debate

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From Middle English debat, borrowed from Old French debat, deverbal of debatre, see Etymology 1 for more.

From Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literally to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuō (“to beat, to fence”).

259 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Albanian: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Arabic: مُنَاظَرَة (munāẓara) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Arabic: مُنَاقَشَة (munāqaša) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Arabic: مُنَاظَرَة (munāẓara) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Aramaic: פולמוס (pwlmws) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Armenian: բանավեճ (banaveč) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Azerbaijani: müzakirə — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Azerbaijani: mübahisə — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Belarusian: дэба́ты (debáty) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Belarusian: абмеркава́нне (abmjerkavánnje) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Belarusian: дыску́сія (dyskúsija) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Bengali: তর্ক (tork) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Bengali: বিতর্ক (bitork) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Bengali: বাহাস (bahaś) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Bengali: মোনাজেরা (mōnajera) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Bulgarian: деба́ти (debáti) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Bulgarian: обсъ́ждане (obsǎ́ždane) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Catalan: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Chinese Cantonese: 辯論 /辩论 (bin6 leon6) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Chinese Cantonese: 討論 /讨论 (tou2 leon6) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Chinese Mandarin: 辯論 /辩论 (biànlùn) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Chinese Mandarin: 討論 /讨论 (tǎolùn) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Czech: debata — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Danish: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Dutch: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Esperanto: debato — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Estonian: väitlus — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Estonian: vaidlus — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Estonian: debatt — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Faroese: orðaskifti — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Faroese: kjak — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Finnish: väittely — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Finnish: debatti — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• French: débat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Galician: debate — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Georgian: დებატი (debaṭi) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Georgian: დებატები (debaṭebi) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Georgian: კამათი (ḳamati) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Georgian: პაექრობა (ṗaekroba) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• German: Debatte — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Greek: συζήτηση (syzítisi) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Ancient Greek: συζήτησις (suzḗtēsis) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Hebrew: דִּיּוּן (diyún) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Hindi: वाद-विवाद (vād-vivād) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Hungarian: vita — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Indonesian: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Italian: dibattito — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Japanese: 議論 (giron) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Japanese: 討論 (tōron) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Japanese: ディベート (dibēto) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Kazakh: пікірталас (pıkırtalas) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Kazakh: жарыссөз (jaryssöz) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Kazakh: пікірсайыс (pıkırsaiys) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Kazakh: дебат (debat) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Korean: 의논 (uinon) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Korean: 토론 (toron) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Kyrgyz: кайымайтыш (kayımaytış) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Kyrgyz: таймаш (taymaş) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Kyrgyz: дебат (debat) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Latin: altercatio — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Latvian: debates — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Lithuanian: debatai — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Macedonian: дебата (debata) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Malay: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Malay: perbahasan — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Malay: bahas — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Māori: taupatupatu — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Marathi: विवाद (vivād) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Mongolian: мэтгэлцээн (metgelceen) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠳᠬᠡᠯᠴᠡᠭᠡᠨ (medkelčegen) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Norman: d'bat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Norwegian Bokmål: debatt — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Occitan: debat — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Iranian Persian: مُناظِرِه (monâzere) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Iranian Persian: مُناظَرِه (monâzare) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Iranian Persian: مُباحِثِه (mobâhese) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Iranian Persian: بَحْث (bahs) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Polish: debata — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Portuguese: debate — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Romanian: discuție — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Romanian: dezbatere — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Russian: деба́ты (debáty) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Russian: диску́ссия (diskússija) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Russian: спор (spor) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Russian: пре́ния (prénija) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Russian: обсужде́ние (obsuždénije) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Serbo-Croatian: деба̀та — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Serbo-Croatian: debàta — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Slovak: debata — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Slovene: debata — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Spanish: debate — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Swahili: mdahalo — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Swedish: debatt — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Tajik: мунозира (munozira) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Tajik: мубоҳиса (mubohisa) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Tajik: баҳс (bahs) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Tatar: бәхәс (bäxäs) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Telugu: చర్చలు (carcalu) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Thai: การโต้วาที (gaan-dtôo-waa-tii) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Turkish: müzakere — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Turkish: münazara — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs, bahis) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Turkmen: jedel — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Turkmen: çekisme — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Ukrainian: деба́ти (debáty) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Ukrainian: диску́сія (dyskúsija) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Ukrainian: обміркува́ння (obmirkuvánnja) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Urdu: بَحْث (bahs) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Urdu: مُباحَثَہ (mubāhasa) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Urdu: مُناظَرَہ (munāzara) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Uyghur: مۇنازىرە (munazire) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Uyghur: مۇزاكىرە (muzakire) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Uyghur: مۇھاكىمە (muhakime) — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Uzbek: munozara — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Uzbek: muzokara — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Uzbek: muhokama — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Uzbek: bahs — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Vietnamese: tranh luận — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Vietnamese: bình luận — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Vietnamese: thảo luận — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Welsh: dadl — argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
• Afrikaans: debat — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Armenian: վեճ (več) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Belarusian: абмеркава́нне (abmjerkavánnje) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Belarusian: дыску́сія (dyskúsija) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Bengali: তর্ক (tork) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Bengali: বিতর্ক (bitork) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Bulgarian: рази́скване (razískvane) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Bulgarian: диску́сия (diskúsija) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Chinese Mandarin: 辯論 /辩论 (biànlùn) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Czech: debata — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Dutch: discussie — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Dutch: bespreking — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Finnish: väittely — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• French: débat — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• German: Diskussion — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Greek: συζήτηση (syzítisi) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Ancient Greek: συζήτησις (suzḗtēsis) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Hindi: बिबाद (bibād) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Hindi: बहस (bahas) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Hungarian: vita — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Italian: dibattito — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Latin: disputātiō — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Latvian: debates — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Latvian: pārrunas — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Māori: taupatupatu — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Norman: d'bat — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Iranian Persian: بَحْث (bahs) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Portuguese: debate — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Romanian: dezbatere — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Romanian: discuție — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Russian: диску́ссия (diskússija) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Russian: обсужде́ние (obsuždénije) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Spanish: debate — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Swahili: mdahalo — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Swedish: diskussion — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Swedish: meningsutbyte — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Telugu: విమర్శించు (vimarśiñcu) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Telugu: వాదించు (vādiñcu) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Thai: การโต้วาที (gaan-dtôo-waa-tii) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Turkish: tartışma — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Ukrainian: диску́сія (dyskúsija) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Ukrainian: супере́чка (superéčka) — informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
