archenemy

See also: Archenemy, arch-enemy, and arch enemy

English

Alternative forms

• arch-enemy, arch enemy

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.?

Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)

Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der.

Latin archi-bor.

Old English arċe-

Middle English arch-

English arch-

English enemy

English archenemy

From arch- (“chief, most extreme”) + enemy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈɛn.ə.mi/, /ˌɑː(ɹ)ˈt͡ʃɛn.ə.mi/

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Noun

archenemy (plural archenemies)

1. A principal enemy.
2. A supreme and most powerful enemy.

Synonyms

• archfoe

Translations

a principal enemy

• Arabic: عَدُوّ لَدُود m (ʕaduww ladūd)
• Catalan: arxienemic m, enemic jurat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大敵 / 大敌 (zh) (dàdí), 死对头 (zh) (sǐduìtou), 宿敌 (zh) (sùdí)

• Czech: úhlavní nepřítel m
• Danish: ærkefjende c
• Dutch: aartsvijand (nl) m, aartsvijandin f
• Finnish: perivihollinen, arkkivihollinen (fi)
• French: ennemi juré (fr) m
• Galician: inimigo mortal m, arquiinimigo m
• German: Erzfeind (de) m, Erzfeindin (de) f
• Greek: αρχεχθρός m (archechthrós)
• Hindi: परमशत्रु m (paramśatru), प्रधान शत्रु m (pradhān śatru)
• Hungarian: ősellenség (hu), fő ellenség
• Icelandic: erkióvinur m, erkifjandi m
• Indonesian: musuh bebuyutan (id)
• Italian: arcinemico m, arcinemica f
• Japanese: 大敵 (ja) (たいてき, taiteki), 宿敵 (しゅくてき, shukuteki)
• Macedonian: ду́шман m (dúšman), за́колнат непри́јател m (zákolnat nepríjatel)
• Malay: musuh ketat
• Māori: uto
• Norwegian: erkefiende m
• Polish: arcywróg m
• Portuguese: arqui-inimigo (pt) m
• Romanian: dușman de moarte m
• Russian: закля́тый враг m (zakljátyj vrag)
• Spanish: archienemigo (es) m, mayor enemigo m, peor enemigo m
• Swedish: ärkefiende (sv) c
• Turkish: başdüşman

See also

• archfiend
• archrival
• archvillain

Anagrams

• aerenchym