combat

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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

• Noun:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmˌbæt/, (obsolete) /ˈkʌmˌbæt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmˌbæt/
• Verb:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /kəmˈbæt/, /ˈkɒmˌbæt/, (obsolete) /ˈkʌmˌbæt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈbæt/, /ˈkɑmˌbæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

combat (countable and uncountable, plural combats)

1. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
2. a struggle for victory

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Verb

combat (third-person singular simple present combats, present participle combatting or combating, simple past and past participle combatted or combated)

1. (transitive) To fight; to struggle against.

2. (intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

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Anagrams

• M.B. coat, tombac

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈbat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [komˈbat]
• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

Deverbal from combatre. First attested in 1490.

Noun

combat m (plural combats)

1. combat

Etymology 2

Verb

combat

1. inflection of combatre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

Further reading

• “combat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “combat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “combat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From combattre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ba/
• Homophone: combats

Noun

combat m (plural combats)

1. combat (hostile interaction)
2. (figuratively) combat (contest; competition)
3. (in the plural) battle; military combat

Derived terms

Verb

combat

1. 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

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Noun

combat m (plural combats)

1. (Jersey) combat

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komˈbat]

Verb

combat

1. inflection of combate:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative