hostility

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hɒˈstɪlɪti/
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• General-American: /hɑˈstɪlɪti/
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• rhymes with -ɪlɪti
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From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vyandigheid — state of being hostile
• Albanian: armiqësi — state of being hostile
• Arabic: عَدَاوَة (ʕadāwa) — state of being hostile
• Arabic: عَدَاء (ʕadāʔ) — state of being hostile
• Armenian: թշնամություն (tʻšnamutʻyun) — state of being hostile
• Azerbaijani: düşmənçilik — state of being hostile
• Azerbaijani: ədavət — state of being hostile
• Belarusian: варо́жасць (varóžascʹ) — state of being hostile
• Belarusian: варажне́ча (varažnjéča) — state of being hostile
• Belarusian: непрыя́знасць (njepryjáznascʹ) — state of being hostile
• Bengali: বিবাদ (bibad) — state of being hostile
• Bengali: শত্রুতা (śotruta) — state of being hostile
• Bulgarian: вражде́бност (vraždébnost) — state of being hostile
• Bulgarian: вражда́ (vraždá) — state of being hostile
• Bulgarian: неприя́зън (neprijázǎn) — state of being hostile
• Catalan: hostilitat — state of being hostile
• Chinese Mandarin: 敵意 /敌意 (díyì) — state of being hostile
• Czech: nepřátelství — state of being hostile
• Danish: fjendtlighed — state of being hostile
• Dutch: hostiliteit — state of being hostile
• Dutch: vijandigheid — state of being hostile
• Dutch: vijandschap — state of being hostile
• Esperanto: malamikeco — state of being hostile
• Estonian: vaenulikkus — state of being hostile
• Finnish: vihamielisyys — state of being hostile
• French: hostilité — state of being hostile
• Georgian: მტრობა (mṭroba) — state of being hostile
• German: Feindseligkeit — state of being hostile
• German: Feindschaft — state of being hostile
• Greek: εχθρότητα (echthrótita) — state of being hostile
• Greek: εχθρικότητα (echthrikótita) — state of being hostile
• Ancient Greek: ἔχθρα (ékhthra) — state of being hostile
• Hebrew: אֵיבָה (eyvá) — state of being hostile
• Hindi: वैर (vair) — state of being hostile
• Hindi: शत्रुता (śatrutā) — state of being hostile
• Hindi: बैर (bair) — state of being hostile
• Hungarian: viszály — state of being hostile
• Hungarian: ellenségeskedés — state of being hostile
• Icelandic: fjandskapur — state of being hostile
• Icelandic: óvild — state of being hostile
• Icelandic: óvinátta — state of being hostile
• Italian: ostilità — state of being hostile
• Japanese: 敵対 (tekitai) — state of being hostile
• Japanese: 敵意 (tekii) — state of being hostile
• Kazakh: ғадауат (ğadauat) — state of being hostile
• Kazakh: дұшпандық (dūşpandyq) — state of being hostile
• Kazakh: қастық (qastyq) — state of being hostile
• Korean: 적의 (jeogui) — state of being hostile
• Korean: 적대 (jeokdae) — state of being hostile
• Northern Kurdish: dijminatî — state of being hostile
• Northern Kurdish: neyarî — state of being hostile
• Kyrgyz: душмандык (duşmandık) — state of being hostile
• Kyrgyz: кастык (kastık) — state of being hostile
• Latin: hostīlitās — state of being hostile
• Latvian: ienaids — state of being hostile
• Lithuanian: priešiškumas — state of being hostile
• Macedonian: непријателство (neprijatelstvo) — state of being hostile
• Malay: permusuhan — state of being hostile
• Māori: whakariri — state of being hostile
• Middle English: yvel wille — state of being hostile
• Mongolian: дайсагнал (dajsagnal) — state of being hostile
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤᠩᠨᠠᠯ (dayisungnal) — state of being hostile
• Norwegian Bokmål: fiendtlighet — state of being hostile
• Occitan: ostilitat — state of being hostile
• Church Slavic: вражьда (vražĭda) — state of being hostile
• Old English: fēondlīcnes — state of being hostile
• Pashto: دښمني (dox̌maní) — state of being hostile
• Pashto: عداوت (adāwát) — state of being hostile
• Persian: دشمنی (došmani) — state of being hostile
• Persian: عداوت ('adâvat) — state of being hostile
• Persian: خصومت (xosumat) — state of being hostile
• Polish: wrogość — state of being hostile
• Polish: nieprzyjaźń — state of being hostile
• Portuguese: hostilidade — state of being hostile
• Romanian: ostilitate — state of being hostile
• Romanian: dușmănie — state of being hostile
• Russian: вражде́бность (vraždébnostʹ) — state of being hostile
• Russian: вражда́ (vraždá) — state of being hostile
• Russian: неприя́тие (neprijátije) — state of being hostile
• Russian: неприя́знь (neprijáznʹ) — state of being hostile
• Sanskrit: इरस् (iras) — state of being hostile
• Sanskrit: द्वेषस् (dveṣas) — state of being hostile
• Serbo-Croatian: непријатѐљство — state of being hostile
• Serbo-Croatian: neprijatèljstvo — state of being hostile
• Slovak: nepriateľstvo — state of being hostile
• Slovene: sovrȃštvo — state of being hostile
• Spanish: hostilidad — state of being hostile
• Swahili: uadui — state of being hostile
• Swedish: fientlighet — state of being hostile
• Tajik: душманӣ (dušmani) — state of being hostile
• Tajik: адоват (adovat) — state of being hostile
• Tajik: хусумат (xusumat) — state of being hostile
• Tatar: дошманлык (doşmanlıq) — state of being hostile
• Tocharian B: sanuññe — state of being hostile
• Turkish: düşmanlık — state of being hostile
• Turkish: yağılık — state of being hostile
• Turkish: husumet — state of being hostile
• Turkish: hasımlık — state of being hostile
• Turkish: adavet — state of being hostile
• Ottoman Turkish: عداوه (adâve) — state of being hostile
• Ottoman Turkish: عداوت (adâvet) — state of being hostile
• Ottoman Turkish: دشمنلك (düşmenlik) — state of being hostile
• Ottoman Turkish: خصومت (husûmet) — state of being hostile
• Turkmen: duşmançylyk — state of being hostile
• Ukrainian: воро́жість (voróžistʹ) — state of being hostile
• Ukrainian: ворожне́ча (vorožnéča) — state of being hostile
• Ukrainian: непри́язнь (neprýjaznʹ) — state of being hostile
• Ukrainian: ворожда́ (voroždá) — state of being hostile
• Urdu: دشمنی (duśmanī) — state of being hostile
• Urdu: عداوت ('adāvat) — state of being hostile
• Uyghur: دۈشمەنلىك (düshmenlik) — state of being hostile
• Uzbek: dushmanlik — state of being hostile
• Uzbek: adovat — state of being hostile
• Afrikaans: vyandigheid — hostile action, especially a military action
• Armenian: պատերազմական գործողություններ (paterazmakan gorcoġutʻyunner) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Azerbaijani: hərbi əməliyyatlar — hostile action, especially a military action
• Belarusian: вае́нныя дзе́янні (vajénnyja dzjéjanni) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Belarusian: вае́нныя дзе́яньні (vajénnyja dzjéjanʹni) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Bengali: বিবাদ (bibad) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Bulgarian: вое́нни де́йствия (voénni déjstvija) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Catalan: hostilitat — hostile action, especially a military action
• Dutch: vijandigheid — hostile action, especially a military action
• Dutch: vijandelijkheid — hostile action, especially a military action
• Finnish: vihamielinen teko — hostile action, especially a military action
• Finnish: sotatoimi — hostile action, especially a military action
• Georgian: საბრძოლო მოქმედებები (sabrʒolo mokmedebebi) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Greek: εχθροπραξία (echthropraxía) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Japanese: 事変 (jihen) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Kazakh: әскери қимылдар (äskeri qimyldar) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Macedonian: во́ени де́јствија (vóeni déjstvija) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Malay: pertempuran — hostile action, especially a military action
• Polish: działania wojenne — hostile action, especially a military action
• Russian: вражде́бный акт (vraždébnyj akt) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Russian: вое́нные де́йствия (vojénnyje déjstvija) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Russian: боевы́е де́йствия (bojevýje déjstvija) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Spanish: hostilidad — hostile action, especially a military action
• Turkish: saldırgan hareket — hostile action, especially a military action
• Ukrainian: воє́нні ді́ї (vojénni díji) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Ukrainian: військо́ві ді́ї (vijsʹkóvi díji) — hostile action, especially a military action
• Ukrainian: бойові́ ді́ї (bojoví díji) — hostile action, especially a military action