Fight (brawl )
From Middle English fighten , from Old English feohtan ( “ to fight, combat, strive ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan , from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną ( “ to comb, tease, shear, struggle with ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ( “ to comb, shear ” ) .
Cognate with Scots fecht ( “ to fight ” ) , West Frisian fjochtsje , fjuchte ( “ to fight ” ) , Dutch vechten ( “ to fight ” ) , Low German fechten ( “ to fight ” ) , German fechten ( “ to fight, fence ” ) , Swedish fäkta ( “ to fence, to fight (using blade weapons), to wave vigorously (and carelessly) with one's arms ” ) , Latin pectō ( “ comb, thrash ” , verb ) , Albanian pjek ( “ to hit, strive, fight ” ) , Ancient Greek πέκω ( pékō , “ comb or card wool ” , verb ) . Related also to Old English feht ( “ wool, shaggy pelt, fleece ” ) .
fight (third-person singular simple present fights , present participle fighting , simple past fought , past participle fought or ( archaic ) foughten )
Senses relating to physical conflict:
( transitive ) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
( transitive ) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare, a cause, etc.).
Our soldiers fought the battle just over that hill.
1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison , Cato, a Tragedy. [ … ] , London: [ … ] J[ acob] Tonson , [ … ] , published 1713 , →OCLC , Act I, scene i, page 2 :His Suff’rings ſhine, and ſpread a Glory round him; Greatly unfortunate, he fights the Cauſe Of Honour, Virtue, Liberty, and Rome .
1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay , “Samuel Johnson ”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis] , editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay , new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer , published 1871 , →OCLC :was left to fight his way through the world.
( intransitive ) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous.
( reciprocal ) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
( causative ) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
1953 , Revd. Waldo E. L. Smith, What Time the Tempest: An Army Chaplain's Story , page 244 :And so we made their grave where they should lie Close side by side, as they had fought their tank Through every fight, arm touching arm. We made it deep, that nothing of the conflict they had left above Should break into their peace.
to fight cocks; to fight one’s ship
( intransitive ) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. Then, for a jiffy, I hung on and fought for breath.
2014 July 5, “Freedom fighter ”, in The Economist , volume 412 , number 8894 :[Edmund] Burke continued to fight for liberty later on in life. He backed Americans in their campaign for freedom from British taxation. He supported Catholic freedoms and freer trade with Ireland, in spite of his constituents’ ire. He wanted more liberal laws on the punishment of debtors.
( transitive ) To try to overpower ; to fiercely counteract .
The government pledged to fight corruption.
2014 , Ann Aguirre, The Shape of My Heart , page 42 :I fought a sneeze as Max took my hand and led me into the chapel.
( intransitive ) Of colours or other design elements: to clash ; to fail to harmonize .
2013 , Ian G. Clifton, Android User Interface Design :The higher the saturation, the more the colors fight , and the more users will be looking at your design instead of your content.
The reciprocal sense of "fight" is a common elision of the phrase "fight each other", since context provides the meaning. "Each other" is commonly used with other verbs for an explicit reciprocal sense.
The reciprocal sense of "fight", which refers to two entities fighting each other, contrasts with the reflexive sense of the word "infight", which refers to entities of a group fighting each other.
(intransitive) to contend in physical conflict
Afrikaans: stryd (af)
Aghwan: 𐔽𐔰𐕀 ( ˁax )
Albanian: luftoj (sq)
Amharic: መዋጋት ( mäwagat )
Arabic: عَارَكَ ( ʕāraka ) , قَاتَلَ (ar) ( qātala )
Egyptian Arabic: اِتعارك ( etʕārek )
Hijazi Arabic: اتضارب ( atḍārab )
Iraqi Arabic: تمالخ ( tmālaḵ )
Moroccan Arabic: تدابز ( tdabəz )
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܟܬܫ ( kθaš )
Armenian: կռվել (hy) ( kṙvel )
Aromanian: alumtu
Assamese: যুঁজা ( zũza )
Azerbaijani: döyüşmək (az) , vuruşmaq (az) , çarpışmaq (az) , dalaşmaq
Basque: borrokatu , borroka egin
Belarusian: бі́цца impf ( bícca ) , змага́цца impf ( zmahácca ) , ваява́ць impf ( vajavácʹ ) , баро́цца impf ( barócca )
Bulgarian: боря́ се (bg) impf ( borjá se ) , би́я се (bg) impf ( bíja se )
Burmese: ရန်ဖြစ် (my) ( ranhprac )
Catalan: lluitar (ca) , barallar-se (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chickasaw: ittafama
Chinese:
Cantonese: 打交 (yue) ( daa2 gaau1 )
Eastern Min: (please verify ) 相伐 ( soung pa )
Mandarin: 鬥爭 / 斗争 (zh) ( dòuzhēng ) , 戰鬥 / 战斗 (zh) ( zhàndòu ) , 奮鬥 / 奋斗 (zh) ( fèndòu )
Czech: bojovat (cs) , zápasit , bít se (cs)
Danish: slås , kæmpe
Dutch: strijden (nl) , vechten (nl) , kampen (nl)
Egyptian: (ꜥḥꜣ )
Esperanto: batali
Estonian: (without weapons ) kaklema , (with weapons ) võitlema
Finnish: ( without weapons ) tapella (fi) , ( with weapons ) taistella (fi)
French: se battre (fr) , guerroyer (fr) in war
Galician: loitar (gl) , lear (gl) , punar , estalifar , derrancar (gl) , pelexar (gl) , gurrar (gl) , dedolar , desortir , barallar (gl)
Georgian: ბრძოლა ( brʒola ) , შებრძოლება ( šebrʒoleba ) , ჩხუბი ( čxubi )
German: kämpfen (de) , fechten (de) , streiten (de) ( archaic )
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 ( weihan )
Greek: παλεύω (el) ( palévo ) , μάχομαι (el) ( máchomai ) , πολεμάω (el) ( polemáo )
Ancient: μάχομαι ( mákhomai )
Hawaiian: hakakā , paio , kaua
Hebrew: רָב (he) ( rav ) , נֶאֱבַק (he) ( ne'evák ) , נִלְחַם (he) ( nilkhám )
Hindi: लड़ना (hi) ( laṛnā ) , झगड़ना (hi) ( jhagaṛnā )
Hungarian: harcol (hu) , verekszik (hu)
Icelandic: slást (is) , berjast (is)
Indonesian: kelahi (id) , tarung (id)
Inuktitut:
Nunatsiavummiut: pâk
Irish: troid , comhraic , bruíon
Italian: lottare (it) , azzuffarsi (it) , battersi (it)
Japanese: 喧嘩する (ja) ( けんかする, kenka suru ) , 対決する (ja) ( たいけつする, taiketsu suru ) , 戦う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau ) , 闘う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau )
Kabuverdianu: briga , brigá
Kashmiri: لَڑُن ( laḍun )
Kazakh: төбелесу ( töbelesu ) , ұрысу ( ūrysu ) , күресу ( küresu ) , соғысу ( soğysu )
Khiamniungan Naga: vèi-īe
Khmer: វាយតប់ ( viəy tɑp )
Kituba: nwana
Korean: 다투다 (ko) ( datuda ) , 싸우다 (ko) ( ssauda )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شەڕ کردن ( şerr kirdin )
Kyrgyz: согушуу (ky) ( soguşuu ) , урушуу (ky) ( uruşuu )
Lao: ຕໍ່ສູ້ ( tǭ sū ) , ຮົບ ( hop ) , ສູ້ ( sū )
Latgalian: sistīs , ceikstētīs , veiktīs
Latin: pugnō , dīmicō , luctor
Latvian: cīnīties (lv) , kauties
Lithuanian: kautis , muštis (lt) , peštis , grumtis
Low German:
German Low German: strieden , fechten , kämpen
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: се бори impf ( se bori )
Maltese: ġlieda
Maori: kakari , whawhai
Mongolian: тэмцэх (mn) ( temcex )
Neapolitan: luttà
Nepali: लड्नु ( laḍnu )
Norman: s'freûler ( Jersey )
North Frisian: ( Föhr-Amrum ) stridj
Norwegian: slåss (no) , kjempe (no)
Occitan: luchar (oc)
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Old East Slavic: боротися impf ( borotisja )
Old English: feohtan
Oromo: loluu
Persian: مبارزه کردن (fa) ( mobâreze kardan ) , جنگیدن (fa) ( jangidan )
Polish: walczyć (pl) impf , bić się (pl) impf
Portuguese: lutar (pt) com, contra (pt)
Romanian: lupta (ro) , se bate (ro)
Romansch: lutgar
Russian: дра́ться (ru) impf ( drátʹsja ) , би́ться (ru) impf ( bítʹsja ) , боро́ться (ru) impf ( borótʹsja ) ( wrestle ) , сража́ться (ru) impf ( sražátʹsja ) ( in a duel or battle ) , воева́ть (ru) impf ( vojevátʹ )
Sanskrit: युध्यते (sa) ( yudhyate )
Scots: fecht
Scottish Gaelic: cog , sabaid
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: борити се impf
Roman: boriti se (sh) impf
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: bojovať impf , biť sa
Slovene: boriti se impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wójowaś
Spanish: pelear (es) , luchar (es) , batirse (es)
Sundanese: tarung (su)
Swahili: vita (sw)
Swedish: strida (sv) , slåss (sv) , kämpa (sv)
Tagalog: awayin , warlahin
Tajik: ҷангидан ( jangidan ) , мубориза кардан ( muboriza kardan ) , мубориза бурдан (tg) ( muboriza burdan )
Thai: สู้ (th) ( sûu ) , ต่อสู้ (th) ( dtɔ̀ɔ-sûu ) , รบ (th) ( róp )
Tibetan: འཛིང ( 'dzing ) , འཁྲུག ( 'khrug ) , འཁྲུག་རྩོད་རྒྱག ( 'khrug rtsod rgyag ) , རྒྱ་འདྲེ་རྒྱག ( rgya 'dre rgyag )
Tocharian B: wät-
Tok Pisin: paitim
Turkish: savaşmak (tr) , dövüşmek (tr)
Turkmen: uruşmak
Tuvan: демисежир ( demisejir )
Udi: аъхъеъсун ( a̱qe̱sun )
Ukrainian: би́тися (uk) impf ( býtysja ) ; боро́тися (uk) impf ( borótysja ) , воюва́ти impf ( vojuváty )
Urdu: لڑنا ( laṛnā ) , جھگڑنا ( jhagaṛnā )
Uyghur: يېغىلاشماق ( yëghilashmaq ) , كۈرەشمەك ( küreshmek )
Uzbek: urushmoq (uz) , kurashmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: chiến đấu (vi)
Welsh: brwydro (cy)
West Frisian: fjochtsje
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: охсуо ( oqsuo )
Yiddish: קעמפֿן ( kemfn )
Zealandic: vechte
Zhuang: hoenx
(reciprocal) to contend in physical conflict with each other
to strive for
Arabic: نَاضَلَ ( nāḍala ) , كَافَحَ (ar) ( kāfaḥa )
Azerbaijani: döyüşmək (az) , vuruşmaq (az) , çarpışmaq (az)
Basque: borrokatu , borroka egin
Czech: bojovat (cs)
Dutch: opkomen (nl) voor (nl) , ijveren (nl) voor
Finnish: taistella (fi) , tsempata (fi)
Galician: loitar (gl)
German: kämpfen (de)
Hebrew: נאבק (he) ( ne'evák )
Hungarian: harcol (hu)
Icelandic: berjast (is)
Italian: combattere (it)
Japanese: 戦う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau ) , 闘う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau )
Khmer: តស៊ូ (km) ( tɑɑ suu )
Latvian: cīnīties (lv)
Norwegian: kjempe for
Persian: تلاش کردن (fa) ( talâš kardan )
