brawl

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• Wales: /bɾɔːl/
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• rhymes with -ɔːl
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The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German prālen (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)). The noun is derived from Middle English brall, bralle, braul, braule, brawle (“disturbance, squabble; brawl”), from the verb braulen: see above.

From French branle (“type of dance; an act of shaking, a shake”), from branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”); see further at etymology 2. Alternatively, the word could be derived from brawl (“(obsolete) to move to and fro, quiver, shake”): see etymology 2.

Possibly from French branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”), from brand, branc (“blade of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand; flaming sword; sword”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhrenu- (“to burn”).

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zënk — disorderly argument or fight
• Albanian: ngatrres (gheg) — disorderly argument or fight
• Armenian: կռիվ (kṙiv) — disorderly argument or fight
• Bulgarian: уличен скандал (uličen skandal) — disorderly argument or fight
• Bulgarian: шумна кавга (šumna kavga) — disorderly argument or fight
• Bulgarian: меле (mele) — disorderly argument or fight
• Bulgarian: бой (boj) — disorderly argument or fight
• Chinese Mandarin: 打鬧 /打闹 (dǎnào) — disorderly argument or fight
• Chinese Mandarin: 打架 (dǎjià) — disorderly argument or fight
• Chinese Mandarin: 吵架 (chǎojià) — disorderly argument or fight
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬥毆 /斗殴 (dòu'ōu) — disorderly argument or fight
• Czech: rvačka — disorderly argument or fight
• Dutch: vechtpartij — disorderly argument or fight
• Finnish: tappelu — disorderly argument or fight
• Finnish: joukkotappelu — disorderly argument or fight
• French: bagarre — disorderly argument or fight
• French: rixe — disorderly argument or fight
• French: baston — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: liorta — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: rifa — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: lea — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: rixa — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: puna — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: lida — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: gurra — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: liaraza — disorderly argument or fight
• Galician: briga — disorderly argument or fight
• German: Rauferei — disorderly argument or fight
• German: Schlägerei — disorderly argument or fight
• German: Getümmel — disorderly argument or fight
• German: Prügelei — disorderly argument or fight
• Greek: καυγάς (kavgás) — disorderly argument or fight
• Greek: σπαστικός (spastikós) — disorderly argument or fight
• Ancient Greek: κολῳός (kolōiós) — disorderly argument or fight
• Hebrew: קְטָטָה (qtatá) — disorderly argument or fight
• Hebrew: תִּגְרָה (tigrá) — disorderly argument or fight
• Hungarian: bunyó — disorderly argument or fight
• Icelandic: áflog — disorderly argument or fight
• Icelandic: bardagi — disorderly argument or fight
• Icelandic: slagsmál — disorderly argument or fight
• Ido: tumulto — disorderly argument or fight
• Indonesian: tawuran — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: lotta — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: combattimento — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: rissa — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: battaglia — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: baruffa — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: zuffa — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: litigio — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: litigata — disorderly argument or fight
• Italian: ruffa — disorderly argument or fight
• Japanese: 乱闘 (rantō) — disorderly argument or fight
• Japanese: 喧嘩 (kenka) — disorderly argument or fight
• Kashmiri: لَڑٲے (laḍạ̄y) — disorderly argument or fight
• Kashmiri: جٔگڑٕ (jạgḍụ) — disorderly argument or fight
• Korean: 소동 (sodong) — disorderly argument or fight
• Latin: rixa — disorderly argument or fight
• Macedonian: те́пачка (tépačka) — disorderly argument or fight
• Macedonian: кара́ница (karánica) — disorderly argument or fight
• Malagasy: ady — disorderly argument or fight
• Māori: nonoketanga — disorderly argument or fight
• Norwegian: slåsskamp — disorderly argument or fight
• Persian: کتککاری (kotak-kâri) — disorderly argument or fight
• Plautdietsch: Schläajarie — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: bijatyka — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: burda — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: chryja — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: draka — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: rozróba — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: zadyma — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: zwada — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: bitka — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: napierdalanka — disorderly argument or fight
• Polish: awantura — disorderly argument or fight
• Portuguese: rixa — disorderly argument or fight
• Portuguese: briga — disorderly argument or fight
• Portuguese: confronto — disorderly argument or fight
• Portuguese: pancadaria — disorderly argument or fight
• Romanian: încăierare — disorderly argument or fight
• Romanian: ceartă — disorderly argument or fight
• Romanian: scandal — disorderly argument or fight
• Russian: дра́ка (dráka) — disorderly argument or fight
• Russian: потасо́вка (potasóvka) — disorderly argument or fight
• Spanish: pelea — disorderly argument or fight
• Spanish: trifulca — disorderly argument or fight
• Spanish: camorra — disorderly argument or fight
• Spanish: pugna — disorderly argument or fight
• Swedish: slagsmål — disorderly argument or fight
• Swedish: bråk — disorderly argument or fight
• Tagalog: rambulan — disorderly argument or fight
• Tarifit: amenɣi — disorderly argument or fight
• Turkish: hırgür — disorderly argument or fight
• Turkish: kavga — disorderly argument or fight
• Welsh: ffrwgwd — disorderly argument or fight
• Albanian: rrifem — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Albanian: rrehem (gheg) — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Bulgarian: карам се (karam se) — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Czech: prát se — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Czech: rvát se — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Dutch: knokpartij — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Finnish: tapella — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• French: se bagarrer — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: lear — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: derrancar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: estalifar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: eslatrifarse — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: lidar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: gurrar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: reñer — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Galician: breigar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• German: raufen — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Icelandic: slást — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Icelandic: berjast — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Icelandic: fljúgast á — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Ido: disputachar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Indonesian: bertawuran — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Indonesian: tawuran — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Ingrian: rähissä — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Italian: lottare — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Italian: combattere — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Italian: litigare — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Italian: baruffare — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Italian: accapigliarsi — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Italian: brigare — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Latin: rixor — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Malagasy: miady — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Persian: دعوا کردن — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Portuguese: lutar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Portuguese: brigar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Russian: буянить (bujanitʹ) — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Russian: драться (dratʹsja) — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Russian: бузить (buzitʹ) — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Spanish: pelear — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Spanish: camorrear — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Spanish: chuñearse — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Spanish: pugnar — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel
• Swedish: slåss — to engage in a brawl — see also fight, quarrel