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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Verb

fight (third-person singular simple present fights, present participle fighting, simple past fought, past participle fought or (archaic) foughten)

(deprecated template usage) (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.
(deprecated template usage) (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
(deprecated template usage) (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
The battle was fought just over that hill.
- Macaulay
  He had to fight his way through the world.
- Bible, 2 Timothy iv. 7
  I have fought a good fight.
(deprecated template usage) (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
(deprecated template usage) (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
The government pledged to fight corruption.
(deprecated template usage) (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
to fight cocks; to fight one's ship

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:fight

Derived terms

Terms derived from the verb to fight

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Translations

to contend in physical conflict

Afrikaans: stryd
Albanian: luftën
Arabic: قاتل (ar) (qātala), تقاتل (taqātala), تحارب (taḥāraba)
Aramaic:
Syriac: Template:tø
Armenian: կռվել (kṙvel)
Aromanian: alumtu
Azeri: döyüşmək (az)
Basque: borrokatu, borroka egin
Belarusian: біцца impf (bícca), змагацца impf (zmahácca)
Bulgarian: боря се (bg) impf (borjá se), бия се (bg) impf (bíja se)
Burmese: ရန်ဖြစ် (my) (ranhprac)
Catalan: lluitar (ca), barallar-se (ca)
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Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥爭／斗争 (dòuzhēng), 斗争 (dòuzhēng), 戰鬥／战斗 (zhàndòu), 战斗 (zhàndòu), 奮鬥／奋斗 (fèndòu), 奋斗 (fèndòu)
Czech: bojovat (cs), zápasit, bít se (cs)
Danish: slås, kæmpe
Dutch: strijden (nl), vechten (nl)
Esperanto: batali
Estonian: (without weapons) kaklema, (with weapons) võitlema
Finnish: (without weapons) tapella, (with weapons) taistella (fi)
French: se battre (fr)
Galician: loitar
Georgian: ბრძოლა (brʒola), შებრძოლება (šebrʒoleba)
German: kämpfen (de), fechten (de), streiten (de) (archaic)
Greek: πάλη (el) (páli)
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Hebrew: רב (he) (rav), נאבק (he) (ne'evák), נלחם (he) (nilkhám)
Hindi: लड़ना (laṛnā), झगड़ना (jhagaṛnā)
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 (たいけつする, taiketsu suru), 戦う (たたかう, tatakau), 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
Jèrriais: Template:tø
Kazakh: төбелесу (töbelesw), ұрысу (urısw), күресу (küresw), соғысу (soğısw)
Khmer: វាយតប់ (wīē-dtop)
Korean: 다투다 (ko) (datuda), 싸우다 (ko) (ssauda)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Kurdish:
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Lao: ຕໍ່ສູ້ (töö-suu), ຮົບ (hop)
Latgalian: Template:tø, Template:tø, Template:tø
Latin: pugno, luctor
Latvian: cīnīties (lv), kauties
Lithuanian: kautis, muštis (lt), peštis, grumtis
Macedonian: се бори impf (se bóri)
Maltese: ġlieda
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Norwegian: slåss (no), kjempe
Old English: feohtan
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Persian: مبارزه کردن (fa) (mobâreze kardan), جنگیدن (fa) (jangidan)
Polish: walczyć (pl) impf, bić się (pl) impf
Portuguese: lutar (pt) com, contra (pt)
Romanian: lupta (ro), se bate
Romansch: lutgar
Russian: драться (ru) impf (drátʹsja), биться (ru) impf (bítʹsja), бороться (ru) impf (borótʹsja) wrestle, сражаться (ru) impf (sražátʹsja) in a duel or battle
Template:trreq
Scottish Gaelic: cog, sabaid
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: борити се impf

