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altercation

/ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An angry or heated dispute.
  2. An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.
  3. Angry or heated disputation.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Latin altercātiō. Cognates * Catalan altercació * Italian altercazione * Occitan altercatio, altercassion * Portuguese altercação * Spanish altercación

  1. altercación(Spanish)→
  2. altercação(Portuguese)→
  3. altercatio(oc)→
  4. altercazione(Italian)→
  5. altercació(ca)→
  6. altercātiō(la)→
  7. altercation (English)
  8. Relations: bor, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

altercātiō(la)altercació(ca)altercazione(Italian)altercatio(oc)altercação(Portuguese)altercación(Spanish)

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