru) (drát'sja) impf., биться (ru) (bít'sja) impf., бороться (ru) (borót’sja) wrestle, сражаться (ru) (sražát'sja) impf. in a duel or battle
- Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
- Scottish Gaelic: cog, sabaid
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: борити се (sh)
- Roman: boriti se (sh)
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: bojovať (sk)
- Slovene: boriti se (sl)
- Spanish: pelear (es), luchar (es)
- Swahili: vita (sw)
- Swedish: strida (sv), slåss (sv), kämpa (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Tibetan: རྒྱ་འདྲེ (bo) (rgya 'dre)
- Tok Pisin: paitim (tpi)
- Turkish: savaşmak (tr)
- Tuvan: демисежир (demisežir)
- Ukrainian: битися (uk) (býtysja), боротися (uk) (borótysja)
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: chiến đấu (vi)
- Welsh: brwydro
- West Frisian: fjochtsje (fy)
- Yiddish: קעמפֿן (kemfn)
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English feoht, from the verb. Corresponding to Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht.
fight (plural fights)
- An occasion of fighting.
- One of them got stabbed to death during the fight.
- (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
- A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- Watch your language, are you looking for a fight?
- (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
- I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
- A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
- I'll put up a fight to save this company.
- The will or ability to fight
- As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
- That little guy have a little fight inside him after all.
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Terms derived from the noun fight
Translations[edit]
occasion of fighting
- Albanian: luftë (sq) f
- Armenian: կռիվ (hy) (kṙiv)
- Basque: borroka (eu), borrokaldi (eu)
- Bulgarian: бой (bg) (boj) m, сражение (bg) (sraženie) n
- Catalan: lluita f, combat m
- Chinese: trad. 鬥爭, simpl. 斗争 (pinyin: dòuzhēng), trad. 戰鬥, simpl. 战斗 (pinyin: zhàndòu)
- Czech: boj (cs) m
- Danish: kamp (da)
- Dutch: gevecht (nl) n
- Finnish: taistelu (fi), tappelu (fi)
- French: lutte (fr) f, combat (fr) m
- German: Kampf (de) m
- Hebrew: קרב (he) (kráv) m, לחימה (he) (lekhimá) f, ריב (he) (rív) m, מאבק (he) (ma`avák) m
- Hungarian: küzdelem (hu)
- Icelandic: slagur (is) m, bardagi (is) m
- Italian: lotta (it) f, incontro (it) m
- Jèrriais: bastaude f, frip'sie f
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- Kurdish:
- Sorani: شهڕ (ku) (shaR)
- Latin: pugna (la)
- Latvian: cīņa (lv), kauja (lv) f
- Lithuanian: kova (lt) f, muštynės (lt) pl, grumtynės (lt) pl
- Norwegian: slåsskamp (no)
- Pijin: faet
- Portuguese: luta (pt) f
- Romanian: luptă (ro) f, bătaie (ro)
- Romansch: (military) cumbat (rm) m, cumbata (rm) f, (sport) lutga (rm) f
- Russian: драка (ru) (dráka) f, бой (ru) (boj) m
- Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m, sabaid f, còmhrag (gd) f
- Slovak: boj (sk)
- Spanish: lucha (es) f, lucha (es) f
- Swahili: vita (sw)
- Tok Pisin: pait (tpi)
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battle
- Armenian: մարտ (hy) (mart)
- Basque: gudu (eu), bataila (eu)
- Bulgarian: битка (bg) (bítka) f, сражение (bg) (sražénije) n
- Chinese: trad. 鬥爭, simpl. 斗争 (pinyin: dòuzhēng), trad. 戰鬥, simpl. 战斗 (pinyin: zhàndòu)
- Danish: kamp (da), slag (da)
- Dutch: gevecht (nl) n, strijd (nl) m
- Finnish: taistelu (fi)
- French: bataille (fr) f
- German: Kampf (de) m, Schlacht (de) f
- Hebrew: קרב (he) (kráv) m
- Hindi: युद्ध (hi), लड़ाई (hi), झगड़ा (hi)
- Icelandic: bardagi (is) m
- Italian: battaglia (it) f, combattimento (it) m
- Japanese: 戦闘 (sentô)
- Jèrriais: batâle f
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: شهڕ (ku) (shaR)
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