adversary

See also: Adversary

English

Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret), from Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”).

adversary (plural adversaries)

opponent

Arabic: خَصْم‎‎ m (ḵaṣm)
Armenian: ախոյան (hy) (axoyan)
Bulgarian: противник (bg) (protivnik), неприятел (bg) (neprijatel), съперник (bg) (sǎpernik)
Catalan: adversari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 敵手 (zh), 敌手 (zh) (díshǒu), 對手 (zh), 对手 (zh) (duìshǒu)
Czech: protivník m
Danish: modstander (da) c
Dutch: tegenstander (nl) m
Finnish: vastustaja (fi), vastapuoli (fi), vihollinen (fi)
French: adversaire (fr) m, ennemi (fr) m
Galician: adversario m
German: Gegner (de) m
Greek: αντίπαλος (el) (antípalos)
Hebrew: יריב‎‎ m, אויב‎‎ (he) m
Hungarian: ellenfél (hu)
Icelandic: andstæðingur m; óvinur (is) m

Italian: avversario (it) m, avversaria (it) f
Japanese: 敵 (ja) (てき, teki), 相手 (ja) (あいて, aite)
Kashubian: warg
Latin: adversarius m, adversaria f
Norman: advèrsaithe m, f
Norwegian: motstander (no) m, opponent (no) m
Persian: همیستار‎‎ (hamistâr), هماورد‎‎ (fa) (hamāvard)
Polish: przeciwnik (pl) m, adwersarz (pl) m
Portuguese: adversário (pt) m
Romanian: adversar (ro)
Russian: сопе́рник (ru) m (sopérnik), сопе́рница (ru) f (sopérnica), проти́вница (ru) f (protívnica), неприя́тель (ru) m (neprijátelʹ), неприя́тельница (ru) f (neprijátelʹnica)
Slovak: odporca m, protivník m
Spanish: adversario (es) m, adversaria (es) f
Swedish: motståndare (sv) m
Telugu: వ్యతిరేకి (vyatirēki)
Turkish: rakip (tr)
Vietnamese: đối thủ (vi)

↑ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
↑ According to UK audio file in Longman Exams Dictionary, even though IPA given in dictionary is /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹiː/

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