adversary

See also: Adversary

English

Etymology

From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/, /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹi/, (dated) /ædˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/, /ədˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/[1]
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.vəɹ.sɛɹi/
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Noun

adversary (plural adversaries)

An opponent or rival.
He prepared to fight his adversary.

Related terms

Translations

opponent

Arabic: خَصْم‎ m (ḵaṣm), مُقَاوِم‎ m (muqāwim)
Armenian: ախոյան (hy) (axoyan)
Azerbaijani: rəqib (az)
Belarusian: супраці́ўнік m (supracíŭnik), супраці́ўніца f (supracíŭnica), праці́ўнік m (pracíŭnik), праці́ўніца f (pracíŭnica), сапе́рнік m (sapjérnik), сапе́рніца f (sapjérnica)
Bulgarian: проти́вник (bg) m (protívnik), проти́вница f (protívnica), проти́вничка f (protívnička), неприя́тел (bg) m (neprijátel), неприя́телка f (neprijátelka), съпе́рник (bg) m (sǎpérnik), съпе́рница f (sǎpérnica), съпе́рничка f (sǎpérnička)
Catalan: adversari (ca) m, adversària (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 敵手／敌手 (zh) (díshǒu), 對手／对手 (zh) (duìshǒu)
Czech: protivník (cs) m, protivnice f
Danish: modstander (da) c
Dutch: tegenstander (nl) m, tegenstandster (nl) f
Egyptian:

(ḫftj)
Finnish: vastustaja (fi), vastapuoli (fi), vihollinen (fi)
French: adversaire (fr) m or f, ennemi (fr) m, ennemie (fr) f
Galician: adversario (gl) m, adversaria f
German: Gegner (de) m, Gegnerin (de) f, Widersacher (de) m, Widersacherin (de) f, Gegenspieler (de) m, Gegenspielerin (de) f, Kontrahent (de) m, Kontrahentin (de) f
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (andastaþjis)
Greek: αντίπαλος (el) m (antípalos)
Ancient: ἀντίπαλος m (antípalos)
Hebrew: יָרִיב‎ (he) m (yarív), אוֹיֵב‎ (he) m (oyév)
Hindi: प्रतियोगी (hi) m (pratiyogī)
Hungarian: ellenfél (hu)
Icelandic: andstæðingur m; óvinur (is) m
Italian: avversario (it) m, avversaria (it) f
Japanese: 敵 (ja) (てき, teki), 相手 (ja) (あいて, aite), アドバーサリー (adobāsarī), 敵対者 (てきたいしゃ, tekitaisha)
Kashubian: warg
Kazakh: қарсылас (qarsylas)
Korean: 적대자(敵對者) (jeokdaeja), 애드버서리 (aedeubeoseori), 경쟁자(競爭者) (ko) (gyeongjaengja)
Kyrgyz: теңтайлашуучу (teŋtaylaşuucu)
Latin: adversārius m, adversāria f
Malayalam: എതിരാളി (ml) (etirāḷi), പ്രതിയോഗി (ml) (pratiyōgi)
Norman: advèrsaithe m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: motstander (no) m, opponent (no) m

Nynorsk: motstandar m, opponent m
Persian: همیستار‎ (hamistâr), هماورد‎ (fa) (hamâvard), رقیب‎ (fa) (raqib)
Plautdietsch: Jäajna m
Polish: przeciwnik (pl) m, przeciwniczka (pl) f, oponent (pl) m, oponentka (pl) f, adwersarz (pl) m (dated), adwersarka (pl) f (dated)
Portuguese: adversário (pt) m, adversária f
Romanian: adversar (ro) m, adversară (ro) f
Russian: сопе́рник (ru) m (sopérnik), сопе́рница (ru) f (sopérnica), проти́вник (ru) m (protívnik), проти́вница (ru) f (protívnica), неприя́тель (ru) m (neprijátelʹ), неприя́тельница (ru) f (neprijátelʹnica)
Sanskrit: विपक्ष (sa) m (vipakṣa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀тӣвнӣк m, про̀тӣвница f

Roman: pròtīvnīk (sh) m, pròtīvnica (sh) f
Slovak: odporca m, protivník m, protivníčka f
Slovene: nasprotnik (sl) m, nasprotnica f
Spanish: adversario (es) m, adversaria (es) f
Swedish: motståndare (sv) m
Tajik: рақиб (raqib)
Telugu: వ్యతిరేకి (vyatirēki)
Turkish: rakip (tr)
Turkmen: garşydaş
Ukrainian: супроти́вник m (suprotývnyk), супроти́вниця f (suprotývnycja), проти́вник (uk) m (protývnyk), проти́вниця f (protývnycja), супе́рник m (supérnyk), супе́рниця f (supérnycja)
Uyghur: رەقىب‎ (reqib)
Uzbek: raqib (uz)
Vietnamese: đối thủ (vi)

References

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