English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace 's Life of Saint Margaret ), from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French aversier , aversaire (French adversaire ), from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin adversārius , from adversus ( “ turned toward ” ) .
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹi/ [ 1]
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/ [ 2]
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ædˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈæd.vəɹ.sɛɹi/
Noun
adversary (plural adversaries )
An opponent or rival .
Derived terms
Translations
opponent
Arabic: خَصْم m ( ḵaṣm )
Armenian: ախոյան (hy) ( axoyan )
Bulgarian: противник (bg) m ( protivnik ) , противница f ( protivnica ) , противничка f ( protivnička ) , неприятел (bg) m ( neprijatel ) , неприятелка f ( neprijatelka ) , съперник (bg) m ( sǎpernik ) , съперница f ( sǎpernica ) , съперничка f ( sǎpernička )
Catalan: adversari (ca) m , adversària (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 敵手 / 敌手 (zh) ( díshǒu ) , 敌手 (zh) ( díshǒu ) , 對手 / 对手 (zh) ( duìshǒu ) , 对手 (zh) ( duìshǒu )
Czech: protivník m , protivnice f
Danish: modstander (da) c
Dutch: tegenstander (nl) m , tegenstandster f
Egyptian: (ḫftj )
Finnish: vastustaja (fi) , vastapuoli (fi) , vihollinen (fi)
French: adversaire (fr) m or f , ennemi (fr) m , ennemie (fr) f
Galician: adversario m , adversaria f
German: Gegner (de) m , Gegnerin (de) f , Widersacher (de) m , Widersacherin (de) f , Gegenspieler (de) m , Gegenspielerin (de) f , Kontrahent (de) m , Kontrahentin (de) f
Greek: αντίπαλος (el) ( antípalos )
Ancient: ἀντίπαλος m ( antípalos )
Hebrew: יריב (he) m , אויב (he) m
Hungarian: ellenfél (hu)
Icelandic: andstæðingur m ; óvinur (is) m
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Interlingue: Lua error in Module:translations at line 71 : Translations must be for attested and approved main-namespace languages.
Italian: avversario (it) m , avversaria (it) f
Japanese: 敵 (ja) ( てき, teki ) , 相手 (ja) ( あいて, aite )
Kashubian: warg
Latin: adversārius m , adversāria f
Norman: advèrsaithe m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: motstander (no) m , opponent (no) m
Nynorsk: motstandar m , opponent m
Persian: همیستار ( hamistâr ) , هماورد (fa) ( hamâvard )
Polish: przeciwnik (pl) m , przeciwniczka (pl) f , adwersarz (pl) m , adwersarka (pl) f
Portuguese: adversário (pt) m , adversária f
Romanian: adversar (ro) m , adversară (ro) f
Russian: сопе́рник (ru) m ( sopérnik ) , сопе́рница (ru) f ( sopérnica ) , проти́вник (ru) m ( protívnik ) , проти́вница (ru) f ( protívnica ) , неприя́тель (ru) m ( neprijátelʹ ) , неприя́тельница (ru) f ( neprijátelʹnica )
Slovak: odporca m , protivník m , protivníčka f
Spanish: adversario (es) m , adversaria (es) f
Swedish: motståndare (sv) m
Telugu: వ్యతిరేకి ( vyatirēki )
Turkish: rakip (tr)
Vietnamese: đối thủ (vi)
References