Portuguese: lutar (pt)
Russian: боро́ться (ru) impf ( borótʹsja ) , сража́ться (ru) impf ( sražátʹsja )
Spanish: luchar (es)
Swahili: vita (sw)
Thai: สู้ (th) ( sûu ) , ต่อสู้ (th) ( dtɔ̀ɔ-sûu )
(transitive) to engage in (a physical conflict)
Bulgarian: сражавам се ( sražavam se )
Chickasaw: ittafama
Czech: bojovat (cs)
Dutch: uitvechten (nl)
Finnish: taistella (fi)
Galician: loitar (gl)
Hebrew: נלחם (he) ( nilkhám )
Icelandic: heyja
Japanese: 戦う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau ) , 闘う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau )
Kabuverdianu: briga , brigá
Maori: āpiti ( at close quarters )
Norwegian: slåss (no)
Persian: جنگیدن (fa) ( jangidan )
Portuguese: lutar (pt)
Russian: би́ться (ru) impf ( bítʹsja ) , сража́ться (ru) impf ( sražátʹsja )
Scottish Gaelic: cog , sabaid
Swahili: vita (sw)
Thai: สู้ (th) ( sûu ) , ต่อสู้ (th) ( dtɔ̀ɔ-sûu )
Tibetan: འཛིང ( 'dzing ) , དཀྲུག ( dkrug ) , འཁྲུག་རྩོད་རྒྱག ( 'khrug rtsod rgyag ) , རྒྱ་འདྲེ་རྒྱག ( rgya 'dre rgyag )
(transitive) to contend in physical conflict against
Arabic: عَارَكَ ( ʕāraka ) , قَاتَلَ (ar) ( qātala )
Armenian: մարտնչել (hy) ( martnčʻel )
Basque: borrokatu , borroka egin
Belarusian: ваява́ць impf ( vajavácʹ )
Bulgarian: бия се ( bija se )
Catalan: combatre (ca)
Chickasaw: ittafama
Czech: bojovat (cs)
Danish: udkæmpe
Dutch: vechten (nl) tegen (nl) , vechten met (nl) , bevechten (nl)
Estonian: sõdima
Finnish: taistella (fi)
French: combattre (fr)
Galician: combatir
Georgian: შებრძოლება ( šebrʒoleba ) , შერკინება ( šerḳineba )
German: kämpfen (de) gegen (de) , kämpfen (de) mit (de)
Greek: πολεμώ (el) ( polemó )
Hebrew: נאבק (he) ( ne'evák ) , נלחם (he) ( nilkhám )
Icelandic: berjast (is) við (is)
Irish: troid
Italian: combattere (it)
Japanese: 対決する (ja) ( たいけつする, taiketsu suru ) , 戦う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau ) , 闘う (ja) ( たたかう, tatakau )
Khmer: ប្រយុទ្ឋ ( prɑɑyutthɑɑ )
Korean: 싸우다 (ko) ( ssauda )
Latin: combattuo
Latvian: cīnīties (lv)
Lithuanian: kovoti (lt) , kautis
Mongolian: тэмцэх (mn) ( temcex ) , байлдах (mn) ( bajldax )
Ngazidja Comorian: uwana na
Norwegian: slåss (no)
Occitan: batre (oc) , combatre (oc)
Old French: batre , cumbatre
Persian: جنگیدن (fa) ( jangidan )
Portuguese: combater (pt) , lutar (pt)
Romanian: combate (ro)
Romansch: cumbatter
Russian: би́ться (ru) impf ( bítʹsja ) , сража́ться (ru) impf ( sražátʹsja ) , воева́ть (ru) impf ( vojevátʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: cog , sabaid
Spanish: combatir (es)
Swahili: vita (sw)
Thai: ต่อสู้ (th) ( dtɔ̀ɔ-sûu )
Tok Pisin: paitim
Ukrainian: воюва́ти impf ( vojuváty )
Translations to be checked
From Middle English fight , feyght , fiȝt , fecht , from Old English feoht , ġefeoht , from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan , from Proto-Germanic *fehtą , *gafehtą ( “ fight, struggle ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną ( “ to struggle with ” ) . Cognate with Dutch gevecht , German Gefecht .
fight (countable and uncountable , plural fights )
An occasion of fighting.
