Meaning

2 senses
  1. Engaged in war or other conflict.

    kämpferisch

    бо́рющийсяbórjuščijsja, сража́ющийсяsražájuščijsja, бью́щийсяbʹjúščijsja

  2. Apt to provoke a fight.

More definitions
  • engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The Government has collapsed, but the street fightings continue.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
engaged in a fight:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
engaged in a fight:

Origin

From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand,

From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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