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Etymology
From, variant with of , from , , palatalized Central French variants of ,  (see Continental Norman calengier), from , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬. .

Noun

 * 1) A confrontation; a dare.
 * 2) An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
 * 3) A bid to overcome something.
 * 4)  An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
 * 5) A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
 * 6) The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
 * 7) An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
 * 8) A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
 * 9)  A procedure or action.
 * 10) The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
 * 11)  A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
 * 12) The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
 * 13)  An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
 * 14)  The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
 * 1) The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
 * 2)  A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
 * 3) The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
 * 4)  An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
 * 5)  The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
 * 1)  An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
 * 2)  The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَحَدٍّ,  تَحَدِّي
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Asturian: desafíu, retu
 * Belarusian: вы́клік
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: desafiament,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: udfordring
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: defio
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: desfiamento, devandiña, reto
 * Georgian: გამოწვევა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρόκλησις
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: dúshlán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: prōvocātiō
 * Latvian: izaicinājums
 * Lithuanian: iššūkis
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: d'fi
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dùbhlan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: и̏зазо̄в
 * Roman: ȉzazōv
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: hamon
 * Tamil:
 * Thai: คำท้า, คำท้าทาย
 * Ukrainian: ви́клик
 * Vietnamese:, thách đố
 * Welsh: her, heriau


 * Hungarian: ,


 * Hungarian: letámadás,
 * Spanish:


 * Hungarian: ,


 * Arabic: تَحَدٍّ, التَّحَدِّي
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: defio
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, (schwierige) Aufgabe
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , (nehéz) feladat
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 챌린지
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: төвөгтэй асуудал
 * Norman: d'fi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , сло́жная зада́ча, тру́дная зада́ча,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: hamon
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: ви́клик, складна́ задача́, пробле́ма
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: her


 * Finnish:, esteellisyysperuste
 * Italian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Hungarian: elfogultsági kifogás
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Hebrew:
 * Persian:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
 * 2)  To dare (someone).
 * 3)  To dispute (something).
 * 4) To call something into question or dispute.
 * New information challenged old hypotheses.
 * 1)  To make a formal objection to a juror.
 * 2)  To be difficult or challenging for.
 * 3)  To claim as due; to demand as a right.
 * 4)  To censure; to blame.
 * 5)  To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
 * 6)  To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
 * 7)  To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
 * 1)  To claim as due; to demand as a right.
 * 2)  To censure; to blame.
 * 3)  To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
 * 4)  To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
 * 5)  To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
 * 1)  To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
 * 2)  To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
 * 3)  To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
 * 1)  To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

Translations

 * Asturian: desafiar, retar
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ
 * Danish: udfordre
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: defii
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, retar
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Latin: prōvocō
 * Malayalam: വെല്ലുവിളിക്കുക
 * Old English: beclipian
 * Polish: wyzwać
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: humamon, hamunin
 * Thai: ท้าแข่ง, ท้าดวล,
 * Vietnamese: thách đấu


 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: udfordre
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: defii
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: tabhair dúshlán
 * Korean:
 * Latin: prōvocō
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: humamon, maghamon, hamunin
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:, , thách đố


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , óvást emel, , ,
 * Maori: whakahorohoro, whakapātari, mātātaki, whakatuma, whakatumatuma, whakatōrea
 * Polish: zakwestionować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Hungarian:, elfogultsági kifogással él,
 * Polish: zakwestionować
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * French:


 * Turkish:

Etymology
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