fechten

Signification (Anglais)

1. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to fence
2. (class-3,intransitive,poetic,strong) to fight
3. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to beg

Concepts

se battre

combattre

faire de l’escrime

lutter

ferrailler

affronter

guerroyer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfɛçtən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old High German fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.
Cognate to Low German fechten, Dutch vechten, English fight, Danish fægte, Norwegian Bokmål fekte, Norwegian Nynorsk fekta, fekte.