| Definitions | quarrel
noun
- A verbal dispute or heated argument.
- Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side - q:Franí§ois de La Rochefoucauld, Franí§ois de La Rochefoucauld
- A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
- A square tile. (from Old French quarrel or carreau; Latin quadrellus, from quadrus - a square)
- A square-headed arrow for a crossbow.
Translations: verb (quarrels, quarreling, quarreled)
- To disagree very strongly; to argue.
- (rfd-redundant) To oppose or dispute angrily.
- (rfv-sense) To complain bitterly.
Translations: - Dutch: ruzie maken, discussií«ren, redetwisten
- French: quereller, se quereller, disputer
- German: streiten
- Italian: litigare
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: disputar, discutir (1), pelearse (2), quejarse (3)
Etymology: From quarel, from (diminutive of quadrus "square").
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