Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable)A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).

    We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.

    Streit

    ссо́раssóra, спорspor, перебра́нкаperebránka

    сва́ркаsvárka

    an angry dispute

  2. (countable)Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.

    A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.

    I have no quarrel with her; it’s her partner whom I dislike.

  3. (rare, uncountable)A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.

  4. (countable, historical)An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.

    Bolzen

    болтbolt

    болтbolt

    an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges

  5. (countable)A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.

  6. (Northern England, countable)A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.

  7. (countable, obsolete, rare)A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.

  8. (countable, obsolete)A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.

Examples

264 sentences
  1. He always quarrels with his wife.

    Він завжди свариться зі своєю жінкою.

    ruОн постоянно ссорится со своей женой.

    deEr streitet sich immer mit seiner Frau.

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  2. Tom and Mary quarrel almost every day.

    Том і Мері сваряться майже кожного дня.

    ruТом и Мэри ссорятся почти каждый день.

    deTom und Maria streiten sich fast jeden Tag.

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  3. I had a quarrel with him over money.

    Ми посварилися з ним через гроші.

    ruМы поссорились с ним из-за денег.

    deIch hatte mit ihm einen Streit über Geld.

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  4. The teacher intervened in the quarrel between the two students.

    Учитель утрутився у сварку між двома учнями.

    deDer Lehrer schritt bei dem Streit der beiden Schüler ein.

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  5. Tom and Mary quarreled.

    Том та Мері сварилися.

    ruТом и Мэри ссорились.

    deTom und Maria stritten sich.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
dispute or heated argument:
arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest:
Русский
By meaning 2
dispute or heated argument:
arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
dispute or heated argument:
arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest:

Origin

From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial

From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns). querī (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”) comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff; to sigh”).

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Forms

plural: quarrels
Singularquarrel
Pluralquarrels

regular

Synonyms

45 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • no quarrel with
  • always quarreling with
  • always quarreling
  • quarrels with his
  • have no quarrel
  • was always quarreling
  • often quarrel
  • no quarrel

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quarrel — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto