altercation

English

Etymology

From French altercation, from Latin altercatio.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɔl.tɚˈke.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

altercation (plural altercations)

1. Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

     "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation.

Synonyms

• dispute, wrangle

Translations

dispute

• Bengali: বিবাদ (bibad)
• Bulgarian: спор (bg) (spor)
• Czech: hádka f
• Dutch: woordenwisseling (nl), dispuut
• Finnish: riita (fi), kiista (fi), sanasota (fi), tappelu (fi), jupakka (fi)
• French: altercation (fr) f, dispute (fr) f
• German: heftige Auseinandersetzung f

• Icelandic: bræta f, rifrildi (is) n, deila (is) f, orðakast n, orðahnippingar f pl, orðaskak n, orðasenna f
• Polish: spór (pl) m
• Russian: перебра́нка (ru) f (perebránka), ссо́ра (ru) f (ssóra), спор (ru) m (spor), ди́спут (ru) m (dísput), разбо́рка (ru) f (razbórka)
• Serbo-Croatian: nesporazum m, spor m, sukob m, verbalni sukob m
• Spanish: disputa (es) f, altercado (es) m
• Swedish: gräl (sv) n, ordväxling c

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French

Etymology

From Latin altercatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.tɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: altercations

Noun

altercation f (plural altercations)

1. Altercation