Roman: boriti se impf
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Slovak: bojovať impf, biť sa
Slovene: boriti se impf
Spanish: pelear (es), luchar (es)
Swahili: vita (sw)
Swedish: strida (sv), slåss (sv), kämpa (sv)
Thai: รบ (th) (róp)
Tibetan: རྒྱ་འདྲེ (rgya 'dre)
Tok Pisin: paitim
Turkish: savaşmak (tr)
Tuvan: Template:tø
Ukrainian: битися (uk) impf (býtysja), боротися (uk) impf (borótysja)
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Vietnamese: chiến đấu (vi)
Welsh: brwydro (cy)
West Frisian: fjochtsje
Yiddish: קעמפֿן (kemfn)

to strive for

Basque: borrokatu, borroka egin
Czech: bojovat (cs)
Dutch: opkomen (nl) voor (nl), ijveren (nl) voor
Finnish: taistella (fi), tsempata (fi)
German: kämpfen (de)
Hebrew: נאבק (he) (ne'evák)
Icelandic: berjast (is)
Italian: combattere (it)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Japanese: 戦う (たたかう, tatakau), 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
Khmer: តស៊ូ (dtor-sū)
Latvian: cīnīties (lv)
Norwegian: kjempe for
Persian: تلاش کردن (fa) (talâš kardan)
Portuguese: lutar (pt)
Russian: бороться (ru) (borót’sja) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., сражаться (ru) (sražát’sja) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.
Spanish: luchar (es)
Swahili: vita (sw)

to conduct or engage in

Bulgarian: сражавам се (sražavam se)
Czech: bojovat (cs)
Dutch: uitvechten
Finnish: taistella (fi)
Hebrew: נלחם (he) (nilkhám)
Icelandic: heyja
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Japanese: 戦う, 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
Norwegian: slåss (no)
Persian: جنگیدن (fa) (jangidan)
Portuguese: lutar (pt)
Russian: биться (ru) (bít's'a) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., сражаться (ru) (sražát's'a) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.
Scottish Gaelic: cog, sabaid
Swahili: vita (sw)

to engage in combat

Armenian: մարտնչել (martnčʻel)
Basque: borrokatu, borroka egin
Bulgarian: бия се (bija se)
Catalan: combatre (ca)
Czech: bojovat (cs)
Danish: udkæmpe
Dutch: vechten (nl) tegen (nl), vechten met (nl), bevechten (nl)
Estonian: sõdima
Finnish: taistella (fi)
French: combattre (fr)
Galician: combatir
Greek: πολεμώ (el) (polemó) (polemó)
Hebrew: נאבק (he) (ne'evák), נלחם (he) (nilkhám)
Icelandic: berjast (is) við (is)
Italian: combattere (it)
Japanese: 対決 (たいけつする, taiketsu-suru), 戦う, 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Khmer: ប្រយុទ្ឋ (bprəyŭt)
Korean: 싸우다 (ko) (ssauda)
Latin: combattuo
Latvian: cīnīties (lv)
Lithuanian: kovoti (lt), kautis
Norwegian: slåss (no)
Occitan: batre (oc)
Old French: Template:tø, Template:tø
Persian: جنگیدن (fa) (jangidan)
Portuguese: combater (pt), lutar (pt)
Romanian: combate
Romansch: cumbatter
Russian: биться (ru) (bít's'a) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., сражаться (ru) (sražát's'a) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.
Scottish Gaelic: cog, sabaid
Spanish: combatir (es)
Swahili: vita (sw)
Tok Pisin: paitim

to counteract

Armenian: պայքարել (paykʻarel)
Basque: aurka egin
Czech: bojovat (cs)
Danish: bekæmpe
Dutch: bevechten (nl), bekampen
Estonian: võitlema
Finnish: taistella (fi)
French: combattre (fr)
German: bekämpfen (de)
Greek: καταπολεμώ (el) (katapolemó) (katapolemó)
Hebrew: נאבק (he) (ne'evák), נלחם (he) (nilkhám)
Icelandic: berjast (is) gegn (is)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
(deprecated template usage) Italian: lottare contro (it)
Japanese: 戦う, 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
Lao: ຕໍ່ສູ້ (töö-suu)
Latin: pugnare
Norwegian: bekjempe
Polish: walczyć (pl)
Persian: مقابله کردن (fa) (moqâbele kardan)
(deprecated template usage) Portuguese: lutar contra (pt) , combater (pt), enfrentar (pt)
Romanian: a (ro)
Russian: биться (ru) (bít's'a) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required., сражаться (ru) (sražát's'a) Lua error in Module:parameter_utilities at line 748: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.
Swahili: vita (sw)
Swedish: bekämpa (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

(deprecated template usage) Indonesian: tarung (id), tengkar (id), serang (id)
(deprecated template usage) roa-jer: Template:tø
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(deprecated template usage) Romanian: bătaie f

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English feoht, from the verb. Corresponding to Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht.

