duel
du·el
duel · duels · dueled / duelled · dueling
драться на дуэли
duellieren
To engage in a battleTo engage in a battle.
US/ˈdul/
Meaning
1 sensesTo engage in a battle.
The two dogs were duelling for the bone.
duellieren
дра́ться на дуэ́лиdrátʹsja na duéli
More definitions
- fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
Examples
36 sentencesTranslations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
engage in a duel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
engage in a duel:
Origin
From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellumFrom Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellum (“war, fight”), which survived in Classical Latin as a rare byform of bellum and was later reinterpreted as “duel” by unetymological association with duo (“two”).
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Forms
duels, dueling, dueled, dueledWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.