• Afrikaans: debat — discussion of opposing views
• Armenian: քննարկում (kʻnnarkum) — discussion of opposing views
• Belarusian: дыску́сія (dyskúsija) — discussion of opposing views
• Bengali: তর্ক (tork) — discussion of opposing views
• Bengali: বিতর্ক (bitork) — discussion of opposing views
• Bulgarian: диску́сия (diskúsija) — discussion of opposing views
• Chinese Mandarin: 辯論 /辩论 (biànlùn) — discussion of opposing views
• Czech: debata — discussion of opposing views
• Dutch: meningsverschil — discussion of opposing views
• Dutch: discussie — discussion of opposing views
• Finnish: väittely — discussion of opposing views
• French: discussion — discussion of opposing views
• German: Streitgespräch — discussion of opposing views
• Hindi: वाद-विवाद (vād-vivād) — discussion of opposing views
• Hungarian: vita — discussion of opposing views
• Italian: discussione — discussion of opposing views
• Kazakh: сөз жарыстыру (söz jarystyru) — discussion of opposing views
• Latvian: diskusija — discussion of opposing views
• Iranian Persian: بَحْث (bahs) — discussion of opposing views
• Portuguese: debate — discussion of opposing views
• Portuguese: discussão — discussion of opposing views
• Romanian: discuție — discussion of opposing views
• Romanian: polemică — discussion of opposing views
• Romanian: controversă — discussion of opposing views
• Russian: диску́ссия (diskússija) — discussion of opposing views
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh — discussion of opposing views
• Spanish: debate — discussion of opposing views
• Swahili: mdahalo — discussion of opposing views
• Swedish: debatt — discussion of opposing views
• Telugu: చర్చించుకొను (carciñcukonu) — discussion of opposing views
• Telugu: వాదించుకొను (vādiñcukonu) — discussion of opposing views
• Turkish: tartışma — discussion of opposing views
• Ukrainian: диску́сія (dyskúsija) — discussion of opposing views
• Finnish: debatti — type of literary composition
• Hindi: वाद-विवाद (vād-vivād) — type of literary composition
• Iranian Persian: مُناظِرِه (monâzere) — type of literary composition
• Iranian Persian: مُناظَرِه (monâzare) — type of literary composition
• Swahili: mdahalo — type of literary composition
• Telugu: వ్యాసరచన పోటీ (vyāsaracana pōṭī) — type of literary composition
• Telugu: వ్యాసం రచన పోటీ (vyāsaṁ racana pōṭī) — type of literary composition
• Albanian: debatoj — participate in a debate
• Albanian: diskutoj — participate in a debate
• Armenian: բանավիճել (banavičel) — participate in a debate
• Bulgarian: дебати́рам (debatíram) — participate in a debate
• Bulgarian: дискутирам (diskutiram) — participate in a debate
• Catalan: debatre — participate in a debate
• Chinese Mandarin: 辯論 /辩论 (biànlùn) — participate in a debate
• Czech: debatovat — participate in a debate
• Dutch: debatteren — participate in a debate
• Dutch: uitpraten — participate in a debate
• Dutch: bespreken — participate in a debate
• Finnish: väitellä — participate in a debate
• French: débattre — participate in a debate
• German: debattieren — participate in a debate
• Greek: αντιπαραθέτω (antiparathéto) — participate in a debate
• Greek: συζητώ (syzitó) — participate in a debate
• Greek: συνεξετάζω (synexetázo) — participate in a debate
• Ancient Greek: βουλεύομαι (bouleúomai) — participate in a debate
• Hindi: बहस करना (bahas karnā) — participate in a debate
• Hindi: वाद-विवाद करना (vād-vivād karnā) — participate in a debate
• Hindi: चर्चा करना (carcā karnā) — participate in a debate
• Hungarian: vitázik — participate in a debate
• Hungarian: vitatkozik — participate in a debate
• Hungarian: megvitat — participate in a debate
• Ido: debatar — participate in a debate
• Italian: dibattere — participate in a debate
• Italian: discutere — participate in a debate
• Khmer: ធ្វើវិប្រតិការ (tvəə vi’pra’te’kaa) — participate in a debate
• Khmer: សង្គ្រះ (sɑŋkreah) — participate in a debate
• Korean: 토론하다 (toronhada) — participate in a debate
• Latin: disputō — participate in a debate
• Latvian: debatēt — participate in a debate
• Māori: taupatupatu — participate in a debate
• Persian: بحث کردن — participate in a debate
• Portuguese: debater — participate in a debate
• Russian: дискути́ровать (diskutírovatʹ) — participate in a debate
• Russian: спори́ть (sporítʹ) — participate in a debate
• Russian: обсужда́ть (obsuždátʹ) — participate in a debate
• Scottish Gaelic: connsaich — participate in a debate
• Spanish: debatir — participate in a debate
• Swahili: mdahalo — participate in a debate
• Swedish: debattera — participate in a debate
• Telugu: చర్చలలో పాల్గొను (carcalalō pālgonu) — participate in a debate
• Telugu: ప్రత్యేక చర్చ (pratyēka carca) — participate in a debate
• Thai: โต้วาที (dtôo-waa-tii) — participate in a debate
• Turkish: müzakere — participate in a debate
• Turkish: tartışma — participate in a debate
• Ukrainian: спереча́тися (sperečátysja) — participate in a debate
• Vietnamese: tranh luận — participate in a debate
• Welsh: dadlau — participate in a debate
• Italian: decidere — To consider to oneself
• Italian: riflettere — To consider to oneself
• Māori: whakaangaanga — To consider to oneself