From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2021]
*** Pronunciation
- [en] - [en] - [kwôrʹəl] , [en] - [kwŏrʹəl] , [en] - [en] - [en] - [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en][(Late Middle English) quarel, quarele, quarell, quarelle, quarrell, qvarel, qwarel, qwarell, (Middle English) quarrel, querel, querell, querelle, querile, queryle, qwerell, qwerelle],[1] from [en][querel, querelle, queril] and [en], [frm] (modern [fr]), and from their [etymon] [en], [la], from [la] + [la], [la].[2] [la] comes from [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal ). 2. * [en] 3. * [en] 4. * [en] 5. [en] _Often preceded by a form of_ TO HAVE : a basis or ground of dispute or objection ; a complaint ; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this. 6. * [I] 7. * [act=III] 8. * [Mark] 9. * [pages=10–11] 10. * [en] 11. [en] A propensity to quarrel ; quarrelsomeness . 12. * [act=II] 13. * [book=1]
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Related terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[dispute or heated argument]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq] , [sq] , [sq] - Arabic: [ar] , [ar] - Armenian: [hy] , [hy] - Assamese: [as] - Azerbaijani: [az] , [az] , [az] , [az] , [az] , [az] , [az] , [az] - Belarusian: [be] - Bhojpuri: [bho] - Bikol Central: [bcl] - Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Chechen: [ce] - Cherokee: [chr] - Chinese: - Czech: [cs] , [cs] - Danish: [da] - Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl] - Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] - French: [fr] , [fr] - Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] - Georgian: [ka] , [ka] - German: [de] - Gothic: [got] , [got] - Greek: [el] , [el] , [el] - Hebrew: [he] - Hindi: [hi] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] - Ingrian: [izh] - Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga] - Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] - Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] - Kashmiri: [ks] , [ks] - Khmer: [km] - Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko] - Latin: [la] - Latvian: [lv] - Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] - Malay: [ms] - Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] - Mongolian: [mn] - Nepali: [ne] - Norwegian: [no] - Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota] , [ota] - Persian: [fa] , [fa] - Plautdietsch: [pdt] - Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] [literally] , [pl] , [pl] [literally] - Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] - Romanian: [ro] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] - Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] - Serbo-Croatian: - Slovak: [sk] , [sk] - Slovene: [sl] - Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] - Swedish: [sv] , [sv] - Sylheti: [syl] , [syl] - Tagalog: [tl] - Tajik: [tg] - Thai: [th] - Tibetan: [bo] - Tocharian B: [txb] - Turkish: [tr] - Ukrainian: [uk] - Urdu: [ur] - Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] , [uz] - Venetan: [vec] - Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] [trans-bottom]
[basis or ground of dispute or objection]
- Bengali: [bn] - Catalan: [ca] - Danish: [da] - Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] - Finnish: [fi] - Galician: [gl] - Portuguese: [pt] - Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] - Swedish: [sv] - Tagalog: [tl] [trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Esperanto: [eo] - Interlingua: [ia] , [ia] - Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] (all 1,2) - Latin: [la] , [la] , [la] - Volapük: [vo] , [vo] - Woiwurrung: [wyi] [trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en][quarelle, querele], from [enm];[3] see etymology 1. Compare [xno], [frm], and [fro], [fro] (modern [fr]).[4]
**** Verb
[++]
1. [en] To argue fiercely ; to contend ; to squabble ; to cease to be on friendly terms , to fall out . 2. * [book=2] 3. * [part=1] 4. * [page=147] 5. [en] To find fault ; to cavil . 6. * [page=24] 7. [en] _Followed by_ AT : to disagree with; to take offence . 8. [en] To argue or squabble with (someone). 9. * [act=II]
***** Conjugation
[old=1]
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[to argue strongly, contend, squabble]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq] - Arabic: [ar] - Armenian: [hy] , [hy] - Aromanian: [rup] - Azerbaijani: [az] , [az] , [az] - Belarusian: [be] - Bulgarian: [bg] - Burmese: [my] - Catalan: [ca] , [ca] - Chinese: - Czech: [cs] - Danish: [da] - Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl] - Esperanto: [eo] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] - French: [fr] , [fr] - Georgian: [ka] - German: [de] , [de] , [de] - Gothic: [got] , [got] - Greek: [el] , [el] , [el] , [el] - Hindi: [hi] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Ingrian: [izh] - Irish: [ga] - Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] - Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] - Khmer: [km] - Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko] , [ko] - Lao: [lo] , [lo] , [lo] - Latin: [la] - Macedonian: [mk] - Malay: [ms] - Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi] - Middle English: [enm] - Mongolian: - Nepali: [ne] - Norwegian: [no] - Persian: [fa] - Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] - Romanian: [ro] , [ro] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] - Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] - Serbo-Croatian: - Slovak: [sk] - Slovene: [sl] - Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] - Swedish: [sv] - Tagalog: [tl] , [tl] - Thai: [th] , [th] - Tibetan: [bo] - Ukrainian: [uk] - Urdu: [ur] - Venetan: [vec] - Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] - Welsh: [cy] - Yiddish: [yi] [trans-bottom]
[to cease to be on friendly terms]
[to find fault]
- Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - Italian: [it] [trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Arabic: [ar] - Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] , [eo] - Interlingua: [ia] , [ia] - Latin: [la] - Old English: [ang] - Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] - Swedish: [sv] - Volapük: [vo] [trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 3
[en][en]
From [en][quarel, quarele, quarell, quarelle, quareyll, quarrell, querel, querelle, qwarel, qwarell, (Lancashire) wharl],[5] from [en], [xno], [xno], [en], and [en], [fro], [fro] (modern [fr]), from [en], [LL.], from [en] + [la] (variant of [la]).[6] [la] is ultimately derived from [la], from [en]. [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an [en] , traditionally with the head square in its cross section . 2. * [book=7] 3. * [volume=III] 4. * [en] 5. * [edition=UK] 6. [en] A diamond - or square - shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window . 7. [en] A square tile ; a quarry tile ; [en] such tiles collectively . 8. [en] A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end . 9. [en] A small square-shaped opening in window tracery .
***** Related terms
- [en] - [en]
***** Translations
[arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest]
- Catalan: [ca] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] - Italian: [it] - Polish: [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] - Russian: [ru] - Swedish: [sv] - Ukrainian: [uk] [trans-bottom]
[diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window] [trans-bottom]
[small square-shaped opening in window tracery] [trans-bottom]
[square tile]
- Catalan: [ca] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Japanese: [ja] [trans-bottom]
*** References
References: [1]. [entry=querē̆le] [2]. [pos= _n._ [2]] ; [alt=quarrel [1]] [3]. [entry=querē̆len] [4]. [pos=v] ; [alt=quarrel [1]] [5]. [pos= _n._ (1)] [6]. [pos= _n._ [1]] ; [alt=quarry [2]]
*** Further reading
- [quarrel] - [crossbow bolt] [en]