combat

== English == === Etymology === 16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”). === Pronunciation 1 === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmˌbæt/, (obsolete) /ˈkʌmˌbæt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmˌbæt/ Rhymes: -æt ==== Noun ==== combat (countable and uncountable, plural combats) A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used). a struggle for victory ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Pronunciation 2 === (UK) IPA(key): /kəmˈbæt/, /ˈkɒmˌbæt/, (obsolete) /ˈkʌmˌbæt/ (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈbæt/, /ˈkɑmˌbæt/ Rhymes: -æt ==== Verb ==== combat (third-person singular simple present combats, present participle combating or combatting, simple past and past participle combated or combatted) (transitive) To fight; to struggle against. (intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against). ===== Translations ===== === References === “combat”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. combat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === M.B. coat, tombac == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kumˈbat] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [komˈbat] Rhymes: -at === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from combatre. First attested in 1490. ==== Noun ==== combat m (plural combats) combat === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== combat inflection of combatre: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “combat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “combat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “combat”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ba/ Homophone: combats === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from combattre. ==== Noun ==== combat m (plural combats) combat (hostile interaction) (figuratively) combat (contest; competition) (in the plural) battle; military combat ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Haitian Creole: konba === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== combat third-person singular present indicative of combattre === Further reading === “combat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === combat m (plural combats) (Jersey) combat == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [komˈbat] === Verb === combat inflection of combate: first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive third-person plural present indicative