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. — ascolto

    ruОн постоянно ссорится со своей женой. — kobylkin

    deEr streitet sich immer mit seiner Frau. — MUIRIEL

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Tom and Mary quarreled.

    Том та Мері сварилися. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри ссорились. — marafon

    deTom und Maria stritten sich. — wolfgangth

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