chalenge
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Old French chalenge, chalange, chalonge, from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Italic *kalwomniā.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃalɛndʒ(ə)/, /ˈtʃalandʒ(ə)/, /ˈtʃalau̯ndʒ(ə)/
- (From Old Northern French) IPA(key): /ˈkalɛndʒ(ə)/, /ˈkalandʒ(ə)/
NounEdit
chalenge (plural chalenges)
- A fraudulent legal claim, allegation or condemnation.
- A flaw or misdeed; something that one can be attacked for.
- A claiming; the making of a claim, especially contesting another's claim.
- (rare) A summons to fight a duel; a call to arms.
- (rare) An instance of trial by combat as a legal device.
- (rare) The act of objecting towards or countering something
- (rare) A summoning or invitation to court.
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “chalenǧe, n).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-28.
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French chalengier, chalongier, from Latin calumnior.
VerbEdit
chalenge
- Alternative form of chalengen
Old FrenchEdit
NounEdit
chalenge m
- Alternative form of chalonge