altercation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed as Middle English altercacioun from Anglo-Norman altercacione, altercacioun, from Middle French altercacion, altercation (altercation in modern French); ultimately from Latin altercātiō, altercātiōn-.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /ɔl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Hyphenation: al‧ter‧ca‧tion
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
altercation (countable and uncountable, plural altercations)
- Heated or angry dispute
- 1914, 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.
- The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
dispute
References[edit]
- ^ “altercation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “altercation, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin altercatio.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
altercation f (plural altercations)
Further reading[edit]
- “altercation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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