"archenemy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-archenemy.ogg [US] Forms: archenemies [plural]
Etymology: arch- (“chief, most extreme”) + enemy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|arch|enemy|t1=chief, most extreme}} arch- (“chief, most extreme”) + enemy Head templates: {{en-noun}} archenemy (plural archenemies)
  1. A principal enemy. Translations (a principal enemy): arxienemic [masculine] (Catalan), enemic jurat [masculine] (Catalan), 大敵 (Chinese Mandarin), 大敌 (dàdí) (Chinese Mandarin), 死对头 (sǐduìtou) (Chinese Mandarin), 宿敌 (sùdí) (Chinese Mandarin), úhlavní nepřítel [masculine] (Czech), ærkefjende [common-gender] (Danish), aartsvijand [masculine] (Dutch), aartsvijandin [feminine] (Dutch), perivihollinen (Finnish), arkkivihollinen (Finnish), ennemi juré [masculine] (French), inimigo mortal [masculine] (Galician), arquiinimigo [masculine] (Galician), Erzfeind [masculine] (German), Erzfeindin [feminine] (German), αρχεχθρός (archechthrós) [masculine] (Greek), ősellenség (Hungarian), fő ellenség (Hungarian), erkióvinur [masculine] (Icelandic), erkifjandi [masculine] (Icelandic), musuh bebuyutan (Indonesian), arcinemico [masculine] (Italian), arcinemica [feminine] (Italian), 大敵 (taiteki) (alt: たいてき) (Japanese), 宿敵 (shukuteki) (alt: しゅくてき) (Japanese), ду́шман (dúšman) [masculine] (Macedonian), за́колнат непри́јател (zákolnat nepríjatel) [masculine] (Macedonian), erkefiende [masculine] (Norwegian), arcywróg [masculine] (Polish), arqui-inimigo [masculine] (Portuguese), dușman de moarte [masculine] (Romanian), закля́тый враг (zakljátyj vrag) [masculine] (Russian), archienemigo [masculine] (Spanish), ärkefiende [common-gender] (Swedish), başdüşman (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-archenemy-en-noun-18Xhoi-a Categories (other): English terms prefixed with arch- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with arch-: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'a principal enemy': 77 23
  2. A supreme and most powerful enemy. Categories (topical): Stock characters
    Sense id: en-archenemy-en-noun-ers72GaK Disambiguation of Stock characters: 21 79 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with arch- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with arch-: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: archfoe, arch-enemy, arch enemy Related terms: archfiend, archrival, archvillain

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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakljátyj vrag",
      "sense": "a principal enemy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "закля́тый враг"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a principal enemy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "archienemigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a principal enemy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ärkefiende"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a principal enemy",
      "word": "başdüşman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "archenemy"
}

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