English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret), from Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”).
Pronunciation[edit]
adversary (plural adversaries)
- An opponent or rival.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
opponent
- Arabic: خصم m (xaṣm)
- Armenian: ախոյան (axoyan)
- Bulgarian: противник (bg) (protivnik), неприятел (bg) (neprijatel), съперник (bg) (sǎpernik)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 敵手, 敌手 (zh) (díshǒu), 對手, 对手 (zh) (duìshǒu)
- Czech: protivník m
- Dutch: tegenstander (nl) m
- Finnish: vastustaja (fi), vastapuoli (fi), vihollinen (fi)
- French: adversaire (fr) m, ennemi (fr) m
- Galician: adversario m
- German: Gegner (de) m
- Greek: αντίπαλος (el) (antípalos)
- Hebrew: יריב m, אויב (he) m
- Hungarian: ellenfél (hu)
- Icelandic: andstæðingur m; óvinur (is) m
- Italian: avversario (it) m, avversaria (it) f
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- Japanese: 敵 (ja) (てき, teki), 相手 (ja) (あいて, aite)
- Jèrriais: advèrsaithe m, f
- Kashubian: warg
- Latin: adversarius m, adversaria f
- Norwegian: motstander (no) m, opponent (no) m
- Persian: همیستار (hamistâr), هماورد (fa) (hamāvard)
- Polish: przeciwnik (pl) m
- Portuguese: adversário (pt) m
- Romanian: adversar (ro)
- Russian: соперник (ru) m (sopérnik), соперница (ru) f (sopérnica), противница (ru) f (protívnica), неприятель (ru) m (neprijátelʹ), неприятельница (ru) f (neprijátelʹnica)
- Slovak: odporca m, protivník m
- Spanish: adversario (es) m, adversaria (es) f
- Swedish: motståndare (sv) m
- Telugu: వ్యతిరేకి (vyatiraeki)
- Turkish: rakip (tr)
- Vietnamese: đối thủ (vi)
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References[edit]
- ^ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- ^ According to UK audio file in Longman Exams Dictionary, even though IPA given in dictionary is /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹiː/
