fighting

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Engaged in war or other conflict.
2. Apt to provoke a fight.

Verb

present participle and gerund of fight

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
2. (countable, uncountable) A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

fight

• Verb
• Noun

Lees verder

Concepten

vechten

Synoniemen

battle

war

fight

combat

struggle

warfare

active

combat-ready

scrap

scuffle

brawl

beating

military

combative

trouble

tussle

vying

warlike

fights

combatant

boxing

pecking

pugilism

punch-up

quarreling

quarrelling

race

scolding

scuffling

set-to

shooting

squabble

stick

struggling

warring

wrestling

🤼

dustup

anti-

scene of carnage

fierce competition

shield and halberd

conflict

bovver

cause death

military operations

naval operations

action

rushing upon

affray

against

Vertalingen

lutte

combat

Kampf

pelea

bagarre

bataille

attivo

αγώνας

πυγμαχία

μάχη

actif

baralla

kämpfend

Schlägerei

καυγάς

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfaɪtɪŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: feghtyng

Overgenomen van Oudengels: feohtende

Overgenomen van Middelengels: fightyng

Overgenomen van Oudengels: fihtung

In summary

From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.

Zinnen

Night fell , and an assortment of fighting men and merchants entered and exited the tent .

De nacht viel, en een assortiment van vechtende mannen en handelaren kwam binnen en verliet de tent.

He disembarked his fighting men and besieged the stronghold for several weeks .