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Webster 1913 Edition

Duel

Du′el

,
Noun.
[It.
duello
, fr. L.
duellum
, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form
bellum
war, fr.
duo
two: cf. F.
duel
. See
Bellicose
,
Two
, and cf.
Duello
.]
A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other.
Trial by duel
(Old Law)
,
a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.

Du′el

,
Verb.
I.
&
T.
To fight in single combat.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Duel

DUEL

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
Single combat; a premeditated combat between two persons, for the purpose of deciding some private difference or quarrel. A sudden fight, not premeditated, is called a rencounter. A duel is fought with deadly weapons and with a purpose to take life.
2.
Any contention or contest.

DUEL

,
Verb.
I.
To fight in single combat.

DUEL

,
Verb.
T.
To attack or fight singly.

Definition 2024

duel

duel

See also: -dül

English

Noun

duel ‎(plural duels)

  1. Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
  2. Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
  3. Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.

Translations

Verb

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.

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Translations

See also

dual

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Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin duellum ‎(“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum ‎(“war”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dāu-, *deu- ‎(“to injure, destroy, burn”).

Noun

duel m ‎(plural duels)

  1. duel

Danish

Etymology

From Latin duellum ‎(“war”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duɛl/, [d̥uˈɛlˀ]

Noun

duel c (singular definite duellen, plural indefinite dueller)

  1. duel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dyˈʋɛl/

Alternative forms

  • duwel (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French duel, from Latin duellum.

Noun

duel n ‎(plural duels, diminutive duelletje n)

  1. A duel

Synonyms

  • tweekamp

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French

Adjective

duel m ‎(feminine singular duelle, masculine plural duels, feminine plural duelles)

  1. dual (having two components)

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Noun

duel m ‎(plural duels)

  1. duel (battle)
  2. (grammar) dual

Old French

Etymology

Probably from Latin dolus or from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium ‎(“sorrow of the heart”), from dolor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dwøl/

Noun

duel m ‎(oblique plural dueus or duex or duels, nominative singular dueus or duex or duels, nominative plural duel)

  1. sadness; grief; sorrow

Descendants

Etymology

From Medieval Latin duellum ‎(“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum ‎(“war”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dāu-, *deu- ‎(“to injure, destroy, burn”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: dyo͞o'əl, djo͞o'əl; IPA(key): /ˈdjuː.əl/, /ˈdʒuː.əl/
  • (US) enPR: do͞o'əl, dyo͞o'əl; IPA(key): /ˈduː.əl/, /ˈdjuː.əl/
  • Rhymes: -ʊəl
  • Homophones: dual

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