rival

English

Etymology

From Latin rīvālis, literally ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rīvus (“small stream, brook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈraɪvəl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪvəl

Noun

rival (plural rivals)

1. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) who is well known to another and has similar skills and achievements. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

   Chris is my biggest rival in the 400m.

2. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

   As a social historian, he has no rival.

Derived terms

• rivalry
• archrival

Translations

competitor against the same objective

Chinese: Mandarin: 對手 (cmn), 对手 (cmn) (duìshǒu), 敵手 (cmn), 敌手 (cmn) (díshǒu) Czech: soupeř (cs) m., sok (cs) m., rival (cs) m. Dutch: tegenstander, rivaal, concurent, vijand Esperanto: rivalo (eo) Finnish: kilpailija (fi) French: rival (fr) m. German: Gegner (de) m., Rivale (de) m., Konkurrent (de) m.

Greek: ανταγωνιστής (el) (antagonistís) m., αντίπαλος (el) (antípalos) m. Ancient: ἀγωνιστής (agōnistēs) m. Hungarian: rivális (hu), vetélytárs (hu) Indonesian: lawan, penentang, musun Italian: rivale (it) m., competitore (it), antagonista (it) m., avversario (it) Japanese: ライバル (ja) (raibaru), 敵 (ja) (てき, teki, かたき, kataki) Romanian: rival (ro) Russian: соперник (ru) (sopérnik) m., противник (ru) (protívnik) m., (in business) конкурент (ru) (konkurént) m.

someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another

Greek: αντίπαλος (el) (antípalos) m., ανταγωνιστής (el) (antagonistís) m. Italian: rivale (it) m., pari (it) m., avversario (it)

Russian: равный (ru) (rávnyj) m.

Verb

rival (third-person singular simple present rivals, present participle rivalling or rivaling, simple past and past participle rivalled or rivaled)

1. (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
2. To equal to or surpass another.

Translations

to oppose or compete with

Finnish: kilpailla (fi) French: rivaliser (fr) Greek: ανταγωνίζομαι (el) (antagonízomai), παραβγαίνω (el) (paravgaíno)

Hungarian: rivalizál (hu), verseng (hu) Russian: соперничать (ru) (sopérničat'), конкурировать (ru) (konkurírovat')

Anagrams

• Avril, viral

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French

Etymology

From Latin, see above

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁival/

• Audio

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Adjective

rival m. (f. rivale, m. plural rivaux, f. plural rivales)

1. rival (attributively)

Noun

rival m. (plural rivaux; feminine rivale, plural rivales)

1. rival

Anagrams

• avril, livra, viral

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rǐʋaːl/
• Hyphenation: ri‧val

Noun

rìvāl m. (Cyrillic spelling рѝва̄л)

1. adverse, rival

Declension

    declension of rival

	singular	plural
nominative	rìvāl	rivali
genitive	rivála	riválā
dative	rivalu	rivalima
accusative	rivala	rivale
vocative	rivale	rivali
locative	rivalu	rivalima
instrumental	rivalom	rivalima

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Spanish

Adjective

rival m. and f. (plural rivales)

1. adverse, rival

Noun

rival m. and f. (plural rivales)

1. rival

Synonyms

• adversario
• antagonista
• competidor
• contrario
• oponente

Related terms

• rivalidad
• rivalizar