duel

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• /ˈˈd͡ʒuːəl/ yod-coalescence
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• /ˈdjuːəl/ non-yod-coalescence
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• General-American: d(y)o͞oʹəl
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• General-American: /ˈdul/
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• General-American: /ˈd(j)u.əl/
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• homophone: dual
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• homophone: jewel (yod-coalescence)
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• rhymes with -uːəl
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• rhymes with -ʊəl
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From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellum (“war, fight”), which survived in Classical Latin as a rare byform of bellum and was later reinterpreted as “duel” by unetymological association with duo (“two”). May have entered English through Middle French duel.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُبَارَزَة (mubāraza) — combat between two persons
• Armenian: մենամարտ (menamart) — combat between two persons
• Belarusian: дуэ́ль (duélʹ) — combat between two persons
• Bulgarian: дуе́л (duél) — combat between two persons
• Bulgarian: двубо́й (dvubój) — combat between two persons
• Catalan: duel — combat between two persons
• Chinese Mandarin: 決鬥 /决斗 (juédòu) — combat between two persons
• Czech: duel — combat between two persons
• Czech: souboj — combat between two persons
• Danish: duel — combat between two persons
• Danish: tvekamp — combat between two persons
• Dutch: duel — combat between two persons
• Dutch: tweegevecht — combat between two persons
• Esperanto: duelo — combat between two persons
• Finnish: kaksintaistelu — combat between two persons
• French: duel — combat between two persons
• Galician: duelo — combat between two persons
• Georgian: დუელი (dueli) — combat between two persons
• German: Duell — combat between two persons
• German: Zweikampf — combat between two persons
• Greek: μονομαχία (monomachía) — combat between two persons
• Ancient Greek: μονομαχία (monomakhía) — combat between two persons
• Hebrew: דּוּ קְרָב (dú qrav) — combat between two persons
• Hindi: द्वंद्वयुद्ध (dvandvayuddh) — combat between two persons
• Hungarian: párbaj — combat between two persons
• Icelandic: einvígi — combat between two persons
• Irish: comhrac aonair — combat between two persons
• Italian: duello — combat between two persons
• Italian: singolar tenzone — combat between two persons
• Japanese: 決闘 (kettō) — combat between two persons
• Japanese: デュエル (dyueru) — combat between two persons
• Kazakh: жекпе-жек (jekpe-jek) — combat between two persons
• Korean: 결투 (gyeoltu) — combat between two persons
• Latin: duellum — combat between two persons
• Macedonian: двобој (dvoboj) — combat between two persons
• Norwegian: tvekamp — combat between two persons
• Norwegian Bokmål: duell — combat between two persons
• Norwegian Nynorsk: duell — combat between two persons
• Old English: ānwīġ — combat between two persons
• Persian: دوئل (du'el) — combat between two persons
• Polish: pojedynek — combat between two persons
• Portuguese: duelo — combat between two persons
• Russian: дуэ́ль (duélʹ) — combat between two persons
• Russian: поеди́нок (pojedínok) — combat between two persons
• Russian: двобой (dvoboj) — combat between two persons
• Serbo-Croatian: дво̀бој — combat between two persons
• Serbo-Croatian: dvòboj — combat between two persons
• Slovak: duel — combat between two persons
• Slovak: súboj — combat between two persons
• Slovene: dvoboj — combat between two persons
• Spanish: duelo — combat between two persons
• Swedish: duell — combat between two persons
• Swedish: tvekamp — combat between two persons
• Tagalog: akip — combat between two persons
• Turkish: düello — combat between two persons
• Ukrainian: дуе́ль (duélʹ) — combat between two persons
• Ukrainian: двобі́й (dvobíj) — combat between two persons
• Vietnamese: quyết đấu — combat between two persons
• Vietnamese: đấu tay đôi — combat between two persons
• Welsh: gornest — combat between two persons
• Belarusian: паяды́нак (pajadýnak) — struggle between two parties
• Bulgarian: двубо́й (dvubój) — struggle between two parties
• Catalan: duel — struggle between two parties
• Czech: souboj — struggle between two parties
• Danish: duel — struggle between two parties
• Danish: tvekamp — struggle between two parties
• Dutch: duel — struggle between two parties
• Dutch: tweekamp — struggle between two parties
• Esperanto: duelo — struggle between two parties
• Finnish: kaksinkamppailu — struggle between two parties
• French: duel — struggle between two parties
• German: Duell — struggle between two parties
• German: Zweikampf — struggle between two parties
• Greek: διαμάχη (diamáchi) — struggle between two parties
• Hindi: द्वंद्वयुद्ध (dvandvayuddh) — struggle between two parties
• Hungarian: párbaj — struggle between two parties
• Italian: duello — struggle between two parties
• Macedonian: двобој (dvoboj) — struggle between two parties
• Norwegian Bokmål: duell — struggle between two parties
• Norwegian Nynorsk: duell — struggle between two parties
• Polish: pojedynek — struggle between two parties
• Portuguese: duelo — struggle between two parties
• Russian: поеди́нок (pojedínok) — struggle between two parties
• Russian: единобо́рство (jedinobórstvo) — struggle between two parties
• Slovak: súboj — struggle between two parties
• Slovene: dvoboj — struggle between two parties
• Spanish: duelo — struggle between two parties
• Swedish: duell — struggle between two parties
• Swedish: tvekamp — struggle between two parties
• Tagalog: akip — struggle between two parties
• Turkish: düello — struggle between two parties
• Ukrainian: поєди́нок (pojedýnok) — struggle between two parties
• Armenian: մենամարտել (menamartel) — engage in a duel
• Bulgarian: дуелирам се (dueliram se) — engage in a duel
• Catalan: batre's en duel — engage in a duel
• Chinese Mandarin: 決鬥 /决斗 (juédòu) — engage in a duel
• Danish: duellere — engage in a duel
• Dutch: duelleren — engage in a duel
• Esperanto: dueli — engage in a duel
• Finnish: kaksintaistella — engage in a duel
• French: croiser le fer — engage in a duel
• German: duellieren — engage in a duel
• Hungarian: párbajozik — engage in a duel
• Interlingua: duellar — engage in a duel
• Italian: duellare — engage in a duel
• Māori: tuku mātātahi — engage in a duel
• Polish: pojedynkować — engage in a duel
• Polish: potykać — engage in a duel
• Portuguese: duelar — engage in a duel
• Russian: дра́ться на дуэ́ли (drátʹsja na duéli) — engage in a duel
• Slovene: dvobojevati se — engage in a duel
• Spanish: combatir en duelo — engage in a duel
• Spanish: batirse — engage in a duel
• Spanish: duelear — engage in a duel
• Swedish: duellera — engage in a duel
• Vietnamese: quyết đấu — engage in a duel