One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight .
( archaic ) A battle between opposing armies.
A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
Watch your language! Are you looking for a fight ?
( sports ) A boxing or martial arts match .
I’m going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
A conflict , possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife .
I’ll put up a fight to save this company.
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 18, in The China Governess: A Mystery , London: Chatto & Windus , →OCLC :‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police [ …] ? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
2013 August 10, “A new prescription ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8848 :As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs.
( uncountable ) The will or ability to fight.
That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all. As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
( obsolete ) A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming .
1673 May (first performance), John Dryden , Amboyna. A Tragedy. [ … ] , London: [ … ] T[ homas] N[ ewcomb] for Henry Herringman , [ … ] , published 1673 , →OCLC , Act III, page 31 :Who ever ſaw a noble ſight, / That never view'd a brave Sea Fight: / Hang up your bloody Colours in the Aire, / Up with your Fights , and your Nettings prepare, / Your Merry Mates chear, with a luſty bold ſpright, / Now each Man his brindice, and then to the Fight , [ …]
Sranan Tongo: feti
→ Japanese: ファイト ( faito )
occasion of fighting
Afrikaans: geveg
Albanian: luftë (sq) f
Ancient Greek: μάχη f ( mákhē )
Arabic: قِتَال m ( qitāl )
Gulf Arabic: هوشة f ( hōša )
Hijazi Arabic: مُضاربة f ( muḍāraba )
South Levantine Arabic: طوشة f ( ṭōše ) , هوشة f ( hōše ) , قِتَال m ( qitāl )
Armenian: կռիվ (hy) ( kṙiv )
Aromanian: alumtã f , ljuftã f , lumtã
Asturian: llucha (ast) f
Avar: рагъ ( rağ )
Azerbaijani: dalaşma , dava (az)
Basque: borroka , borrokaldi
Belarusian: бо́йка f ( bójka ) , бой m ( boj ) , суты́чка f ( sutýčka )
Bulgarian: бой (bg) m ( boj ) , сраже́ние (bg) n ( sražénie ) , би́тка (bg) f ( bítka )
Catalan: lluita (ca) f , combat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥爭 / 斗争 (zh) ( dòuzhēng ) , 戰鬥 / 战斗 (zh) ( zhàndòu )
Czech: boj (cs) m , rvačka (cs) f , bitka f
Danish: kamp (da)
Dutch: gevecht (nl) n
Finnish: taistelu (fi) , tappelu (fi)
French: lutte (fr) f , combat (fr) m
Galician: loita (gl) f
German: Kampf (de) m
Hebrew: קְרָב (he) m ( kráv ) , לְחִימָה (he) f ( l'khimá ) , ריב (he) m ( rív ) , מַאֲבָק (he) m ( ma'avák )
Hungarian: küzdelem (hu)
Icelandic: slagur m , bardagi (is) m
Ingrian: tappelo , kähäkkä
Irish: troid f
Italian: lotta (it) f , incontro (it) m
Japanese: 戦い (ja) ( たたかい, tatakai )
Kashmiri: لَڑٲے ( laḍạ̄ē ) , جٔگڑٕ ( jạgḍụ )
Khmer: ជំលោះ ( cumlŭəh ) , ព្យតិហារ (km) ( pyĕəʼtehaa )
