conflict

See also: Conflict

English

Etymology

From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• Noun
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.flɪkt/
  • (US) enPR: kŏn'flĭkt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.flɪkt/

  • Audio (US):

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• Verb
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈflɪkt/
  • (US) enPR: kənflĭkt', kŏn'flĭkt, IPA^(key): /kənˈflɪkt/, /ˈkɑn.flɪkt/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

conflict (countable and uncountable, plural conflicts)

1. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

   The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.

   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

     One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

2. An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

   I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day.

Derived terms

• anticonflict
• armed conflict
• A-type conflict
• conflictarian
• conflict diamond
• conflicted
• conflict-free
• conflictful
• conflictional
• conflictive
• conflictless
• conflict of interest
• conflictory
• conflict out
• conflict resolution
• conflict-ridden
• conflict thesis
• conflict training
• conflictual
• C-type conflict
• cyberconflict
• deconflict
• edit conflict
• external conflict
• internal conflict
• metaconflict
• nonconflict
• postconflict
• preconflict
• role conflict
• social conflict paradigm
• unconflict

 

Translations

clash or disagreement

• Afrikaans: konflik
• Albanian: konflikt (sq) m
• Arabic: صِرَاع m (ṣirāʕ), نِزَاع m (nizāʕ), مُنَاقَشَة f (munāqaša)
• Armenian: կոնֆլիկտ (hy) (konflikt)
• Azerbaijani: münaqişə (az), konflikt
• Belarusian: канфлі́кт m (kanflíkt), сутыкне́нне n (sutyknjénnje)
• Bengali: যুদ্ধ (bn) (juddho), সংঘর্ষ (bn) (śoṅghorśo)
• Bulgarian: стълкнове́ние (bg) n (stǎlknovénie), конфли́кт (bg) m (konflíkt)
• Burmese: ပဋိပက္ခ (my) (pa.ti.pakhka.)
• Catalan: conflicte (ca) m
• Cebuano: away
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衝突／冲突 (zh) (chōngtū)

• Czech: střet (cs) m, konflikt (cs) m
• Danish: konflikt (da) c
• Dutch: conflict (nl) n, geschil (nl) n, strijd (nl) m
• Esperanto: konflikto (eo), kverelo, malakordo
• Estonian: konflikt
• Farefare: zɛbrɛ
• Finnish: konflikti (fi)
• French: conflit (fr) m
• Galician: conflito (gl) m, tirapuxa m or f
• Georgian: კონფლიქტი (ka) (ḳonplikṭi), განხეთქილება (ganxetkileba)
• German: Konflikt (de) m, Streit (de) m, Gegensatz (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (haifsts)
• Greek: σύρραξη (el) f (sýrraxi)

  Ancient: σύρραξις f (súrrhaxis), (Epic) ὑσμίνη f (husmínē)

• Hebrew: סִכְסוּךְ (he) m (sikhsúkh)
• Hindi: संघर्ष (hi) m (saṅgharṣ), युद्ध (hi) m (yuddh), द्वंद्व (hi) m (dvandva), विवाद (hi) m (vivād), बखेड़ा (hi) m (bakheṛā), घर्षण (hi) m (gharṣaṇ), तनाजा (hi) m (tanājā), निजा (hi) m (nijā)
• Hungarian: konfliktus (hu)
• Icelandic: árekstur (is) m, átök n pl
• Ido: konflikto (io)
• Indonesian: konflik (id)
• Irish: coinbhleacht f, coimhlint f
• Italian: conflitto (it) m
• Japanese: 衝突 (ja) (しょうとつ, shōtotsu)
• Kazakh: қақтығыс (qaqtyğys), жанжал (janjal), тартыс (tartys)
• Khmer: ជម្លោះ (km) (cumlŭəh), កលហ (kaʼlaʼhaʼ)
• Korean: 분쟁(紛爭) (ko) (bunjaeng), 충돌(衝突) (ko) (chungdol), 갈등(葛藤) (ko) (galdeung)
• Krio: plabah
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nakokî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: жаңжал (ky) (jaŋjal), конфликт (konflikt)
• Lao: ຄວາມບາດຫມາງ (khuām bāt māng)
• Latin: cōnflictus m
• Latvian: konflikts m
• Lithuanian: konfliktas m
• Macedonian: су́дир m (súdir), ко́нфликт m (kónflikt)
• Malay: konflik (ms)
• Maori: papātanga
• Middle English: win, threp
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: мөргөлдөөн (mn) (mörgöldöön), зөрчил (mn) (zörčil), зөрчилдөөн (mn) (zörčildöön)

• Moore: zabre
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konflikt (no) m

  Nynorsk: konflikt m

• Occitan: conflicte (oc) m
• Persian: تضاد (fa) (tazzâd), ناسازگاری (fa) (nâsâzgâri), مناقشه (fa) (monâqeše), نزاع (fa) (nezâ')
• Polish: konflikt (pl) m, walka (pl) f, batalia (pl) f
• Portuguese: conflito (pt) m
• Romanian: conflict (ro) n, ceartă (ro) f
• Russian: конфли́кт (ru) m (konflíkt), столкнове́ние (ru) n (stolknovénije)
• Sanskrit: सम्प्रहार (sa) m (samprahāra)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhrag f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су́коб m, ко̀нфликт m

