bagarre

Meaning

brawl, fight

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ba.ɡaʁ/

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Middle French bagarot (“noise, tumult, contention, strife”) and Provençal bagarro (“brawl”), possibly from Basque batzarre (“meeting, assembly”). Compare also Old Norse bágr (“resistance, struggle”).

Sentences

Sur place , il est hospitalisé après une bagarre avec un autre étudiant .

While there, he was hospitalized after a fight with another student.

Après une bagarre , les ados s'enfuient vers la côte puis en bateau .

After a fight, the teens flee to the coast and then by boat.