Korean: 싸움 (ko) ( ssaum )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شەڕ (ckb) ( şerr )
Latin: pugna (la)
Latvian: cīņa f , kauja (lv) f
Lithuanian: kova (lt) f , muštynės pl , grumtynės pl
Macedonian: бој m ( boj )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тулаан (mn) ( tulaan )
Nepali: झगडा ( jhagaḍā ) , लडाईं ( laḍāīṃ )
Norman: bastaude f , frip'sie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slåsskamp (no) m
Occitan: lucha (oc) f
Old English: ġefeoht n
Persian: کارزار (fa) ( kârzâr )
Pijin: faet
Polish: bójka (pl) f , bój (pl) m , bitwa (pl) f
Portuguese: luta (pt) f , briga (pt) f
Romanian: luptă (ro) f , bătaie (ro)
Romansch: ( military ) cumbat m , cumbata f , ( sport ) lutga f
Russian: дра́ка (ru) f ( dráka ) ( scuffle ) , бой (ru) m ( boj ) , сты́чка (ru) f ( stýčka ) ( skirmish )
Sanskrit: युद्ध (sa) n ( yuddha )
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m , sabaid f , còmhrag f
Slovak: boj m
Spanish: lucha (es) f , socaliña (es) f ( Honduras )
Swahili: vita (sw)
Tajik: корзор (tg) ( korzor )
Tarifit: amenɣi m
Thai: การต่อสู้ (th) ( gaan-dtɔ̀ɔ-sûu )
Tibetan: འཁྲུག་རྩོད ( 'khrug rtsod ) , འཐབ་འཁྲུག ( 'thab 'khrug ) , འཐབ་འཛིང ( 'thab 'dzing )
Tok Pisin: pait
Ukrainian: бі́йка (uk) f ( bíjka ) , бій (uk) m ( bij ) , сути́чка f ( sutýčka )
Venetan: lòta f
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: קאַמף m ( kamf )
Yoruba: igbejako , ija , ataburo
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
battle
Afrikaans: geveg
Albanian: betejë (sq) f
Arabic: مَعْرَكَة ( maʕraka )
Armenian: մարտ (hy) ( mart )
Azerbaijani: döyüş (az)
Basque: gudu , bataila
Belarusian: бі́тва f ( bítva ) , бой m ( boj ) , змага́нне n ( zmahánnje ) , бата́лія f ( batálija )
Bulgarian: би́тка (bg) f ( bítka ) , сраже́ние (bg) n ( sražénie ) , бой (bg) m ( boj )
Catalan: combat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥爭 / 斗争 (zh) ( dòuzhēng ) , 戰鬥 / 战斗 (zh) ( zhàndòu )
Czech: bitva (cs) f , boj (cs) m
Danish: kamp (da) c , slag (da) n
Dutch: gevecht (nl) n , strijd (nl) m , slag (nl) m
Egyptian: (ꜥḥꜣ )
Estonian: lahing (et)
Finnish: taistelu (fi)
French: bataille (fr) f
German: Kampf (de) m , Schlacht (de) f , Gefecht (de) n
Greek: μάχη (el) f ( máchi )
Ancient: μάχη f ( mákhē ) , δῆρις f ( dêris ) ( Epic )
Hebrew: קְרָב (he) m ( kráv )
Hindi: युद्ध (hi) m ( yuddh ) , लड़ाई (hi) f ( laṛāī ) , झगड़ा (hi) m ( jhagṛā )
Hungarian: csata (hu) , ütközet (hu)
Icelandic: bardagi (is) m
Italian: battaglia (it) f , combattimento (it) m
Japanese: 戦闘 (ja) ( せんとう, sentô ) , 戦い (ja) ( たたかい, tatakai )
Kashmiri: جَنٛگ ( jang ) , یۄد ( yọd )
Korean: 전투(戰鬪) (ko) ( jeontu ) , 전쟁(戰爭) (ko) ( jeonjaeng ) , 싸움 (ko) ( ssaum ) , 교전(交戰) (ko) ( gyojeon )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شەڕ (ckb) ( şerr )
Latin: pugna (la)
Latvian: kauja (lv) f , cīņa f
Lithuanian: kova (lt) f , mūšis m
