strife
English
/stɹaɪf/
noun
Definitions
- Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
- Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
- Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
- (colloquial) A trouble of any kind.
- (obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English strif derived from Old French estrif (dispute, quarrel) derived from Frankish *strīban.
Origin
Frankish
*strīban
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gainstrife English
- make English
- makestrife English
- strife-ridden English
- strifeful English
- strifeless English
- strifelessness English
- Rechtsstreit German
- Streit German
- Streitaxt German
- Streitbeilegung German
- Streitgespräch German
- Streitkraft German
- Streitlust German
- Streitwagen German
- streitbefangen German
- streitlustig German
- strittig German
- doodsstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- doodstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- klassenstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- machtsstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- mediastrijd Dutch, Flemish
- onafhankelijkheidsstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- pennenstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- strijd Dutch, Flemish
- strijdbijl Dutch, Flemish
- strijdgas Dutch, Flemish
- strijdhamer Dutch, Flemish
- strijdkreet Dutch, Flemish
- strijdlied Dutch, Flemish
- strijdperk Dutch, Flemish
- strijdtoneel Dutch, Flemish
- strijdvaardig Dutch, Flemish
- strijdwagen Dutch, Flemish
- taalstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- titanenstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- tweestrijd Dutch, Flemish
- wedstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- woordenstrijd Dutch, Flemish
- strif Middle English
- estrif Old French
- estriver Old French
- Stjörnustríð Icelandic
- leifturstríð Icelandic
- stríð Icelandic
- strijt Middle Dutch
- stryd Afrikaans
- strīt Middle High German
- *strīban Frankish
- *strīban, *striban Frankish
- *strīd Frankish