contentious

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• /kənˈtɛn.ʃəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T EH1 N SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin contendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contentiō Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contentiō (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”). Equivalent to English contention + -ous.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: спорен (sporen) — marked by controversy
• Catalan: controvertit — marked by controversy
• Catalan: contenciós — marked by controversy
• Chinese Mandarin: 有爭議 /有争议 (yǒuzhēngyì) — marked by controversy
• Czech: sporný — marked by controversy
• Danish: omstridt — marked by controversy
• Danish: omtvistet — marked by controversy
• Dutch: omstreden — marked by controversy
• Dutch: aangevochten — marked by controversy
• Dutch: controversieel — marked by controversy
• Finnish: kiistanalainen — marked by controversy
• French: controversé — marked by controversy
• Georgian: სადავო (sadavo) — marked by controversy
• Georgian: საკამათო (saḳamato) — marked by controversy
• German: umstritten — marked by controversy
• German: strittig — marked by controversy
• German: kontrovers — marked by controversy
• Hungarian: vitás — marked by controversy
• Hungarian: vitatott — marked by controversy
• Irish: conspóideach — marked by controversy
• Italian: controverso — marked by controversy
• Kazakh: даулы (dauly) — marked by controversy
• Kazakh: таласты (talasty) — marked by controversy
• Kazakh: тартысты (tartysty) — marked by controversy
• Lithuanian: ginčytinas — marked by controversy
• Māori: kūraruraru — marked by controversy
• Māori: ahitere — marked by controversy
• Māori: whakawehewehe — marked by controversy
• Norwegian: omstridt — marked by controversy
• Norwegian: kontroversiell — marked by controversy
• Polish: sporny — marked by controversy
• Polish: kontrowersyjny — marked by controversy
• Portuguese: controverso — marked by controversy
• Russian: дискуссионный (diskussionnyj) — marked by controversy
• Russian: спо́рный (spórnyj) — marked by controversy
• Spanish: controvertido — marked by controversy
• Spanish: polémico — marked by controversy
• Spanish: contencioso — marked by controversy
• Swedish: omstridd — marked by controversy
• Swedish: omtvistad — marked by controversy
• Turkish: tartışmalı — marked by controversy
• Turkish: mücâdeleci — marked by controversy
• Turkish: çekişmeli — marked by controversy
• Turkish: kavgacı — marked by controversy
• Ukrainian: спі́рний (spírnyj) — marked by controversy
• Ukrainian: дискусі́йний (dyskusíjnyj) — marked by controversy
• Welsh: dadleuol — marked by controversy
• Bulgarian: свадлив (svadliv) — given to struggling
• Catalan: contenciós — given to struggling
• Dutch: agressief — given to struggling
• Dutch: strijdlustig — given to struggling
• Finnish: riitaisa — given to struggling
• Finnish: riidanhaluinen — given to struggling
• French: belliqueux — given to struggling
• French: agressif — given to struggling
• French: provocateur — given to struggling
• French: combatif — given to struggling
• French: batailleur — given to struggling
• French: bagarreur — given to struggling
• French: chamailleur — given to struggling
• French: querelleur — given to struggling
• German: streitsüchtig — given to struggling
• German: streitbar — given to struggling
• German: zänkisch — given to struggling
• German: provokativ — given to struggling
• German: streitlustig — given to struggling
• Ancient Greek: φιλόνεικος (philóneikos) — given to struggling
• Hungarian: veszekedő — given to struggling
• Hungarian: pörlekedő — given to struggling
• Italian: bellicoso — given to struggling
• Italian: aggressivo — given to struggling
• Italian: provocatore — given to struggling
• Latin: contentiōsus — given to struggling
• Polish: kłótliwy — given to struggling
• Polish: swarliwy — given to struggling
• Portuguese: conflituoso — given to struggling
• Russian: вздорный (vzdornyj) — given to struggling
• Russian: придирчивый (pridirčivyj) — given to struggling
• Russian: любящий спо́рить (ljubjaščij spóritʹ) — given to struggling
• Spanish: conflictivo — given to struggling
• Spanish: pendenciero — given to struggling
• Spanish: camorrista — given to struggling
• Spanish: belicoso — given to struggling
• Spanish: provocador — given to struggling
• Swedish: bråkig — given to struggling
• Ukrainian: зади́рливий (zadýrlyvyj) — given to struggling
• Ukrainian: приче́пливий (pryčéplyvyj) — given to struggling