Macedonian: битка f ( bitka ) , бој m ( boj )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тэмцэл (mn) ( temcel ) , дайн (mn) ( dajn ) , тулаан (mn) ( tulaan )
Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠡᠴᠡᠯ ( temečel ) , ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠨ ( dayin ) , ᠲᠤᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ ( tuluɣan )
Norman: batâle f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slag (no) n
Old English: ġefeoht n
Ottoman Turkish: صاواش ( savaş ) , ناورد ( naverd ) , پرخاش ( perhaş )
Persian: پیکار (fa) ( peykâr ) ( archaic ) , نبرد (fa) ( nabard ) , مبارزه (fa) ( mobâreze )
Pijin: faet
Polish: bój (pl) m , bitwa (pl) f , batalia (pl) f
Portuguese: batalha (pt) f , luta (pt) f , combate (pt) m
Romanian: bătălie (ro) f
Romansch: cumbat m , cumbata f
Russian: би́тва (ru) f ( bítva ) , сраже́ние (ru) n ( sražénije ) , бата́лия (ru) f ( batálija )
Sanskrit: युद्ध (sa) n ( yuddha )
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m , sabaid f , blàr m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: би̏тка f , бо̀рба f , бо̑ј m
Roman: bȉtka (sh) f , bòrba (sh) f , bȏj (sh) m
Slovak: bitva (sk) f , bitka f , boj m
Slovene: boj (sl) m , bitka (sl) f
Spanish: pelea (es) f , combate (es) m , lucha (es) f , lid (es) f , liza (es) f
Swahili: vita (sw)
Swedish: slag (sv) n , strid (sv) c , kamp (sv) c
Tajik: мубориза (tg) ( muboriza )
Tamil: சண்டை (ta) ( caṇṭai )
Tarifit: amenɣi m
Tibetan: འཐབ་འཛིང ( 'thab 'dzing ) , དམག་འཁྲུག ( dmag 'khrug ) , གཡུལ ( g.yul )
Tok Pisin: pait
Turkish: savaş (tr)
Ukrainian: би́тва (uk) f ( býtva ) , бій (uk) m ( bij ) , бойови́ще (uk) n ( bojovýšče ) , бойови́сько (uk) n ( bojovýsʹko ) , бата́лія (uk) f ( batálija )
physical confrontation
Azerbaijani: dava (az)
Bulgarian: бой (bg) m ( boj )
Catalan: baralla (ca) f , batussa (ca) f
Czech: rvačka (cs) f
Danish: slagsmål (da) , ballade (da)
Dutch: gevecht (nl) n , ( colloquial, Flanders ) boel (nl) m
Finnish: tappelu (fi) , taistelu (fi)
French: bagarre (fr) f
German: Keilerei (de) f , Prügelei (de) f
Hebrew: ריב (he) m ( rív ) , מַאֲבָק (he) m ( ma'avák )
Ingrian: tappelo
Irish: troid f
Italian: rissa (it) f
Japanese: 喧嘩 (ja) ( けんか, kenka )
Kashmiri: لَڑٲے ( laḍạ̄ē )
Latin: pugna (la) , rixa f
Latvian: kautiņš
Lithuanian: muštynės pl , peštynės pl , grumtynės pl
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slåsskamp (no) m
Persian: دعوا (fa) ( da'vâ )
Pijin: faet
Polish: starcie (pl) n , bitwa (pl) f
Portuguese: briga (pt) f
Russian: дра́ка (ru) f ( dráka ) , бой (ru) m ( boj )
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m , sabaid f , còmhrag f
Swahili: vita (sw)
Tarifit: amenɣi m
Tibetan: འཐབ་འཛིང ( 'thab 'dzing ) , འཐབ་འཁྲུག ( 'thab 'khrug )
Tok Pisin: pait
Turkish: dövüş (tr)
Translations to be checked
Borrowed from English fight . Attested since 1931.
fight c
( colloquial ) a fight (often in sports or of an argument)