skirmish

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskɜːmɪʃ/
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• General-American: /ˈskɝmɪʃ/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)mɪʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: S K ER1 M IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English skirmish (as a verb), from Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio. Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramouche, and Scaramucci.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُنَاوَشَة (munāwaša) — brief battle between small groups
• Azerbaijani: toqquşma — brief battle between small groups
• Belarusian: суты́чка (sutýčka) — brief battle between small groups
• Belarusian: схва́тка (sxvátka) — brief battle between small groups
• Belarusian: бо́йка (bójka) — brief battle between small groups
• Belarusian: перастрэ́лка (pjerastrélka) — brief battle between small groups
• Bulgarian: схва́тка (shvátka) — brief battle between small groups
• Catalan: escaramussa — brief battle between small groups
• Chinese Cantonese: 小衝突 /小冲突 (siu2 cong1 dak6) — brief battle between small groups
• Chinese Mandarin: 小衝突 /小冲突 (xiǎo chōngtū) — brief battle between small groups
• Chinese Mandarin: 衝突 /冲突 (chōngtū, chōngtú) — brief battle between small groups
• Czech: půtka — brief battle between small groups
• Czech: šarvátka — brief battle between small groups
• Danish: skærmydsel — brief battle between small groups
• Dutch: schermutseling — brief battle between small groups
• Esperanto: bataleto — brief battle between small groups
• Estonian: jagelus — brief battle between small groups
• Finnish: kahakka — brief battle between small groups
• Finnish: välikohtaus — brief battle between small groups
• Finnish: yhteenotto — brief battle between small groups
• Finnish: rytäkkä — brief battle between small groups
• Finnish: kahina — brief battle between small groups
• Finnish: kahnaus — brief battle between small groups
• French: escarmouche — brief battle between small groups
• French: échauffourée — brief battle between small groups
• Middle French: escarmouche — brief battle between small groups
• Old French: escharmuche — brief battle between small groups
• Galician: escaramuza — brief battle between small groups
• German: Scharmützel — brief battle between small groups
• German: Geplänkel — brief battle between small groups
• Greek: αψιμαχία (apsimachía) — brief battle between small groups
• Hindi: झड़प (jhaṛap) — brief battle between small groups
• Irish: scirmis — brief battle between small groups
• Italian: schermaglia — brief battle between small groups
• Italian: scaramuccia — brief battle between small groups
• Japanese: 小競り合い (kozeriai) — brief battle between small groups
• Latin: praecursiō — brief battle between small groups
• Macedonian: пре́сметка (présmetka) — brief battle between small groups
• Macedonian: пре́стрелка (préstrelka) — brief battle between small groups
• Māori: riringa — brief battle between small groups
• Māori: kekeritanga — brief battle between small groups
• Māori: taute — brief battle between small groups
• Polish: potyczka — brief battle between small groups
• Portuguese: escaramuça — brief battle between small groups
• Romanian: escarmușă — brief battle between small groups
• Russian: сты́чка (stýčka) — brief battle between small groups
• Russian: схва́тка (sxvátka) — brief battle between small groups
• Russian: перестре́лка (perestrélka) — brief battle between small groups
• Russian: перепа́лка (perepálka) — brief battle between small groups
• Serbo-Croatian: ча̑рка — brief battle between small groups
• Serbo-Croatian: čȃrka — brief battle between small groups
• Spanish: escaramuza — brief battle between small groups
• Spanish: enfrentamiento — brief battle between small groups
• Spanish: refriega — brief battle between small groups
• Swahili: mapigano madogo — brief battle between small groups
• Swedish: skärmytsling — brief battle between small groups
• Tagalog: sagupaan — brief battle between small groups
• Turkish: çatışma — brief battle between small groups
• Turkish: çarpışma — brief battle between small groups
• Ukrainian: су́тичка (sútyčka) — brief battle between small groups
• Ukrainian: бі́йка (bíjka) — brief battle between small groups
• Ukrainian: спо́тичка (spótyčka) — brief battle between small groups
• Ukrainian: перестрі́лка (perestrílka) — brief battle between small groups
• Urdu: جھڑپ (jhaṛap) — brief battle between small groups
• Welsh: sgarmes — brief battle between small groups
• Azerbaijani: toqquşma — minor dispute
• Belarusian: суты́чка (sutýčka) — minor dispute
• Bulgarian: караница (karanica) — minor dispute
• Catalan: escaramussa — minor dispute
• Chinese Cantonese: 口角 (hau2 gok3) — minor dispute
• Chinese Cantonese: 小爭論 /小争论 (siu2 zang1 leon6) — minor dispute
• Czech: šarvátka — minor dispute
• Danish: skærmydsel — minor dispute
• Dutch: schermutseling — minor dispute
• Finnish: suukopu — minor dispute
• Finnish: välikohtaus — minor dispute
• Finnish: yhteenotto — minor dispute
• Finnish: nahistelu — minor dispute
• Finnish: jupakka — minor dispute
• Finnish: kina — minor dispute
• Finnish: kinastelu — minor dispute
• Finnish: riita — minor dispute
• Finnish: sanasota — minor dispute
• Finnish: kiista — minor dispute
• French: escarmouche — minor dispute
• Galician: escaramuza — minor dispute
• German: Wortgeplänkel — minor dispute
• German: Auseinandersetzung — minor dispute
• Hindi: झड़प (jhaṛap) — minor dispute
• Hindi: टकराव (ṭakrāv) — minor dispute
• Japanese: 小競り合い (kozeriai) — minor dispute
• Macedonian: пре́сметка (présmetka) — minor dispute
• Macedonian: су́дир (súdir) — minor dispute
• Polish: potyczka — minor dispute
• Polish: utarczka — minor dispute
• Portuguese: briguinha — minor dispute
• Russian: сты́чка (stýčka) — minor dispute
• Russian: перепа́лка (perepálka) — minor dispute
• Spanish: escaramuza — minor dispute
• Spanish: berrinche — minor dispute
• Ukrainian: су́тичка (sútyčka) — minor dispute
• Ukrainian: спо́тичка (spótyčka) — minor dispute
• Azerbaijani: toqquşmaq — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Catalan: escaramussar — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Dutch: schermutselen — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Finnish: kahakoida — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Finnish: nahistella — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• French: escarmoucher — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Galician: escaramuzar — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Greek: αψιμαχώ (apsimachó) — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Irish: scirmisigh — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Japanese: 小競り合いをする (kozeriai wo suru) — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Latin: vēlitor — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Macedonian: се пре́смета (se présmeta) — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Macedonian: се пресме́тува (se presmétuva) — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Portuguese: escaramuçar — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Serbo-Croatian: čarkati — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Spanish: escaramuzar — to engage in a minor battle or dispute
• Welsh: sgarmesu — to engage in a minor battle or dispute