altercation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French altercation.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
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.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
dispute
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin altercatio
Pronunciation
Noun
altercation f (plural altercations)
Further reading
- “altercation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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