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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrā Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ttós Proto-Italic *worssosder. Latin vorsusder. Latin versus Latin contrōversus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin contrōversia Old French controversiebor. Middle English controversie English controversy From Middle English controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from contrōversus (“turned in an opposite direction”).

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَدَل (jadal) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Armenian: վեճ (več) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Armenian: վիճաբանություն (vičabanutʻyun) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Basque: eztabaida — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Belarusian: спор (spor) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Belarusian: спрэ́чка (spréčka) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Bulgarian: спор (spor) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Bulgarian: диску́сия (diskúsija) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Chinese Mandarin: 爭論 /争论 (zhēnglùn) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Chinese Mandarin: 爭議 /争议 (zhēngyì) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Czech: kontroverze — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Dutch: controverse — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Esperanto: disputado — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Esperanto: polemiko — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Estonian: vaidlus — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Estonian: vastuolu — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Finnish: sanaharkka — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Finnish: kiista — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• French: controverse — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• French: polémique — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Galician: controversia — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• German: Kontroverse — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• German: Meinungsverschiedenheit — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Greek: διαμάχη (diamáchi) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Ancient Greek: ἀμφισβήτησις (amphisbḗtēsis) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Hebrew: מחלוקת (makhloqet) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Hebrew: חילוקי דעות (khiluqei de'ot) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Hindi: विवाद (vivād) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Hungarian: vita — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Hungarian: polémia — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Indonesian: kontroversi — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Indonesian: perdebatan — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Italian: controversia — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Japanese: 論争 (ronsō) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Korean: 논쟁 (nonjaeng) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Korean: 토론 (toron) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Korean: 논의 (nonui) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Latin: contrōversia — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Latvian: polemika — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Latvian: kontroversija — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Malay: kontroversi — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Māori: whiuwhiu kupu — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Persian: هم ستیزی — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Polish: spór — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Portuguese: controvérsia — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Portuguese: polêmica — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Romanian: controversă — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Romanian: dispută — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Romanian: discuție — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Russian: спор (spor) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Russian: диску́ссия (diskússija) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Russian: разногла́сия (raznoglásija) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Sanskrit: वादयुद्ध (vādayuddha) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Sanskrit: विवाद (vivāda) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Scottish Gaelic: connspaid — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Serbo-Croatian: kontrovèrzija — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Serbo-Croatian: kontrovèrza — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Spanish: controversia — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Spanish: polémica — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Spanish: manzana de la discordia — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Spanish: trabacuenta — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Spanish: cuestión batallona — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Swedish: kontrovers — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Tagalog: kontrobersiya — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Thai: การโต้เถียง (gaan-dtôo-tǐiang) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Thai: การวิวาท (wí-wâat) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Tibetan: རྩོད་རྙོག (rtsod rnyog) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Tibetan: རྙོག་ཁྲ (rnyog khra) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Tibetan: རྩོད་པ (rtsod pa) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Turkish: ihtilaf — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Turkish: cidal — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Turkish: anlaşmazlık — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Turkish: uyuşmazlık — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Turkish: tartışma — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Turkish: münazara — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Ottoman Turkish: جدال (cidal) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Ukrainian: супере́ка (superéka) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Ukrainian: спір (spir) — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Vietnamese: tranh cãi — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• Welsh: dadl — debate, discussion of opposing opinions
• West Frisian: kontroverze — debate, discussion of opposing opinions