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) (file)
Verb
- (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈflɪkt/
- (US) enPR: kənflĭkt', kŏn'flĭkt, IPA^(key): /kənˈflɪkt/, /ˈkɑn.flɪkt/
- Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

conflict (countable and uncountable, plural conflicts)

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- 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.
The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
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

armed conflict
A-type conflict
conflicted
conflict-free
conflictional
conflict of interest
conflict out
conflict-ridden
conflict thesis
conflict training
edit conflict
external conflict
internal conflict
role conflict
social conflict paradigm

Translations

clash or disagreement

Afrikaans: konflik
Albanian: konflikt (sq) m
Arabic: صِرَاع‎ m (ṣirāʿ), نِزَاع‎ m (nizāʿ), مُنَاقَشَة‎ f (munāqaša)
Armenian: կոնֆլիկտ (hy) (konflikt)
Azerbaijani: münaqişə (az), konflikt
Belarusian: канфлі́кт m (kanflíkt), сутыкне́нне n (sutyknjénnje)
Bengali: যুদ্ধ (bn) (ĵuddhô), সংঘর্ষ (sôṅghôrṣô)
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 m
Georgian: კონფლიქტი (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
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
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 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)

(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)‎:
  [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.
(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), ^{(please verify)} 矛盾 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 相衝／相冲 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 相撞 (zh)
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
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
Swedish: motstrida

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)
Italian: sovrapporsi
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)
Swedish: överlappa (sv)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “conflict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
conflict at 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)

A conflict, clash or dispute

Derived terms

belangenconflict
conflictdiamant
conflicthaard
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)

conflict

Declension

Declension of conflict

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) conflict	conflictul	(niște) conflicte	conflictele
genitive/dative	(unui) conflict	conflictului	(unor) conflicte	conflictelor
vocative	conflictule		conflictelor