altercation

English

Etymology

Borrowed as Middle English altercacioun from Anglo-Norman altercacione, altercacioun, from Middle French altercacion, altercation (altercation in modern French); ultimately from Latin altercātiō, altercātiōn-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɔl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑl.tɚˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ter‧ca‧tion
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

altercation (countable and uncountable, plural altercations)

  1. Heated or angry dispute
    • 1914, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:
      "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation.
    The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.

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References
  1. “altercation, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “altercation, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin altercatio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.tɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
  • Homophone: altercations

Noun

altercation f (plural altercations)

  1. altercation

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