opponent

English

Borrowed from Latin oppōnēns (“opposing”), present active participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”).

opponent (plural opponents)

rival

Catalan: oponent
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對手 (zh), 对手 (zh) (duìshǒu), 敵手 (zh), 敌手 (zh) (díshǒu)
Czech: protivník m, protihráč m, oponent (cs) n
Danish: modstander (da) c
Dutch: opponent (nl), tegenstander (nl)
Esperanto: kontraŭulo, opoziciulo
Finnish: vastustaja (fi), vastaehdokas (fi); vastaväittäjä (fi), opponentti (fi) (examiner in a thesis defense)
French: adversaire (fr) c
German: Gegner (de) m (1,2,3), Gegenspieler (de) m
Greek: αντίπαλος (el) c (antípalos)
Hungarian: ellenfél (hu)
Icelandic: andstæðingur m, mótherji (is) m
Indonesian: lawan (id), musuh (id)
Italian: oppositore (it) m, oppositrice (it) f
Japanese: 相手 (ja) (あいて, aite), 敵 (ja) (てき, teki)
Korean: 상대 (ko) (sangdae) (相對 (ko))

Macedonian: противник m (protivnik), соперник m (sopernik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: motkandidat m (in an election)

Nynorsk: motkandidat m (in election)
Persian: حریف‎‎ (fa) (harif), هماورد‎‎ (fa) (hamâvard)
Polish: przeciwnik (pl) m, przeciwniczka (pl) f, oponent (pl) m, oponentka f
Portuguese: oponente (pt) m, f, rival (pt) m, f, adversário (pt) m
Romanian: adversar (ro) m, oponent (ro) m
Russian: проти́вник (ru) m (protívnik), оппоне́нт (ru) m (opponént)
Serbo-Croatian: oponent (sh) m, protivnik (sh) m
Spanish: oponente (es) m
Swahili: mpinzani (sw)
Swedish: motståndare (sv)
Telugu: ప్రత్యర్థి (te) (pratyarthi), వ్యతిరేకి (vyatirēki)
Turkish: rakip (tr), karşıt (tr)
Vietnamese: đối thủ (vi) (對手)

one who attempts to stop the progression of

one who objects to

player of an opposite team

opponent (comparative more opponent, superlative most opponent)

Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)

oppōnent

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