conflit

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

conflit

from the Latin conflictus (shock, clash, struggle, attack), derived from confligere ('to clash, to oppose') composed of the prefix con- ('together') and fligere ('to strike, to hit'). Like combat, it is etymologically 'the fact of struggling together'.

Definitions

Synonyms

Plural

conflits

Translations

  • germangerman:Widerstreit
  • englishenglish:strife
  • chinesechinese:冲突的
  • koreankorean:분쟁
  • spanishspanish:conflicto
  • finnishfinnish:ristiriita
  • greekgreek:διαμάχη
  • italianitalian:conflitto
  • dutchdutch:conflict
  • portugueseportuguese:conflito
  • swedishswedish:konflikt
  • turkishturkish:mücadele

See also

conflictuel (adj.) conflictualité (cn.)