English to French Meaning of altercation - altercation

Altercation :

altercation

noun

querelle, désordre, paillard, brailler, réprimande, débat, contestation, tracas, bagarre, rangée, conflit, concours, passage des bras, passe d'armes, griller, bats toi, guerre, reproche, censurer, répréhension, condamnation, snober, réprobation, mauvaise langue, badinage, abuser de, se chamailler, dispute

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Definitions of altercation in English

Noun(1) noisy quarrel

Examples of altercation in English

(1) I had an altercation with the conductor(2) The group became involved in a verbal altercation with another group of younger males and a fist fight ensued.(3) I had an altercation with the ticket collector(4) On Wednesday night two feuding families became involved in an altercation .(5) Having witnessed many altercations in dressing rooms I don't think that was a sackable offence.(6) The ensuing altercations and hilarious testimonies provided an exciting two hours!(7) Instead, despite legal safeguards, doctors would generally rule that for their patients to be admitted to such places, two serious altercations must occur, with usually at least one injury inflicted.(8) Snakes that are housed together in captivity sometimes have little altercations over food.(9) While altercations between staff and parents whose children have been disciplined have long been a feature of school life, unions claim the use of mobile phones is giving neither children nor their parents time to cool off.(10) I think there is a real need for the organisation to look at how best to deal with issues; in particular, verbal altercations between others.(11) Pilgrims do not engage in any disagreements or altercations .(12) Different students were assigned to observe different mock altercations in which the people portraying the arguers were of different races.(13) The students of this Christian high school are held to a higher code of conduct than might be expected in the public school environment and few fights or violent altercations occur between students.(14) Despite the public altercations , there are many signs that East Asia's two great powers are edging closer together.(15) He was a gentleman on and off the field and even when involved in altercations , took the role of mentor rather than an aggressor.(16) In each case the scenario was exactly the same: traffic altercations where some minor (in two cases imagined) transgression was blown out of proportion by the Frenchman.

(1) alter ego ::

alter égo

Synonyms

Noun

1. argument ::

argument

2. quarrel ::

querelle

3. squabble ::

querelle

4. fight ::

bats toi

5. shouting match ::

engueulade

6. disagreement ::

désaccord

7. contretemps ::

contretemps

8. difference of opinion ::

divergence d'opinion

9. falling-out ::

querellant

10. dispute ::

contestation

11. disputation ::

dispute

12. clash ::

choc

13. fracas ::

bagarre

14. wrangle ::

dispute

15. blowup ::

exploser

16. skirmish ::

escarmouche

17. run-in ::

rodage

18. war of words ::

guerre de paroles

19. donnybrook ::

Donnybrook

20. tiff ::

querelle

21. scrap ::

ferraille

22. spat ::

prise de bec

23. row ::

rangée

24. rhubarb ::

Rhubarbe

Different Forms

altercation, altercations

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