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Etymology 1

Replaced Old English sacan by 1340 as "ground for complaint"; from Old French querele (modern querelle), itself from Latin querella (“complaint”) from queri (“to lament, to complain”)

Noun

quarrel (plural quarrels)

  1. A verbal dispute or heated argument.
    Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side - François de La Rochefoucauld
  2. A ground of dispute; a complaint
Synonyms
Translations
verbal dispute or heated argument
  • Arabic: نزاع ar(ar) (nazaa`) m.
  • Catalan: baralla ca(ca) f.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 吵架 cmn(cmn) (chǎojià)
  • Czech: hádka cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: skænderi da(da) n.
  • Dutch: onenigheid nl(nl) f., dispuut nl(nl) n., (ge)ruzie nl(nl) f., twist nl(nl)
  • Finnish: riita fi(fi), kiista fi(fi), kina fi(fi)
  • French: querelle fr(fr) f., dispute fr(fr) f.
  • German: Streit de(de) m.
  • Greek: καβγάς el(el) (kavgas), τσακωμός el(el) (tsakomos), λογομαχία el(el) (logomakhia)
  • Hungarian: veszekedés hu(hu), perpatvar hu(hu), vita hu(hu)
  • Japanese: 言い争い ja(ja) (iiarasoi), 口論 ja(ja) (kōron), 口喧嘩 ja(ja) (kuchigenka)
  • Norwegian: krangel no(no) m.
  • Persian: غوغا fa(fa) (ghoughâ)
  • Polish: kłótnia f., sprzeczka f.
  • Portuguese: discussão pt(pt) f.
  • Romanian: ceartă ro(ro) f.
  • Russian: ссора ru(ru) (ssóra) f., спор ru(ru) (spor) m., перебранка ru(ru) (perebránka) f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh gd(gd) m.
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: кавга f., свађа f.
    Roman: kavga f., svađa f.
  • Spanish: discusión es(es) f., pelea es(es) f., riña es(es) f.
  • Tajik: ғавғo tg(tg) (ġavġo)
  • Turkish: kavga tr(tr)
ground of dispute; complaint
  • Danish: uenighed da(da) c.
  • Dutch: geschilpunt nl(nl) n., dispuut nl(nl) n., betwisting nl(nl)
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Translations to be checked
  • Latin: jurgium la(la), altercatio la(la) f., rixa la(la)
  • Portuguese: discussão pt(pt) f., querela pt(pt) f.
  • Spanish: pelea es(es) f., riña es(es) f.
  • Volapük: dikod, zan

Verb

to quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle quarrelling (UK) or quarreling (US), simple past and past participle quarrelled (UK) or quarreled (US)) (intransitive)

  1. To disagree
  2. To contend, argue strongly, squabble.
  3. To find fault
  4. (Can we verify() this sense?) To complain bitterly.
Translations
disagree — see disagree to contend, argue strongly, squabble
  • Catalan: barallar-se, discutir
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 吵架 cmn(cmn) (chǎojià), 拌嘴 cmn(cmn) (bànzuǐ)
  • Czech: hádat se
  • Danish: skændes da(da)
  • Dutch: bekvechten nl(nl), ruzieën nl(nl), ruzie maken nl(nl), redetwisten nl(nl), twisten nl(nl)
  • Finnish: riidellä fi(fi)
  • Hungarian: veszekszik hu(hu), veszekedik hu(hu)
  • Japanese: 言い争う ja(ja) (iiarasou), 口論する ja(ja) (kōron suru), 口喧嘩する ja(ja) (kuchigenka suru)
  • Norwegian: krangle no(no)
  • Romanian: certa ro(ro)
  • Russian: ссориться ru(ru) (ssórit’s’a) (impf.)
  • Scottish Gaelic: connsaich gd(gd)
to find fault
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Translations to be checked
  • Arabic: تخاصم (takháSSama)
  • Esperanto: kvereli, malpaci, malpaciĝi
  • Interlingua: altercar, querelar
  • Italian: litigare it(it)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English as "square-headed bolt for a crossbow" c.1225, from Old French quarel (also quarrel or carreau; modern: querelle), from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, the diminutive of Latin quadrus "a square", related to quattuor "four".

Noun

quarrel (plural quarrels)

  1. A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
  2. A square tile; quarry tile
  3. A square-headed arrow for a crossbow.
Translations
diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window
square tile
  • Hungarian: burkolólap hu(hu), mozaiklap hu(hu)
  • Japanese: タイル ja(ja) (tairu)
square-headed arrow for a crossbow

 

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