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feminine

/ba.ɡaʁ/

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Translation

fight, brawl, scrap

Word origin

Borrowed in the eighteenth century from Provençal bagarro ('noise, disturbance').

Origin: Provençal
Root: bagarro

Other proposed origins

Several accounts carry the Provençal word further back to Basque batzarre ('a gathering, an assembly'). (Basque, batzarre)

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralbagarres

Examples

A fight broke out outside the pub.

He came home with a bloody nose after a scrap.

Fights often happen here on a Saturday night.

She pulled the two boys apart before the fight started.

These street fights sometimes end very badly.

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This word is part of lesson 42.