rivalry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rival

Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye

English -ry

English rivalry

From rival + -ry.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.vəl.ɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

rivalry (countable and uncountable, plural rivalries)

1. An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.

   Synonym: contention

   The Boston Bruins have a longstanding rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens.

   James and Polly have a bitter rivalry due to the latter's inclusion in the Tea Time Teaser.

2. (economics) The characteristic of being a rivalrous good, such that it can be consumed or used by only one person at a time.

   Common goods are those which are rivalrous in consumption but non-excludable

   • 2013 December 2 (last accessed), Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, at Johnstown, “Public Goods”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 May 2015:
3. Any competition between two or more things or factors.

   Binocular rivalry is a visual phenomenon in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.

Derived terms

• archrivalry
• non-rivalry
• nonrivalry
• sibling rivalry

Translations

competition

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: съперничество (bg) n (sǎperničestvo), конкуренция (bg) f (konkurencija)
• Catalan: rivalitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 競爭 / 竞争 (zh) (jìngzhēng), 對抗 / 对抗 (zh) (duìkàng) (confrontation)

• Czech: soupeření n, rivalita f
• Danish: rivalisering c, rivalitet (da) c
• Dutch: rivaliteit (nl)
• Finnish: kilpailu (fi)
• French: rivalité (fr) f
• Galician: rivalidade (gl) f
• German: Rivalität (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (haifsts)
• Greek: ανταγωνισμός (el) m (antagonismós)
• Hausa: hamayya
• Hungarian: vetélkedés (hu), versengés (hu)
• Irish: iomaidh f, coimhlint f
• Italian: rivalità (it), antagonismo (it) m
• Japanese: ライバル (ja) (raibaru), 競争 (ja) (きょうそう, kyōsō), 争い (ja) (あらそい, arasoi) (dispute), 拮抗 (ja) (きっこう, kikkō)
• Latin: rīvālitās f
• Macedonian: сопе́рништво n (sopérništvo), конкуре́нција f (konkuréncija), на́тпревар m (nátprevar)
• Māori: tauwhāingatanga
• Mongolian: өрсөлдөөн (mn) (örsöldöön)
• Polish: rywalizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: rivalidade (pt)
• Romanian: rivalitate (ro) f
• Russian: сопе́рничество (ru) n (sopérničestvo)
• Spanish: rivalidad (es) f
• Tok Pisin: pasin resis
• Turkish: rekabet (tr), rakiplik (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: رقابت (rekabet)

• Ukrainian: супе́рництво n (supérnyctvo)
• Urdu: مسابقت
• Welsh: ymryson (cy)