confrontation

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• UK: /ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/
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• US: /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/
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• Australian: /ˌkɔn.fɹənˈtæɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N F R AH0 N T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French. Morphologically confront + -ation.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ballafaqim — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Arabic: مُوَاجَهَة (muwājaha) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Arabic: مُجَابَهَة (mujābaha) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Azerbaijani: qarşıdurma — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Belarusian: канфранта́цыя (kanfrantácyja) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Belarusian: супрацьстая́нне (supracʹstajánnje) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Bulgarian: конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Bulgarian: противопоста́вяне (protivopostávjane) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Catalan: confrontació — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Catalan: confrontament — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Catalan: enfrontament — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Catalan: afrontament — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Chinese Mandarin: 對峙 /对峙 (duìzhì) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Chinese Mandarin: 對質 /对质 (duìzhì) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Czech: konfrontace — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Danish: konfrontation — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Dutch: confrontatie — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Estonian: konfrontatsioon — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Estonian: vastasseis — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Finnish: yhteenotto — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Finnish: vaatiminen — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Finnish: konfrontaatio — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• French: confrontation — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• German: Konfrontation — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• German: Gegenüberstellung — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Hebrew: עִמּוּת \ עימות ('imut) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Hindi: मुक़ाबला (muqāblā) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Hindi: आमना-सामना (āmnā-sāmnā) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Hungarian: szembesítés — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Hungarian: konfrontáció — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Italian: confronto — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Japanese: 対決 (taiketsu) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Japanese: 対立 (tairitsu) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Japanese: 直面 (chokumen) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Korean: 대결 (daegyeol) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Korean: 대치 (daechi) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Korean: 대립 (daerip) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Central Kurdish: بەرەنگار (berengar) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Northern Kurdish: rûbirûbûn — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Northern Kurdish: tûşîbûn — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Latvian: konfrontācija — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Lithuanian: konfrontacija — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Macedonian: конфронта́ција (konfrontácija) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Macedonian: спротивставу́вање (sprotivstavúvanje) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Norwegian Bokmål: konfrontasjon — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konfrontasjon — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Iranian Persian: رویارویی (ruyâruyi) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Iranian Persian: مُواجَهِه (movâjahe) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Iranian Persian: مُقابِلِه (moġâbele) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Iranian Persian: تَقابُل (taġâbol) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Polish: konfrontacja — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Portuguese: confronto — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Portuguese: briga — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Romanian: confruntare — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Russian: конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Russian: противостоя́ние (protivostojánije) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Russian: противобо́рство (protivobórstvo) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Serbo-Croatian: конфронта́ција — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Serbo-Croatian: konfrontácija — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Slovak: konfrontácia — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Slovene: soočenje — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Spanish: confrontación — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Swedish: konfrontation — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Tajik: тақобул (taqobul) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Tajik: конфронтатсия (konfrontatsiya) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Ukrainian: конфронта́ція (konfrontácija) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Ukrainian: протистоя́ння (protystojánnja) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Urdu: مُقابْلَہ (muqābla) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Urdu: آمْنا سامْنا (āmnā sāmnā) — the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
• Albanian: kundërvënie — a conflict between armed forces
• Azerbaijani: qarşıdurma — a conflict between armed forces
• Belarusian: канфранта́цыя (kanfrantácyja) — a conflict between armed forces
• Belarusian: супрацьстая́нне (supracʹstajánnje) — a conflict between armed forces
• Belarusian: сутыкне́нне (sutyknjénnje) — a conflict between armed forces
• Belarusian: суты́чка (sutýčka) — a conflict between armed forces
• Bulgarian: конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) — a conflict between armed forces
• Bulgarian: би́тка (bítka) — a conflict between armed forces
• Bulgarian: стълкнове́ние (stǎlknovénie) — a conflict between armed forces
• Chinese Mandarin: 衝突 /冲突 (chōngtū, chōngtú) — a conflict between armed forces
• Dutch: confrontatie — a conflict between armed forces
• Finnish: yhteenotto — a conflict between armed forces
• French: confrontation — a conflict between armed forces
• German: Konfrontation — a conflict between armed forces
• German: Auseinandersetzung — a conflict between armed forces
• Italian: scontro — a conflict between armed forces
• Japanese: 衝突 (shōtotsu) — a conflict between armed forces
• Korean: 충돌 (chungdol) — a conflict between armed forces
• Central Kurdish: بەرەنگاربوونەوە (berengarbûnewe) — a conflict between armed forces
• Northern Kurdish: şer — a conflict between armed forces
• Northern Kurdish: pevçûn — a conflict between armed forces
• Macedonian: су́дир (súdir) — a conflict between armed forces
• Macedonian: спротивставу́вање (sprotivstavúvanje) — a conflict between armed forces
• Macedonian: пре́сметка (présmetka) — a conflict between armed forces
• Portuguese: confronto — a conflict between armed forces
• Russian: конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) — a conflict between armed forces
• Russian: противостоя́ние (protivostojánije) — a conflict between armed forces
• Russian: столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) — a conflict between armed forces
• Russian: сты́чка (stýčka) — a conflict between armed forces
• Ukrainian: конфронта́ція (konfrontácija) — a conflict between armed forces
• Ukrainian: протистоя́ння (protystojánnja) — a conflict between armed forces
• Ukrainian: су́тичка (sútyčka) — a conflict between armed forces
• Ukrainian: зі́ткнення (zítknennja) — a conflict between armed forces