lutte

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French, from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor (to wrestle). Compare Italian lotta, Spanish lucha and Romanian luptă.

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Noun[edit]

lutte f (plural luttes)

  1. (literally or figuratively) struggle, fight, battle
    La lutte contre le capitalisme
    The struggle against capitalism
    • 1923, Marcel Proust, chapter 1, in La Prisonnière [The Prisoner] (À la recherche du temps perdu)‎[1]:
      Heureux ceux qui le comprennent assez tôt pour ne pas trop prolonger une lutte inutile, épuisante []
      Happy are they who understand in time not to prolong a useless, exhausting struggle []
  2. (sports) wrestling

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Verb[edit]

lutte

  1. inflection of lutter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Participle[edit]

lutte

  1. definite singular of lutt
  2. plural of lutt

Verb[edit]

lutte

  1. past tense of luta and lute

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Adjective[edit]

lutte

  1. locative singular masculine/neuter, vocative singular feminine and accusative plural masculine of lutta, which is past passive participle of lumpati (to break)