duel

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See also:-dülanddual

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchduel,fromMedieval Latinduellum(“fight between two men”),under influence fromLatinduo,fromOld Latinduellum(whenceLatinbellum(“war”)).(Canthis(+)etymology besourced?)

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Noun

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duel(pluralduels)

  1. Arranged,regularcombatbetween twoprivatepersons,often over a matter ofhonor.
    • 1844January–December,W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray,“In Which I Show Myself to Be a Man of Spirit”, in“The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, inMiscellanies: Prose and Verse,volume III, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…],published1856,→OCLC,page36:
      I have often thought since, how different my fate might have been, had I not fallen in love with Nora at that early age; and had I not flung the wine in Quin’s face, and so brought on theduel.
    • 2004July 5, Jason George, “A Duel Evokes Dueling Emotions Over a Unique Place in History”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
      It has been 200 years, minus a few days, since Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in aduelhere. Weehawken and theduelhave been tied together in an often-uncomfortable knot ever since.
  2. Historically, thewager of battle(judicial combat).
  3. (by extension)Anybattleorstrugglebetweentwocontendingpersons,forces,groups,orideas.
    a sniperduel
    • 2019March 6, Drachinifel, 25:33 from the start, inThe Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!‎[2],archived fromthe originalon20 July 2022:
      But it leaves them with afewdestroyers, the American destroyer force is falling back, and then you have the two cruiser lines with their respective battleships coming in for the bigduel.
    • 2021May 1, John Naughton, “Apple comes out swinging in the duel of the data titans”, inThe Guardian‎[3]:
      Apple comes out swinging in theduelof the data titans [title]

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Verb

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duel(third-person singular simple presentduels,present participle(US)duelingor(UK)duelling,simple past and past participle(US)dueledor(UK)duelled)

  1. Toengagein abattle.
    The two dogs wereduellingfor the bone.
    • 2019February 19, “Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France”, inThe Guardian‎[4]:
      The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaberduellingas a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromItalianduello,fromMedieval Latinduellum(“fight between two men”),under influence fromLatinduo.

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Noun

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duelm(pluralduels)

  1. duel

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchduel,fromLatinduellum(“war”).(Canthis(+)etymology besourced?)

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  • IPA(key):/duɛl/,[d̥uˈɛlˀ]

Noun

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duelc(singular definiteduellen,plural indefinitedueller)

  1. duel

Inflection

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Declension ofduel
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative duel duellen dueller duellerne
genitive duels duellens duellers duellernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchduel,fromLatinduellum(“duel; war”),archaic form ofbellum(“war”).In Mediaeval Latin the meaning shifted from “war” to “duel” because of folk etymology associating it withduo(“two”).

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dueln(pluralduels,diminutiveduelletjen)

  1. aduel

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French

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FrenchWikipediahas an article on:
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Etymology

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BorrowedfromLatinduālis.

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Adjective

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duel(feminineduelle,masculine pluralduels,feminine pluralduelles)

  1. dual(having two components)
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Noun

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duelm(pluralduels)

  1. duel(battle)
  2. (grammar)dual

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Old French

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FWOTD – 9 April 2014

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Etymology

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Probably fromLate Latindolus,fromLatindolor(“pain”),or fromVulgar Latin*dolium,fromLatincordolium(“sorrow of the heart”),fromdolor.

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Noun

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dueloblique singular,m(oblique pluraldueusorduexorduels,nominative singulardueusorduexorduels,nominative pluralduel)

  1. sadness;grief;sorrow

Descendants

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  • French:deuil
  • Norman:deu

Romanian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromFrenchduel,fromLatinduellum.

Noun

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dueln(pluraldueluri)

  1. duel

Declension

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Declension ofduel
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un)duel duelul (niște)dueluri duelurile
genitive/dative (unui)duel duelului (unor)dueluri duelurilor
vocative duelule duelurilor
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