  Roman: súkob (sh) m, kònflikt (sh) m

• Slovak: stret m, konflikt m
• Slovene: spor m, konflikt m, nasprotovanje n
• Spanish: conflicto (es) m
• Swedish: konflikt (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagisan, tunggalian, hidwaan, sigalot
• Tajik: ҷанҷол (janjol), низоъ (nizoʾ), муноқиша (munoqiša)
• Tatar: низаг (tt) (nizağ)
• Thai: ความขัดแย้ง (th) (kwaam-kàt-yɛ́ɛng)
• Tocharian B: ysalye
• Turkish: çatışma (tr), anlaşmazlık (tr)
• Turkmen: dawa, konflikt
• Ukrainian: су́тичка f (sútyčka), конфлі́кт (uk) m (konflíkt)
• Uyghur: توقۇنۇش (toqunush), جاڭجال (jangjal)
• Uzbek: konflikt (uz), toʻqnashuv (uz), janjal (uz), nizo (uz)
• Vietnamese: xung đột (vi) (衝突)
• West Frisian: konflikt n

incompatibility

• Bulgarian: противоре́чие (bg) n (protivoréčie), несъвмести́мост (bg) f (nesǎvmestímost)
• Cebuano: dili magkauyon
• Danish: konflikt (da) c
• Dutch: conflict (nl) n, onverenigbaarheid (nl), tegenstrijdigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: malakordo
• Finnish: ristiriita (fi)
• French: conflit (fr) m, incompatibilité (fr)
• German: Konflikt (de) m, Inkompatibilität (de) f
• Greek: σύγκρουση (el) f (sýgkrousi)
• Hebrew: התנגשות f (hitnagshút), חוסר התאמה m (khóser hat`amá)
• Italian: incompatibilità (it) f
• Macedonian: неусогла́сеност f (neusoglásenost), противре́чие n (protivréčie), проти́вречност f (protívrečnost), ко́нфликт m (kónflikt)
• Portuguese: conflito (pt) m
• Romanian: conflict (ro)
• Russian: конфли́кт (ru) m (konflíkt), несовмести́мость (ru) f (nesovmestímostʹ), противоре́чие (ru) n (protivoréčije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су́коб m, ко̀нфликт m

  Roman: súkob (sh) m, kònflikt (sh) m

• Spanish: discrepancia (es) f
• Swedish: konflikt (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} konflikto (eo)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వైరుధ్యం (vairudhyaṁ)

Verb

conflict (third-person singular simple present conflicts, present participle conflicting, simple past and past participle conflicted)

1. (intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
   • 2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the painful birth of an emerging Middle East [print version: A rock in Arabia's shifting sands, 1 March 2014, p. R26]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1]:

     [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.

2. (intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

   Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.

   It appears that our schedules conflict.

Derived terms

• conflicted

Translations

be at odds (with)

• Bulgarian: противореча (bg) (protivoreča), сблъсквам се (sblǎskvam se)
• Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} wala nagtakdo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 衝突／冲突 (zh) (chōngtū), ^{(please verify)} 矛盾 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 相衝／相冲 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 相撞 (zh) (xiāngzhuàng)

• Danish: være i modstrid med
• Dutch: conflicteren (nl) (met (nl)), confligeren (met (nl)), strijdig (nl) zijn (nl) (met (nl))
• Finnish: olla ristiriidassa, törmätä (fi)
• Hebrew: התנגש (hitnagésh)
• Italian: interferire (it)
• Japanese: 衝突する (shōtosu), 対立する (tairitsu)
• Macedonian: се су́дри pf (se súdri), се су́дира impf (se súdira)
• Portuguese: conflitar
• Russian: конфликтова́ть (ru) impf (konfliktovátʹ)
• Slovene: (si) nasprotovati
• Spanish: discrepar (es), estar reñido, confligir (es), conflictuarse
• Swedish: motstrida
• Ukrainian: конфліктува́ти impf (konfliktuváty)

overlap with, as in a schedule

• Bulgarian: несъвместим съм (nesǎvmestim sǎm)
• Cebuano: nagsapaw
• Danish: overlappe
• Dutch: overlappen (nl)
• Finnish: olla ristiriidassa, törmätä (fi)
• Hebrew: התנגש (hitnagésh)
• Icelandic: skarast
• Italian: sovrapporsi (it)
• Japanese: バッティングする (battying-suru) (colloquial), 合わない (awanai)
• Macedonian: се по́клопи (se póklopi)
• Portuguese: coincidir (pt)
• Russian: конфликтова́ть (ru) impf (konfliktovátʹ)
• Spanish: coincidir (es), confligir (es), conflictuar (transitive)
• Swedish: överlappa (sv)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “conflict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “conflict”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnflīctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈflɪkt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: con‧flict
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicten, diminutive conflictje n)

1. a conflict, clash or dispute

Derived terms

• belangenconflict
• conflictdiamant
• conflicthaard
• conflicthantering
• conflictmineraal
• conflictsituatie
• conflictstof

Related terms

• conflictueus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konflik
• → Indonesian: konflik
• → West Frisian: konflikt

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conflictus.

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicte)

1. conflict

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	conflict	conflictul		conflicte	conflictele
genitive-dative	conflict	conflictului		conflicte	conflictelor
vocative	conflictule			conflictelor