quarrel

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/ (General American) enPR: kwôrʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈkwɔɹəl/ (New York City) enPR: kwŏrʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈkwɑɹəl/ Rhymes: -ɒɹəl Hyphenation: quar‧rel === Etymology 1 === From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns). querī (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”) comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff; to sigh”). ==== Noun ==== quarrel (countable and uncountable, plural quarrels) (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal). Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute (countable) 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. (rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness. ===== Alternative forms ===== quarrell (obsolete) ===== Hyponyms ===== double quarrel ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== querent ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English querelen (“to dispute, quarrel; to assert one's claims; to rebel”) [and other forms], from querele (noun); see etymology 1. Compare Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French quereler, quereller (“to argue with, dispute; to criticize; to bring a legal suit”) (modern French quereller (“to quarrel, squabble”)). ==== Verb ==== quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle (US) quarreling or (UK) quarrelling, simple past and past participle (US) quarreled or (UK) quarrelled) (intransitive, also figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out. (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil. (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence. (transitive, obsolete except Scotland) To argue or squabble with (someone). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== quarrell (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English quarrel (“bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman quarel, quarele, quarrel, Middle French quarrel, and Old French quarel, quarrel, carrel (“crossbow bolt; floor tile or paving stone (rectangular- or square-shaped); small glass pane for windows”) (modern French carreau (“crossbow bolt; a tile; windowpane; a square”)), from Late Latin quarellus, quadrellus (“crossbow bolt; paving stone; a tile”), from Latin quadrum (“a square; square section; regular shape or form”) + -ellus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns, indicating small size or youth)). Quadrum is ultimately derived from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”). Doublet of carreau. ==== Noun ==== quarrel (countable and uncountable, plural quarrels) (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section. Synonyms: (obsolete) carrel, quarry (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window. Synonym: quarry (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively. Synonym: (archaic) quarry (countable, obsolete, rare) A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end. (countable, architecture, obsolete) A small square-shaped opening in window tracery. ===== Related terms ===== quarl quarry ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === quarrel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia crossbow bolt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia