quarrel

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: 'kwôrəl, IPA: /ˈkwɒrəl/, SAMPA: /"kwQr@l/

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• Rhymes: -ɒrəl

Etymology 1

From Old French querele (modern French querelle), itself from Latin querella (“complaint”), from queror (“I lament, I complain”).

Replaced Old English sacan by 1340 as “ground for complaint”.

Noun

quarrel (plural quarrels)

1. A verbal dispute or heated argument.

   We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.

   Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side - François de La Rochefoucauld

2. A ground of dispute; a complaint

   A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:dispute

Related terms

• querent

Translations

verbal dispute or heated argument

Arabic: نزاع (ar) (nazaa`) m., شجار (ar) (shijaar) m. Catalan: baralla (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 吵架 (cmn) (chǎojià) Czech: hádka (cs) f. Danish: skænderi (da) n. Dutch: onenigheid (nl) f., dispuut (nl) n., (ge)ruzie (nl) f., twist (nl) Finnish: riita (fi), kiista (fi), kina (fi) French: querelle (fr) f., dispute (fr) f. German: Streit (de) m. Greek: καβγάς (el) (kavgas), τσακωμός (el) (tsakomos), λογομαχία (el) (logomakhia) Hindi: झगड़ा (hi) (jhagṛā) m. Hungarian: veszekedés (hu), perpatvar (hu), vita (hu) Italian: battibecco (it) m., litigio (it) m., diatriba (it) f., scaramuccia (it) f., disputa (it) f. Japanese: 言い争い (ja) (iiarasoi), 口論 (ja) (kōron), 口喧嘩 (ja) (kuchigenka)

Norwegian: krangel (no) m. Persian: غوغا (fa) (ghoughâ) Polish: kłótnia f., sprzeczka f. Portuguese: discussão (pt) f. Romanian: ceartă (ro) f. Russian: ссора (ru) (ssóra) f., спор (ru) (spor) m., перебранка (ru) (perebránka) f. Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh (gd) m., trod (gd) m. and f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кавга (sh) f., свађа (sh) f. Roman: kavga (sh) f., svađa (sh) f. Spanish: discusión (es) f., pelea (es) f., riña (es) f. Swedish: gräl (sv) n., dispyt (sv) c. Tajik: ғавғо (tg) (ġavġo) Turkish: kavga (tr) Urdu: جھگڑا (ur) (jhagṛā) m.

ground of dispute; complaint

Bengali: বিবাদ (bn) (bibad) Danish: uenighed (da) c.

Dutch: geschilpunt (nl) n., dispuut (nl) n., betwisting (nl) Swedish: oenighet (sv) c.

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Esperanto: malpaco Interlingua: altercation, querela Italian: lite (it) f., bega (it) f., contesa (it) f. (all 1,2)

Latin: jurgium (la), altercatio (la) f., rixa (la) Portuguese: discussão (pt) f., querela (pt) f. Spanish: pelea (es) f., riña (es) f. Volapük: dikod, zan

Verb

quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle quarrelling (UK) or quarreling (US), simple past and past participle quarrelled (UK) or quarreled (US)) (intransitive)

1. To disagree
2. To contend, argue strongly, squabble.
3. To find fault
4. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To complain bitterly.

Translations

disagree — see disagree

to contend, argue strongly, squabble

Catalan: barallar-se, discutir Chinese: Mandarin: 吵架 (cmn) (chǎojià), 拌嘴 (cmn) (bànzuǐ) Czech: hádat se Danish: skændes (da) Dutch: bekvechten (nl), ruzieën (nl), ruzie maken (nl), redetwisten (nl), twisten (nl) Finnish: riidellä (fi) Hindi: झगड़ा करना (hi) (jhagṛā karnā) Hungarian: veszekszik (hu), veszekedik (hu)

Japanese: 言い争う (ja) (iiarasou), 口論する (ja) (kōron suru), 口喧嘩する (ja) (kuchigenka suru) Korean: 싸우다 (ko) (ssauda), 싸우다 (ko) (ssauda) Norwegian: krangle (no) Romanian: certa (ro) Russian: ссориться (ru) (ssórit’s’a) impf. Scottish Gaelic: connsaich (gd) Swedish: krångla (sv) Urdu: جھگڑا کرنا (ur) (jhagṛā karnā)

to find fault

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Arabic: تخاصم (takháSSama) Esperanto: kvereli, malpaci, malpaciĝi Interlingua: altercar, querelar Italian: litigare (it)

Korean: 싸오다 (ssauda) Latin: jurgare (la) Old English: sacan Portuguese: disputar (pt), discutir (pt) Spanish: disputar (es), discutir (es), pelearse (es), quejarse (es) Swedish: gräla (sv) Volapük: zaniälön

Derived terms

• quarreler, quarreller
• quarrelsome

Etymology 2

From Middle English as "square-headed bolt for a crossbow" c.1225, from Old French quarel (also quarrel or carreau; modern: querelle), from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, the diminutive of Latin quadrus (“a square”), related to quattuor "four".

Noun

quarrel (plural quarrels)

1. A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
2. A square tile; quarry tile
3. A square-headed arrow for a crossbow.

Translations

diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window

square tile

Hungarian: burkolólap (hu), mozaiklap (hu)

Japanese: タイル (ja) (tairu)

square-headed arrow for a crossbow

Finnish: vasama (fi)

See also

• Quarrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia