"duel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdjuːəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd(j)uəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-duel.ogg [US], en-uk-dual.ogg [UK] Forms: duels [plural]
enPR: d(y)o͞oʹəl Rhymes: -uːəl, -ʊəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French duel, from Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum (“war”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|duel}} Middle French duel, {{der|en|ML.|duellum||fight between two men}} Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), {{der|en|la|duo}} Latin duo, {{der|en|itc-ola|duellum}} Old Latin duellum, {{cog|la|bellum||war}} Latin bellum (“war”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} duel (plural duels)
  1. Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor. Translations (combat between two persons): μονομαχία (monomakhía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُبَارَزَة (mubāraza) [feminine] (Arabic), մենամարտ (menamart) (Armenian), дуэ́ль (duélʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), дуе́л (duél) [masculine] (Bulgarian), двубо́й (dvubój) [masculine] (Bulgarian), duel [masculine] (Catalan), 決鬥 (Chinese Mandarin), 决斗 (juédòu) (Chinese Mandarin), duel [masculine] (Czech), souboj [masculine] (Czech), duel [common-gender] (Danish), tvekamp [common-gender] (Danish), duel [neuter] (Dutch), tweegevecht [neuter] (Dutch), duelo (Esperanto), kaksintaistelu (Finnish), duel [masculine] (French), duelo [masculine] (Galician), დუელი (dueli) (Georgian), Duell [neuter] (German), Zweikampf [masculine] (German), μονομαχία (monomachía) [feminine] (Greek), द्वंद्वयुद्ध (dvandvayuddh) [masculine] (Hindi), párbaj (Hungarian), einvígi [neuter] (Icelandic), duello [masculine] (Italian), singolar tenzone [feminine] (Italian), 決闘 (kettō) (alt: けっとう) (Japanese), デュエル (dyueru) (Japanese), 결투 (gyeoltu) (alt: 決鬪) (Korean), двобој (dvoboj) (Macedonian), tvekamp [masculine] (Norwegian), duell [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), duell [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ānwīġ [neuter] (Old English), دوئل (du'el) (Persian), pojedynek [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), duelo [masculine] (Portuguese), дуэ́ль (duélʹ) [feminine] (Russian), дво̀бој [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dvòboj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), duel [masculine] (Slovak), súboj [masculine] (Slovak), dvoboj [masculine] (Slovene), duelo [masculine] (Spanish), duell [common-gender] (Swedish), tvekamp [common-gender] (Swedish), akip (Tagalog), düello (Turkish), дуе́ль (duélʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), двобі́й (dvobíj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), quyết đấu (Vietnamese), đấu tay đôi (Vietnamese), gornest [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-duel-en-noun-Ed~LCbhH Disambiguation of 'combat between two persons': 53 15 32
  2. Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat). Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-duel-en-noun-Yj7GxwaR Disambiguation of Violence: 30 47 13 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 65 18 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 54 16 19
  3. (by extension) Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas. Tags: broadly Translations (struggle between two parties): паяды́нак (pajadýnak) [masculine] (Belarusian), двубо́й (dvubój) [masculine] (Bulgarian), duel [masculine] (Catalan), souboj [masculine] (Czech), duel [common-gender] (Danish), tvekamp [common-gender] (Danish), duel [neuter] (Dutch), tweekamp (Dutch), duelo (Esperanto), kaksinkamppailu (Finnish), duel [masculine] (French), Duell [neuter] (German), Zweikampf [masculine] (German), διαμάχη (diamáchi) [feminine] (Greek), द्वंद्वयुद्ध (dvandvayuddh) [masculine] (Hindi), párbaj (Hungarian), duello [masculine] (Italian), двобој (dvoboj) [masculine] (Macedonian), duell [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), duell [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pojedynek [masculine] (Polish), duelo [masculine] (Portuguese), поеди́нок (pojedínok) [masculine] (Russian), единобо́рство (jedinobórstvo) [neuter] (Russian), súboj [masculine] (Slovak), dvoboj [masculine] (Slovene), duelo [masculine] (Spanish), duell [common-gender] (Swedish), tvekamp [common-gender] (Swedish), akip (Tagalog), düello (Turkish), поєди́нок (pojedýnok) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-duel-en-noun-WOzpUgM- Disambiguation of 'struggle between two parties': 36 6 58

Verb

IPA: /ˈdjuːəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd(j)uəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-duel.ogg [US], en-uk-dual.ogg [UK] Forms: duels [present, singular, third-person], dueling [US, participle, present], duelling [UK, participle, present], dueled [US, participle, past], dueled [US, past], duelled [UK, participle, past], duelled [UK, past]
enPR: d(y)o͞oʹəl Rhymes: -uːəl, -ʊəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French duel, from Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum (“war”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|duel}} Middle French duel, {{der|en|ML.|duellum||fight between two men}} Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), {{der|en|la|duo}} Latin duo, {{der|en|itc-ola|duellum}} Old Latin duellum, {{cog|la|bellum||war}} Latin bellum (“war”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=duelled|past2_qual=UK|past_qual=US|pres_ptc2=duelling|pres_ptc2_qual=UK|pres_ptc_qual=US}} duel (third-person singular simple present duels, present participle (US) dueling or (UK) duelling, simple past and past participle (US) dueled or (UK) duelled)
  1. To engage in a battle. Derived forms: duelist, truel Related terms: duello, dual Translations (engage in a duel): մենամարտել (menamartel) (Armenian), дуелирам се (dueliram se) (Bulgarian), batre's en duel (Catalan), 決鬥 (Chinese Mandarin), 决斗 (juédòu) (Chinese Mandarin), duellere (Danish), duelleren (Dutch), dueli (Esperanto), kaksintaistella (Finnish), croiser le fer (French), duellieren (German), párbajozik (Hungarian), duellar (Interlingua), duellare (Italian), tuku mātātahi (Maori), pojedynkować [imperfective] (Polish), potykać [imperfective] (Polish), duelar (Portuguese), дра́ться на дуэ́ли (drátʹsja na duéli) [imperfective] (Russian), dvobojevati se (Slovene), duellera (Swedish), quyết đấu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-duel-en-verb-qNLH-AlP

Inflected forms

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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "einvígi"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "singolar tenzone"
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "alt": "けっとう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kettō",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "決闘"
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dyueru",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "デュエル"
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          "alt": "決鬪",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeoltu",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "결투"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ānwīġ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "du'el",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "دوئل"
        },
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pojedynek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "duélʹ",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дуэ́ль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дво̀бој"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dvòboj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "duel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "súboj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "dvoboj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "duell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tvekamp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "akip"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "düello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "duélʹ",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дуе́ль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dvobíj",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "двобі́й"
        },
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "quyết đấu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "word": "đấu tay đôi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "53 15 32",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "combat between two persons",
          "tags": [
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2004 July 5, Jason George, “A Duel Evokes Dueling Emotions Over a Unique Place in History”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "It has been 200 years, minus a few days, since Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel here. Weehawken and the duel have been tied together in an often-uncomfortable knot ever since.",
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        "Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor."
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          "arrange"
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          "regular",
          "regular"
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          "combat",
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          "private",
          "private"
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          "person",
          "person"
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          "honor",
          "honor"
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      "glosses": [
        "Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)."
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          "wager of battle",
          "wager of battle"
        ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "a sniper duel",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 25:33 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 2022-07-20",
          "text": "But it leaves them with a few destroyers, the American destroyer force is falling back, and then you have the two cruiser lines with their respective battleships coming in for the big duel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 1, John Naughton, “Apple comes out swinging in the duel of the data titans”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Apple comes out swinging in the duel of the data titans [title]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas."
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          "person",
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          "force"
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          "group",
          "group"
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        "(by extension) Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas."
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈd(j)uəl/",
      "tags": [
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      "homophone": "dual"
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      "homophone": "jewel (with yod coalescence)"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mubāraza",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "مُبَارَزَة"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "menamart",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "մենամարտ"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "duélʹ",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дуэ́ль"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "duél",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "дуе́л"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvubój",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двубо́й"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "決鬥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juédòu",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "决斗"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "souboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "duel"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tvekamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tweegevecht"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "duelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "kaksintaistelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelo"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dueli",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "დუელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zweikampf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "monomachía",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μονομαχία"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "monomakhía",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "μονομαχία"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dvandvayuddh",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "द्वंद्वयुद्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "párbaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einvígi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "singolar tenzone"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けっとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kettō",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "決闘"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dyueru",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "デュエル"
    },
    {
      "alt": "決鬪",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeoltu",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "결투"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dvoboj",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "двобој"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvekamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ānwīġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "du'el",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "دوئل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pojedynek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "duélʹ",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дуэ́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дво̀бој"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dvòboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "súboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dvoboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tvekamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "akip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "düello"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "duélʹ",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дуе́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dvobíj",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двобі́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "quyết đấu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "word": "đấu tay đôi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "combat between two persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gornest"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pajadýnak",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паяды́нак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvubój",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двубо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "souboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tvekamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "word": "tweekamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "word": "duelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "word": "kaksinkamppailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zweikampf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diamáchi",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαμάχη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dvandvayuddh",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "द्वंद्वयुद्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "word": "párbaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duello"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dvoboj",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двобој"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pojedynek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pojedínok",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поеди́нок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jedinobórstvo",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "единобо́рство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "súboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dvoboj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "duell"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tvekamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "word": "akip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "word": "düello"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pojedýnok",
      "sense": "struggle between two parties",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поєди́нок"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duel"
}

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "duo"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin duo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "duellum"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin duellum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "bellum",
        "3": "",
        "4": "war"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bellum (“war”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French duel, from Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum (“war”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "duels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dueling",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duelling",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dueled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dueled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duelled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duelled",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "duelled",
        "past2_qual": "UK",
        "past_qual": "US",
        "pres_ptc2": "duelling",
        "pres_ptc2_qual": "UK",
        "pres_ptc_qual": "US"
      },
      "expansion": "duel (third-person singular simple present duels, present participle (US) dueling or (UK) duelling, simple past and past participle (US) dueled or (UK) duelled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "du‧el"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "duello"
    },
    {
      "word": "dual"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The two dogs were duelling for the bone.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 19, “Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in a battle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdjuːəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd(j)uəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "dual"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jewel (with yod coalescence)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-duel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/En-us-duel.ogg/En-us-duel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-us-duel.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-dual.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-uk-dual.ogg/En-uk-dual.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-uk-dual.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "d(y)o͞oʹəl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "menamartel",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "մենամարտել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dueliram se",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "дуелирам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "batre's en duel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "決鬥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juédòu",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "决斗"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "duellere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "duelleren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "dueli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "kaksintaistella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "croiser le fer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "duellieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "párbajozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "duellar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "duellare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "tuku mātātahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pojedynkować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "potykać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "duelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drátʹsja na duéli",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дра́ться на дуэ́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "dvobojevati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "duellera"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "engage in a duel",
      "word": "quyết đấu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duel"
}

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