Noun

fight (plural fights)

An occasion of fighting.
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(deprecated template usage) (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
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(deprecated template usage) (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
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A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
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The will or ability to fight.
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Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:fight

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun fight

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Translations

occasion of fighting

Albanian: luftë f
Armenian: կռիվ (kṙiv)
Basque: borroka, borrokaldi
Belarusian: бойка f (bójka), бой m (boj), сутычка f (sutýčka)
Bulgarian: бой (bg) m (boj), сражение (bg) n (sražénie)
Catalan: lluita (ca) f, combat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥爭／斗争 (dòuzhēng), 斗争 (dòuzhēng), 戰鬥／战斗 (zhàndòu), 战斗 (zhàndòu)
Czech: boj (cs) m, rvačka f, bitka f
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 m (kráv), לחימה f (lekhimá), ריב m (rív), מאבק (he) m (ma`avák)
Hungarian: küzdelem (hu)
Icelandic: slagur m, bardagi (is) m
Italian: lotta (it) f, incontro (it) m
Japanese: 戦い (たたかい, tatakai)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Jèrriais: Template:tø, Template:tø
Kurdish:
Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Latin: pugna (la)
Latvian: cīņa, kauja f
Lithuanian: kova (lt) f, muštynės pl, grumtynės pl
Macedonian: бој m (boj)
Norwegian: slåsskamp (no)
Persian: دعوا (fa) (da'vâ)
Pijin: Template:tø
Polish: bójka (pl) f, bój (pl) m
Portuguese: luta (pt) f
Romanian: luptă f, bătaie
Romansch: (military) cumbat m, cumbata f, (sport) lutga f
Russian: драка (ru) f (dráka), бой (ru) m (boj), стычка (ru) f (stýčka)
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m, sabaid f, còmhrag f
Slovak: boj
Spanish: lucha (es) f, lucha (es) f
Swahili: vita (sw)
Tok Pisin: pait
Ukrainian: бійка (uk) f (bíjka), бій (uk) m (bij), сутичка f (sutýčka)

battle

Armenian: մարտ (hy) (mart)
Basque: gudu, bataila
Belarusian: бітва f (bítva)
Bulgarian: битка (bg) f (bítka), сражение (bg) n (sražénie), бой (bg) m (boj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥爭／斗争 (dòuzhēng), 斗争 (dòuzhēng), 戰鬥／战斗 (zhàndòu), 战斗 (zhàndòu)
Czech: bitva (cs) f, boj (cs) m
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 m (kráv)
Hindi: युद्ध (hi) (yud'dha), लड़ाई (laṛā'ī), झगड़ा (jhagṛā)
Icelandic: bardagi (is) m
Italian: battaglia (it) f, combattimento (it) m
Japanese: 戦闘 (ja) (せんとう, sentô)
Jèrriais: Template:tø
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Kurdish:
Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Latin: pugna (la)
Latvian: kauja f, cīņa f
Lithuanian: kova (lt) f, mūšis m
Macedonian: битка f (bítka), бој m (boj)
Norwegian: slag
Persian: پیکار (fa) (peykâr) (archaic), نبرد (fa) (nabard)
Pijin: Template:tø
Polish: bój (pl) m, bitwa (pl) f, batalia f
Portuguese: batalha (pt) f, luta (pt) f
Romansch: cumbat m, cumbata f
Russian: битва (ru) f (bítva), сражение (ru) n (sražénije), баталия (ru) f (batálija)
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m, sabaid f, blàr m
Slovak: bitva f, boj m
Swahili: vita (sw)
Swedish: strid (sv), kamp (sv)
Tamil: சண்டை (ta) (caṇṭai)
Tok Pisin: pait
Ukrainian: битва (uk) f (býtva)

physical confrontation

Bulgarian: бой (bg) m (boj)
Danish: slagsmål, ballade (da)
Dutch: gevecht (nl) n, (colloquial, Flanders) boel (nl) m
Finnish: tappelu (fi), taistelu (fi)
French: bagarre (fr) f
German: Keilerei (de) f, Prügelei (de) f
Hebrew: ריב m (rív), מאבק (he) m (ma`avák)
Italian: rissa (it) f
Japanese: 喧嘩 (ja) (けんか, kenka)
Latin: pugna (la)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Latvian: kautiņš
Lithuanian: muštynės pl, peštynės pl, grumtynės pl
Norwegian: slåsskamp (no)
Persian: دعوا (fa) (da'vâ)
Pijin: Template:tø
Polish: starcie (pl) n
Portuguese: briga (pt) f
Russian: драка (ru) f (dráka), бой (ru) m (boj)
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m, sabaid f, còmhrag f
Swahili: vita (sw)
Tok Pisin: pait

martial arts match

Czech: zápas (cs)
Danish: kamp (da)
Dutch: gevecht (nl) n
Finnish: kamppailu, (ottelu)
French: combat (fr) m
Hebrew: קרב m (kráv)
Icelandic: bardagi (is) m, slagur m
Italian: combattimento (it) m, incontro (it) m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Japanese: 試合 (ja) (しあい, shiai)
Norwegian: kamp (no)
Persian: مسابقه (fa) (mosâbeqe), مبارزه (fa) (mobâreze)
Polish: walka (pl) f
Portuguese: luta (pt) f, combate (pt) m
Romansch: lutga f
Russian: бой (ru) m (boj)
Swedish: match (sv), fajt (sv)

conflict of will, strife

Armenian: պայքար (paykʻar)
Belarusian: барацьба f (baracʹbá)
Bulgarian: борба (bg) f (borbá)
Danish: kamp (da)
Dutch: strijd (nl) m
Finnish: taistelu (fi)
French: combativité (fr) f
German: Streit (de) m
Hebrew: מאבק (he) m (ma`avák)
Norwegian: kamp (no)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Persian: نزاع (fa) (nezâ'), کشمکش (fa) (kešmakeš)
Polish: walka (pl) f
Russian: борьба (ru) f (borʹbá)
Scottish Gaelic: còmhrag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: борба f

Roman: borba f
Swahili: vita (sw)
Swedish: kamp (sv)
Ukrainian: боротьба (uk) f (borotʹbá)

will or ability to fight

Czech: bojovnost f
Dutch: vechtlust (nl) m
Finnish: taistelutahto (fi)
German: Kampfgeist m
Hebrew: רוח קרב f (rú`akh kráv)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Japanese: ファイト (faito), 闘志 (ja) (とうし, tōshi), 戦意 (ja) (せんい, sen'i)
Norwegian: stridslyst
Polish: bojowość f
Portuguese: combatividade f
Swahili: vita (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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(deprecated template usage) Telugu: కొట్లాట (te) (koṭlāṭa), పోరాటం (pōrāṭaṁ)

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+#*{{quote-magazine|date=2013-08-10|volume=408|issue=8848|magazine={{w|The Economist}}
+|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21583277-worlds-biggest-polluter-going-green-it-needs-speed-up-transition-can-china21583270-new-zealands-plan-regulate-designer-drugs-better-trying-ban-them-and-failing-new A new prescription]
+|passage=As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the '''fight''' against synthetic drugs.}}
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 # The [[will]] or [[ability]] to fight.
-#: {{usex|As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the '''fight''' went out of him.|lang=en}}
+#: {{usex|That little guy has a bit of '''fight''' in him after all.&nbsp;&nbsp; As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the '''fight''' went out of him.|lang=en}}
-#: {{usex|That little guy have a little '''fight''' inside him after all.|lang=en}}
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