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fighting en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ (Canada, US)
/ˈfɑɪ.tɪŋ/ (Australia)
[ˈfaɪ.ɾɪŋ] (Canada, US)
(General-American) audio
/ˈfʌɪ.tɪŋ/ Canadian raising
[ˈfɑɪ.ɾɪŋ] (Australia)
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈfʌɪ.ɾɪŋ] Canadian raising

Etymology

From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.

Meanings

Engaged in war or other conflict.
Apt to provoke a fight.
- Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused. 2003, Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, →ISBN, page xi:
- It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains. 1925 April 11, "Books", in The New Yorker, page 26
- Them's fighting words in my country! 1947, Hold That Lion! (film)

Deriveds

nonfighting · fighting little judge · fighting chance · fighting word · Fighting Bob · fighting hole · fightingly · unfighting

Translations (14)

nys bakadjoo (engaged in a fight) · pl walczący (engaged in a fight) · gv co-streeuagh (engaged in a fight) · fi taisteleva (engaged in a fight) · ru бью́щийся (engaged in a fight) · pl bijący się (engaged in a fight) · ru деру́щийся (engaged in a fight) · de kämpferisch (engaged in a fight) · gv troddanagh (engaged in a fight) · ru сража́ющийся (engaged in a fight) · ru бо́рющийся (engaged in a fight) · pl wojujący (engaged in a fight) · cs bojující (engaged in a fight) · ru вою́ющий (engaged in a fight)

fighting en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ (Canada, US)
/ˈfɑɪ.tɪŋ/ (Australia)
[ˈfaɪ.ɾɪŋ] (Canada, US)
(General-American) audio
/ˈfʌɪ.tɪŋ/ Canadian raising
[ˈfɑɪ.ɾɪŋ] (Australia)
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈfʌɪ.ɾɪŋ] Canadian raising

Etymology

From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.

Meanings

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of fight
form of fight

fighting en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ (Canada, US)
/ˈfɑɪ.tɪŋ/ (Australia)
[ˈfaɪ.ɾɪŋ] (Canada, US)
(General-American) audio
/ˈfʌɪ.tɪŋ/ Canadian raising
[ˈfɑɪ.ɾɪŋ] (Australia)
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈfʌɪ.ɾɪŋ] Canadian raising

Etymology

From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
(countable, uncountable) A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
- A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly. 1860, John Yeardley, Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel:
- Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard. 1613, “The Costlie Whore”, in A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.:
- Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks. 1840, Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
fightings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

infighting · fighting game · footfighting · stick-fighting · bushfighting · antifighting · freedom fighting · Chinese fighting stick · crimefighting · z-fighting · stickfighting · cock-fighting · fighting words · sword fighting · Siamese fighting fish · armoured fighting vehicle · streetfighting · fighting fish · in fighting trim · snowfighting · fighting fit · cockfighting · armoured combat fighting · shootfighting · cage fighting · fire fighting · fighting chair · fighting spirit · stink fighting · armored combat fighting · firefighting · fighting irons · street fighting · warfighting · fighting cock · armored fighting vehicle · gunfighting · fighting stick · infantry fighting vehicle · kite fighting · bullfighting

Descendants

홧팅 · 화이팅 · фа́йтинг · ㅎㅇㅌ · 파이팅 · фа́йтинг

Translations (3)

ru борьба́ (the act or process of contending; violence or conflict) · sw upiganaji (the act or process of contending; violence or conflict) · ar صِرَاع (the act or process of contending; violence or conflict)