quarrel
要点口げんか、言い争い、wh-節・句、口げんかする
意味
- (人との,人々間の)口げんか《+with(between)+名〈人〉》,(…のことでの)言い争い《+about(over)+名》
- (…に対する)苦情,文句《+with(against)+名(wh-節・句)》
- (人と…のことで)口げんかする,言い争う,口論する《+with+名〈人〉+over(about)+名(wh-節・句)》
- (…に対して)苦情(不平,文句)を言う《+with+名》
例文
He quarreled with his wife about their children.
彼は子供のことで妻と喧嘩した。
The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.
そのいさかいは両家の間に深い溝を残した。
He often quarrels with his brother about trifles.
彼はささいなことで弟とよくけんかをする。
語源
ラテン語querela「嘆き・不平・訴え」から。不満を言い立てる言い合いになる「口げんか」。
query（質問）とは別語。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns).