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feminine

/dis.pyt/

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Translation

argument, quarrel, row

Word origin

From disputer, from Latin disputare ('to weigh up, to argue'), built on dis- ('apart') and putare ('to reckon').

Origin: Latin
Root: disputare
English cognates: dispute, compute, reputation

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraldisputes

Examples

The row went on all evening.

tous .

Their quarrels wake all the neighbours.

au l'.

They had an argument about money.

These arguments always end the same way.

A single quarrel can destroy a friendship.

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This word is part of lesson 43.