altercation
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altercation
- /ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/ UK
- /ˌɒl-/ UK
- /ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/ US
- /ˌɑltɚˈkeɪʃən/ Canada, US, cot caught merger
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin altercātiō.
Cognates
* Catalan altercació
* Italian altercazione
* Occitan altercatio, altercassion
* Portuguese altercação
* Spanish altercación
noun altercations
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An angry or heated dispute.
to get into an altercation over (something)
Similar: argument, wrangle, argy-bargy, altercation, contention, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, clash, conflict
- An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law. The vvhole of this proceſs is denominated the pleading; in the ſeveral ſtages of vvhich it muſt be carefully obſerved, not to depart or vary from the title or defence, vvhich the party has once inſiſted on. For this (vvhich is called a departure in pleading) might occaſion endleſs altercation.
- Angry or heated disputation. VVee ſeldome find one peece of Scripture ſo preciſely and plainely expounded by another, as in this Prophecie, to haue aftervvards beene the Subiect of altercation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fracas, affray, brawl, dispute, disagreement, controversy, confrontation, encounter, incident, argument, row, clash, fray, conflict, pitched battle, wrangle
Translations
Every language
noun countable: angry or heated dispute
| Español | altercado, altercación, alteración, rifirrafe |
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| 中文 | 爭吵 /争吵 zhēngchǎo |
| हिन्दी | बिबाद bibād, चपक़ुलश capqulaś, झगड़ा jhagṛā, रार rār, विवाद vivād, कहासुनी kahāsunī |
| Português | altercação, briga, disputa, argumento, polêmica |
| Français | altercation, dispute, empoignade |
| Deutsch | Auseinandersetzung, heftige Auseinandersetzung, Disput, Kontroverse, Streit |
| Italiano | altercazione, alterco, battibuglio, bisticciamento, diatriba, discussione |
| Ελληνικά | διαπληκτισμός diapliktismós |
| Română | altercație |
| Русский | ди́спут dísput, перебра́нка perebránka, препира́тельство prepirátelʹstvo, разбо́рка razbórka, спор spor, ссо́ра ssóra |
| العربية | هَوْشَة hawša, نِزَاع nizāʕ |
noun countable: act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law
| 中文 | 審判 /审判 shěnpàn |
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noun uncountable: angry or heated disputation
| 中文 | 爭吵 /争吵 zhēngchǎo |
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title = {altercation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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