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combat

Pronunciation: /kɔ̃.ba/

“combat” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. combat (hostile interaction)
  2. combat (contest; competition)
  3. battle; military combat

In French

  1. Action par laquelle on attaque et l’on se défend.
  2. Action des animaux que l’on fait battre les uns contre les autres.
  3. Guerre.
  4. Jeux publics des Anciens, où l’on disputait de force et d’adresse dans les différents exercices du corps.
  5. Toute sorte de rivalité, de débat, de lutte.
  6. Lutte des sentiments intérieurs, des mouvements opposés que l’âme éprouve.

Etymology

Deverbal from combattre.

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