quarrel
A dispute or heated argumentA dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
» He always quarrels with his wife.
Er streitet sich immer mit seiner Frau.
Он постоянно ссорится со своей женой.
Он постоянно ссорится с женой.
Он всё время ссорится с женой.
Він завжди свариться зі своєю жінкою.
Meaning
8 senses(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
(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.
(rare, uncountable)A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
(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
(countable)A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
(Northern England, countable)A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
(countable, obsolete, rare)A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
(countable, obsolete)A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.
Examples
264 sentencesHe always quarrels with his wife.
Він завжди свариться зі своєю жінкою. — ascolto
ruОн постоянно ссорится со своей женой. — kobylkin
deEr streitet sich immer mit seiner Frau. — MUIRIEL
Tom and Mary quarrel almost every day.
Том і Мері сваряться майже кожного дня. — deniko
ruТом и Мэри ссорятся почти каждый день. — marafon
deTom und Maria streiten sich fast jeden Tag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I had a quarrel with him over money.
Ми посварилися з ним через гроші. — deniko
ruМы поссорились с ним из-за денег. — shanghainese
deIch hatte mit ihm einen Streit über Geld. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The teacher intervened in the quarrel between the two students.
Учитель утрутився у сварку між двома учнями. — tikan0
deDer Lehrer schritt bei dem Streit der beiden Schüler ein. — Tamy
Tom and Mary quarreled.
Том та Мері сварилися. — deniko
ruТом и Мэри ссорились. — marafon
deTom und Maria stritten sich. — wolfgangth
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trialFrom 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: quarrelsSynonyms
45 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
8 patterns- no quarrel with
- always quarreling with
- always quarreling
- quarrels with his
- have no quarrel
- was always quarreling
- often quarrel
- no quarrel